Three settlements stemming from lawsuits filed against Los Angeles County-run hospitals for botched medical procedures were u...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Monday ruled a jury should decide whether it was reasonable for Humboldt County sheriff's dep...

TORONTO - Taking its strongest stand yet against lawyers who make political contributions in hopes of winning work from politi...

In a 1980s movie called "The Windwalker," a Native American family spends a lifetime looking for a child who was stolen as an...

SAN FRANCISCO- Reeling from what is anticipated to be a second consecutive year of losses, the Kaiser Permanente Group - the ...

DELLINGER LANDS IN L.A. - Building its appellate practice, Los Angeles' O'Melveny & Myers has recruited Walter Dellinger, ...

TORONTO - Among IOLTA advocates and state bar officials who have gathered here at the American Bar Association's annual meeti...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a highly unusual move, the California Judges Association has joined in support of Court of Appeal Justice ...

TORONTO - The nearest thing in Toronto to a media feeding frenzy greeted Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr at a breakfast mee...

SANTA ANA - Usually, the election of an Orange County assistant presiding judge is a drab affair, with the Superior Court iss...

Defense lawyers representing companies in Proposition 65 lawsuits are fond of pointing the finger at plaintiffs and accusing ...

TORONTO - Even as Congress is debating campaign-finance reform, the American Bar Association, meeting in Canada Monday, came o...

SAN DIEGO - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Vega for appointment as the U.S. atto...

SACRAMENTO - Ending years of debate on how to provide voters more information about appellate justices, Secretary of State Bi...

In a resounding victory for insurance companies and their lawyers, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that an in...