Previously, lawyers had been treated like any other city vendors, with their names shown on the list of bills sent to the city council, although no further specifics were posted.

Stanford law professor Michele Dauber wants state Senate hopeful Ann Ravel to give back thousands in campaign cash from her employer.

The nonprofit refunded James McManis’ money over comments he made that downplayed the assault of a well-known YWCA client.

The former FEC chair said she feels full of remorse for being associated with a campaign that espoused victim-blaming rhetoric.

The former jurist is asking for help paying down a small fortune in court-ordered debt incurred from challenging the recall campaign.

Voters on Tuesday ousted Judge Aaron Persky, ending what’s being called the highest-profile political campaign ever in Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara County voters deserves judges who take sexual violence seriously and who are not biased in favor of privileged perpetrators.

The #MeToo ethos fuels the effort to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in an unprecedented recall election.

Municipal whistle-blowers—and political shysters—may no longer be protected by anonymity, if a proposal by the city’s Elections Commission is approved. The proposal suggests that all written complaints of improprieties be signed before they are submitted to a law firm for investigation, and that callers to the anonymous tip hotline state their precise relationship to the person they are accusing.

The proposal was made in response to a series of allegations surrounding former mayor Tom McEnery, which ultimately were found to have no merit.