Man Admits Use of Dog in Hate Crime A Sun Valley man pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanor federal hate crimes for using h...

ABA Will Honor Retired S.D. Judge Retired San Diego Superior Court Judge J. William Beard will receive an award from the Amer...

^^Appellate Procedure^^ Consent Consensus Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Stipulated Judgments Norgart provides a welcome addi...

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Cyberspace Law Blame It on 'Rio' Uncertainty surrounding the downloading of digital music could spawn a deluge of litigation....

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The achievement of justice is an endless process. John F. Kennedy Graham & James REPORT OF A COVER-UP DENIED BY LEADERS T...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, former Los Angeles Police Chief Willie Williams and several m...

SANTA ANA - When U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Taylor ruled last month that a former employee of Dain Rauscher Inc. did n...

SACRAMENTO - When the 1999 legislative session drew to a close, rookie Democratic Assemblyman Herb Wesson of inner city Los A...

A judge has certified a class-action lawsuit filed by former transit agency officers who claim the Los Angeles County sheriff...

By James A. Leach Recent allegations that American and European banks have facilitated money laundering for Russian organized...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Jose has rejected a bid by a New York law firm to oust plaintiffs' class action attorn...

Norman T. Wegener, 42, chief deputy of the Santa Monica city attorney's criminal division, abruptly resigned his post Tuesday...

SAN FRANCISCO - It's no secret that the number of lawyers who hate their jobs is growing. Some attorneys leave the law to bec...

SACRAMENTO - If Gail Marie Harrington-Wisley were trying last Mother's Day to smuggle contraband into the prison where her hu...

Since its inception in 1978, the U.S. Trustee's Office has toiled in relative obscurity. That's just fine with Maureen A. Tig...

SAN FRANCISCO - The replacement of one judge on a divided three-judge federal appeals panel resurrected Thursday the warrantl...

It's been a long, steep road for Billy Carl Turner since he was convicted in 1982 of setting a sleeping man afire and killing...

SANTA ANA - Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has filed a lawsuit against the owner of an Ora...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court heard lively oral arguments Thursday in a case that could undermine many mandato...

SACRAMENTO - California's trial and appeal courts may have to go without new judges until 2001. One reason, said informed sou...

With the Los Angeles district attorney's salary lagging behind more than 40 percent of the county's other department heads, a...

Senate Confirms Bar's Judy Johnson SACRAMENTO - On a 36-0 vote Thursday, the state Senate confirmed Judy Johnson to a second ...

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Bases Loaded Ninth Circuit Opens Federal Facility Remediation to Greater Scrutiny By Brian S. Haughton Like most professional...

^^The Rodent^^ Lawyers Make Their Beds and Then Lie in Them Practicing law often presents situations in which telling the tru...

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Student Indicted On LSD Charges A 21-year-old University of Southern California drama major was indicted Thursday on charges ...