SAN JOSE - Bay Area counties have failed, for the last time, in their bid to add a public nuisance claim to a pending class a...

The California Teachers Association v. State Board of Education decision upholding Proposition 227's provision allowing...

SAN FRANCISCO - Alan A. Beaven, an environmental law specialist and a founding partner at San Francisco's Berman DeValerio Pea...

At noon, the Springfield Metro stop in Alexandria, Va., is generally underwhelmed by a few sleep-deprived mothers taking their...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County woman who was disfigured when a piece of a frying pan shot into her neck has filed a personal inj...

SAN FRANCISCO - Don Ricketts' other major lawsuit, a class action on behalf of smokers, alleges antitrust violations by city a...

LOS ANGELES - Stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone pleaded no contest Wednesday to one felony charge of child endangerment and a...

SACRAMENTO - A measure that places new restrictions on prenuptial agreements was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gray Davis,...

SAN FRANCISCO - Donald W. Ricketts' quixotic career as a trial lawyer could be about to pay off huge. The Santa Clarita sole p...

WASHINGTON - The nation's top federal judges were 45 minutes into their semiannual meeting here Tuesday when the terrorist att...

SAN FRANCISCO - Betty Wyman, a drug-rehabilitation specialist for Los Angeles County, was appointed to the state Commission on...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Bay Area courts that closed in response to the terrorist attacks on the East Coast were back in session We...

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a Los Angeles County prosecutor accused of misconduct have been unsuccessful in their attempts to ...

LOS ANGELES - The terrorist attacks that hit the United States may affect the practices of attorneys in a variety of fields, i...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could affect scores of drunken driving prosecutions, the California Supreme Court agreed Wednes...

LOS ANGELES - After more than two decades on the bench, Superior Court Judge Michael Pirosh will retire in January. Pirosh, wh...

LOS ANGELES - The devastation thrust on America on Tuesday in what likely was a series of suicide terrorist hijackings will ha...

WASHINGTON - Despite previous problems with knife-wielding hijackers on airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration allowed...

LOS ANGELES - International law likely is not the foremost issue on the minds of U.S. political and military leaders who have ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Santa Clara County burglary defendant was denied ...

LOS ANGELES - At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks had his earphones on. Seated at a table with hos...

SACRAMENTO - A party seeking to release secret documents about defective products that injure or kill consumers could bring a ...

As the search for those who conspired to hijack four airplanes and assault American institutions along the East Coast intensif...

SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area law firms that were closed or minimally staffed following the terrorist attacks reopened Wednesday to...

The court cited to a long string of California authority recognizing the ability of courts to award attorney fees directly to ...

Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Middle East have led to 50 years of increasing contempt in the Muslim wo...

Should we declare war or take more mild action? Rachel E. Boehm Steinhart & Falconer, San Francisco "I think it's too soon...

SAN JOSE - The conviction this week of a suspect in a 17-year-old double murder has provided further ammunition for the defens...