There has been a great uproar ever since President Bush issued his executive order providing that suspected terrorists be trie...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two things distinguish the appointment of U.S. Magistrate Edward M. Chen to the Northern District bench: He is...

SAN FRANCISCO - Following up on a pledge to run a grass-roots campaign for San Francisco public defender, candidate Jeff Adach...

SAN JOSE - The Santa Clara County Superior Court trial of Michelangelo Delfino and Mary Day, who are accused by Varian Semicon...

The Mexican Mafia murder and racketeering trial that ended earlier this month in federal district court in Los Angeles was par...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ted Fang is back in his mother's good graces and will return as publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, his l...

SAN JOSE - Plaintiffs attorneys have won a tentative $45 million settlement in a class action against a Johnson & Johnson ...

LOS ANGELES - During the eight years he was in office, the controversial and charismatic Mayor Omar Bradley was the face of th...

SAN FRANCISCO - A retired agent with the federal Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is suing the city of Davis and it...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether attorneys who help clients win Social Security claims should...

SAN FRANCISCO - It looks like a Blue Christmas awaits lawyers accustomed to juicy year-end bonuses. As 2001 draws to a close, ...

As of Jan. 1, 2002, the Euro will be the official currency in most European Union countries (except the United Kingdom, Sweden...

For many years, U.S. businesses have been subject to an elaborate series of regulatory controls and prohibitions affecting the...

As the holiday season rapidly approaches and our world's axis feels off-kilter, I don't know anyone who didn't count their ble...

Many lawyers minimize the importance of opening statements, preferring to focus on witness examinations and closing arguments....

No one disputes the need to bring the terrorists to justice. The president's Nov. 13 executive order authorizing "military com...

This year, eight Northern California law firms have donated large sums of money to non-profit legal service provider Bay Area ...

Litigator Allan Browne has a clear conception of paradise. Forget the beautiful, if not trite, images of tropical isles or fou...

A few hundred black-tie-clad guests enjoyed cocktails and chatted with one another Nov. 9 at the Mexican American Legal Defen...

San Diego-based Anderson & Kriger has pledged $10,000 to the University of San Diego to help fund the law school's newly e...

San Francisco's Morrison & Foerster established a new practice area this month to guide clients through the complex world ...

San Jose-based Implant Center Inc. has purchased assets from Los Angeles' Ion Implant Services Inc. Neither company disclosed ...

The Guardians of the Jewish Home for the Aging have presented its Above & Beyond Hall of Fame award to Perry Silver, a par...

Acacia Research Corp. of Pasadena acquired Greenwich Information Technologies of Greenwich, Conn. Neither company disclosed th...

Looking to a new frontier, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch plans to open an office in north San Diego county within the...

The Asian Professional Exchange has awarded Holland & Knight associate Adam C. Ritter its 2001 President's Award. The Los ...

Atlanta's Coca-Cola Co. agreed to purchase Half Moon Bay-based Odwalla Inc. in a transaction valued at $181 million. Coca-Cola...

Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Robert McNeill Jr., a partner at Ivie McNeill & Wyatt in downtown Los Angeles, a board membe...

It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Three environmental attorneys, who focus on such muddy problems as contaminated la...

The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers has selected Douglas R. Young, president of the San Francisco Bar Association and pa...