SAN FRANCISCO - Who's on the hook for $116 million? When a San Bernardino County jury in January voted the big punitive damag...

In a turn of events that leaves the future configuration of legal aid services in Los Angeles and Orange counties in limbo, a...

Pilot Project Set For Legal Access In an attempt to help litigants who represent themselves, the Los Angeles County Board of ...

New Curfew Given Preliminary OK In an effort to avoid a legal challenge, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted un...

Names Sought For Jurist Award The Administrative Office of the Court is now accepting nominations for the Benjamin Aranda III...

By Joseph Charney I recently observed a felony trial in a French criminal court in Bordeaux in which the judge called the def...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case involving the video games to which countless c...

SAN DIEGO - Unwanted judicial scrutiny of the district attorney's office here seems likely to continue when a former deputy D...

In a unique arrangement, a Superior Court judge will hold a special court session on Saturday in Pauma Valley for members of ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to accept more than $5.8 million from the state of Cali...

WASHINGTON - Los Angeles Superior Court judge Florence-Marie Cooper, tapped for California's Central U.S. District Court, and...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could test the balance between civil rights and religious freedom, a male couple has sued a Sa...

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 ...