The Legislature passed AB2182 to prevent public agencies from using bid alternates to shift competitively bid public-works con...

None of the demonstrations I attended in the 1960s prepared me for the experience of marching with 1 million Cubans last month...

It's political wonk Tracy Hickman's job to spread the word about the Bar Association of San Francisco, particularly all the pr...

The Atlanta-based labor and employment firm Fisher & Philips has merged its three-lawyer Redwood City office with the four...

Law.com has acquired DocumentForum.com Inc. The companies have not disclosed the financial terms of the deal. Law.com, a priva...

Continuing their trend, attorneys and law firms have given more money to the 2000 presidential and congressional races than an...

Las Vegas-based casino operators Station Casinos Inc. and Ameristar Casinos Inc. will swap some of their gaming complexes. Sta...

San Francisco's Natural Wonders Inc., a specialty retailer of science and nature-themed products, has completed its acquisitio...

In a continuing investigation into an alleged scheme to bilk Los Angeles Superior Court of computer database fees, a former cl...

Carlton Fields of Tampa is making its first step outside of Florida a big one. It dispatched five lawyers to Silicon Valley to...

The male-dominated family of Emily Shappell Edelman's childhood left no doubt in her mind about her role in life: Young women ...

SAN DIEGO - Using swastikas and snakeskins to spread their message of hate, two men from San Diego County's eastern cities tri...

SACRAMENTO - Police investigating a series of sexual assaults here by the so-called "Second Story Rapist" didn't have a name f...

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Wallace Huard had a few beers at a Monday night football get-together last November and was driving home in...

Declaring the 21st Century "el siglo de Mexico" - Mexico's Century - Mexico's President-elect Vicente Fox Queseda vowed his ad...

While the California Supreme Court grapples with the explosive issue of jury nullification, a conservative Court of Appeal jus...

Justice Philip Talmadge sees something very dangerous going on in courtrooms and legislative chambers across the country - a m...

In the heat of the moment, interviewers sometimes ask inappropriate or illegal questions. ...

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles will hold its 2000 Access to Justice Dinner tribute to lawyers in public service at th...

When faced with a suit alleging punitive damages, some civil-defense practitioners expend substantial time and resources prepa...

Any day now, a judge is expected to overturn what she considers a "grossly disproportionate" $10 million verdict against one o...

Graveside services will take place today for retired Orange County personal injury lawyer William R. Bernstein. Bernstein died...

The 6th and 8th circuits embody the majority view that no minimum level of hazardous-substance release is necessary for liabil...

Dimwit was arrested just a few miles away from the robbed gas station, driving an Oldsmobile of the same color and style as th...

Avoiding punitive damages in harassment and discrimination cases should be a primary goal for all employers. Recently, the U.S...

Arbitration, so the wisdom goes, insulates corporate defendants against runaway verdicts and punitive damage awards. ...

Drivers don't expect to be involved or injured in automobile accidents, and certainly they don't contemplate being burned as a...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California will hold its annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Regent Beverly Wil...

Courts must look carefully at the provisions of arbitration agreements between employees and employers. Courts need to recogni...

The Rampart Division police scandal has affected the public's confidence in the justice system more than any single matter in ...