By David A. Lash In a direct effort to encourage major law firms to increase their pro bono participation, the American Bar A...

By Robert E. Thompson The seven men and two women who deliberate in robed isolation within the great marble edifice of the Su...

Mayorkas Sworn in As U.S. Attorney In a ceremony filled with emotion and humor, Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in Tuesday as U....

Contractor Guilty of Entombing Director INDIO - After only an hour of deliberations, a jury Wednesday convicted a contractor ...

Solicitations Not Complying with Securities Laws Are Flawed By John W. Cones I was horrified recently to witness a prominent ...

^^Insurance Law^^ Deserving Discipline When Should Punitive Damages Be Imposed in Bad-Faith Cases? Claims handlers typically ...

Retirement Roulette Don't gamble with funding your golden years By Paul O'Brien Popular wisdom has it that the economy is str...

A dozen predominantly homeless men have filed a lawsuit against three security companies and the downtown Los Angeles propert...

Contending that Los Angeles County prosecutors are playing hide the ball with up to 10,000 pieces of "crucial" explosives evi...

SAN JOSE - Palo Alto attorney Gail Easton has given up her license to practice law in the face of charges she illegally searc...

SAN BERNARDINO - San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Fred L. Heene, censured Oct. 14 by the state's Commission on Judi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Testing the parameters of truth in advertising, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the ...

A woman whose $1.3 million California Lotto winnings were taken away from her earlier this week because she allegedly tried t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of women in prison in the United States has increased at nearly double the rate for men since 1...

This week rapper Dr. Dre released his first album in seven years, "Dr. Dre 2001." On the same day that this follow-up to his ...

Last week rapper Dr. Dre released his first album in seven years, "Dr. Dre 2001." On the same day that this follow-up to his ...

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Susanne S. Shaw, accused of imploring drunken driving defendants to "fly with ...

By Kevin M. Christensen The recent debate about whether an insurer may be estopped from asserting the one-year suit limitation...

ALAMEDA COUNTY CIVIC CENTER DRIVE AND STEVENSON BOULEVARD, FREMONT Sq. Ft.: UNDISCLOSED Borrower: HUNTINGTON PARTNERS INC. Le...

ALAMEDA COUNTY STEVENSON BLV, FREMONT, CA 94538 APN: 531--0165-033-0 Use: 401 Trustor: BEHOCO INC Owner: BEHOCO INC Mailing: ...

By Thomas D. Elias Things are not turning out quite as simply as California's energy planners figured when they set up large ...

Probate Law Too Much Justice Parties Must Make Sure That Scope of Reference Is Clear As probate judges refer accounting proble...

Computer Gifts Planned by Court Inglewood Municipal Court will present computer systems valued at $10,000 to local school dis...

Pillsbury Web Site Turning Japanese Claiming to be the first large firm to do so, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro recently laun...

DEC. 1 BOMA San Francisco holds its annual holiday party from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Merchants Exchange Ballroom & Confere...

County to Review Its Pension Rules The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Tuesday asking t...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY 9830 FAIR OAKS BLV, FAIR OAKS, CA 95628 APN: 242-0195-023-00 Use: BCE0 New Owner: FRUGOLI FAMILY TRUST Mail...

By Vernon Jarrett When earlier this month the U.S. Supreme Court weighed the William Wardlaw stop-and-frisk case, Illinois v....

SACRAMENTO - An insurer-led coalition today will submit petitions to qualify for the March 2000 ballot a referendum to overtu...

SAN DIEGO - As the first filing period for judicial candidates ended Monday, one Superior Court judge announced that he won't...