A law professor and member of a special committee studying the state appellate system has advocated a radical change in the a...

RIVERSIDE - A woman charged with murder in the death of her infant daughter, whose charred body was left in a field, has been...

Two separate class actions were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday against the national drugstore chain Rite Aid o...

In October, Los Angeles County supervisors unanimously approved a $950,000 settlement for two young girls who were tortured, ...

SAN DIEGO - Except for a bit of bureaucratic obstinacy nine years ago, Tom Pinkerton might still be practicing real estate la...

SAN BERNARDINO - County supervisors this week got their first look at the fine-tuned San Bernardino County courts master plan...

Beverly Hills socialite Marcelle Becker, who lost her civil case against American Airlines this week, faces another legal bat...

A lawyer and a former Los Angeles Superior Court auditor have been ordered to stand trial in an alleged bribery scheme that p...

The families of three firefighters who died a year ago when the emergency helicopter they were flying in plummeted to the gro...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday gave an eccentrically dressed activist the right to remain "a pain in the rear to...

In several recent malpractice lawsuits, Los Angeles-area attorneys are accused by ex-clients of sloppy work that allegedly le...

Once the staple of many a lawyer's practice, damage suits for injuries arising from motor vehicle accidents are declining dra...

SACRAMENTO - In opposing proposals to expand the exposure of health maintenance organizations to lawsuits, industry officials...

Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Thursday warned trial judges and administrators they must end what he called "inexcusable" ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Beefing up its corporate practice, Perkins Coie has added five new attorneys to its Silicon Valley practice. ...

SAN JOSE - Touting a study claiming that Silicon Valley lawyers give less money to agencies that provide legal services to th...

Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Feuer testified Wednesday that he feared for his safety and the safety of his family and ...

LOS BANOS - Brett Morris parked his white Ford Bronco along a gloomy-looking little stream that flowed reluctantly between tw...

A medical malpractice attorney believes the state Supreme Court has handed him the key to a MICRA door that for the past 24 y...

WASHINGTON - The justices are at it - or, more accurately, not at it - again. In recent terms, the Supreme Court has helped f...

A state appeal panel has ruled that homeowners whose 16-year-old son accidentally shot his friend to death cannot force their...

WASHINGTON - The nation's federal appellate courts do not need more judgeships, a key U.S. senator has concluded after wrappi...

WASHINGTON - President Clinton has nominated San Diego attorney M. James Lorenz to the U.S. District Court for the Southern D...

VENTURA - Finding that Isuzu Motors inadequately tested a model of sport-utility vehicle, a jury has ordered the automobile m...

In a strange twist of events, attorney Edward L. Masry said Tuesday that he is helping a woman who had sued him for legal mal...

SACRAMENTO - The requirement that suspects be warned of their right to remain silent or have an attorney present during polic...

Mike Capizzi, the former Orange County district attorney, recently joined Mayer Coble & Palmer, a Long Beach-based firm t...

The erroneous release of a murder suspect from sheriff's custody would not have happened if computer systems used by the Los ...

SACRAMENTO - It's no secret how Republican Assemblyman Scott Baugh became a champion of the rights of criminal suspects. All ...

WASHINGTON - Intel Corp. and the Federal Trade Commission announced Monday they had reached a last-minute proposed settlement...