The proposed plan to notify Los Angeles police officers about changes in the police inspector general's role reignited a deba...

EToys Inc., the popular online toy retailer of cuddly Furbys and Pokemons, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against...

By Stanley Hoffmann In Kosovo, the United States and its allies had to choose between two important norms of international re...

SAN DIEGO - A La Mesa man is among three World War II servicemen who filed suit Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court again...

^^Probate Law^^ No Contest Clauses May Be More Trouble Than They Are Worth California's no-contest clause structure is uncerta...

By Alfred P. Carlton Jr. As we approach the millennium, our judicial system faces challenges anticipated by America's founder...

Recent Grad Cited For Tax Assistance Stephan C. Boulanger, a recent Southwestern University School of Law graduate, has been ...

By Oren M. Sellstrom There's an old trick called "bait and switch" that's used by shifty used car salesmen. In it, the salesm...

^^Family Law^^ Inc. Blot Business Doesn't Become Community Property Upon Incorporation 'Koester' may be just the most recent ...

^^ The Bookshelf^^ As Champion of Democracy, Warren Court Warrants Respect THE WARREN COURT AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE By Mor...

Ex-Officer Gets 14 Years for Robbery A federal judge sentenced a former Los Angeles police officer to more than 14 years in p...

Death Not Sought In Road Rage Case The Los Angeles County district attorney's office will not seek the death penalty for a 69...

A federal judge Monday approved a settlement reached between Gov. Gray Davis and civil rights groups that had sued to block i...

Appellate Apprehension Even future Court of Appeal justices feel nervous at their first oral argument By Paul Turner When I w...

A federal judge indicated Monday she would not dismiss a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by former Black Panther leader Ge...

Betty J . Haviland, who has spent her entire legal career in the Santa Monica city attorney's office, has been named the acti...

VENTURA - Last month, more than 2,000 people sought help at the Ventura County court's self-help legal access centers in Vent...

SACRAMENTO - With no fanfare, but a $21,000 golden handshake, the Legislature has quietly paved the way for the departure of ...

Barring a plea bargain or dismissal of the case, former Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson is set to go on tr...

SACRAMENTO - In a last-ditch bid to ante up to a sweeping juvenile justice ballot initiative placed by former Republican Gov....

Davis Polk & Wardwell, the New York-based mergers-and-acquisitions and corporate finance powerhouse, launched its new Sil...

VENTURA - In a recent listing of Ventura County's top "Movers and Shakers," a local newspaper pictured Hells Angels Chapter P...

A former intern at UCLA's Department of Family Medicine has failed to produce sufficient evidence that he was booted from the...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court opened the door Monday to legal distribution of medical marijuana for terminally ill ...

SACRAMENTO - Here are summaries of the key elements of legislative proposals to partly restore the right of third parties to ...

SACRAMENTO - The 1999 legislative session saw the plaintiffs' bar get some tort-reform payback, the State Bar get a facelift ...

DA's Office Gets A $260K Grant The state Office of Criminal Justice Planning has awarded the Los Angeles County district atto...

NEW FACULTY AND NEW BUILDING SPARKS CHAPMAN Five new professors have joined the Chapman University law school community. The ...

By Gerald F. Uelmen Dissent and disagreement rates are both useful tools in analyzing the movement of judges around the fault...

^^Construction Law^^ By Bernard S. Kamine Proving damages for breach of a construction contract is often difficult. The theor...