A broad cross-section of Los Angeles residents who offered comments on proposed changes to the City Charter overwhelmingly su...

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County prosecutor Joyce Allegro, who challenged two sitting jurists for an open judicial seat, won a de...

Gray Davis' election as the next governor of California means the State Bar of California will see legislation passed next ye...

SAN FRANCISCO - The shiny new brick-and-brass sign reads "New Pacific Properties," but for many neighbors it spells "relief."...

SACRAMENTO - For the past 16 years, the Capitol has been the scene of gridlock on tort and insurance reform legislation. Hundr...

WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to organized labor, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that "union security" co...

In a ruling that could change the legal publishing landscape, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that West Group can...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors killed a bar-sponsored proposal for representation of indigent defendants Tuesday...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved three lawsuit settlements Tuesday totaling $1 million, including a $650,...

The families of slain Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman came a step closer Tuesday to collecting on a $33.5 million jud...

SAN FRANCISCO - New Orleans was quickest on the draw with a ground-breaking suit filed last week against the gun industry. But...

SAN FRANCISCO - In an eagerly awaited ruling, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday that the Bank of America cannot impose bindi...

Los Angeles County lawyers recently made a $1 million mistake in an already costly police misconduct case - and the expense wi...

A judge Friday became angry at an attorney for his impatience awaiting the judge's ruling in a $100 million legal malpractice...

Attorney Gloria Allred said she has convinced officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to open an invest...

SACRAMENTO - Robert Evans would push to legalize drugs and cease enforcing the death penalty because "killing people doesn't ...

OAKLAND - Known for her feminist convictions and energetic style, Gillian M. Ross, this year's president of California Women L...

SAN FRANCISCO - The managing partner of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster has resigned to join the accountin...

Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles may be the domain of expensive law firms catering to powerful clients, but farther...

An appeal court for the first time has stayed a civil gang abatement trial - ordering prosecutors to show why it should not s...

SAN BERNARDINO - Lonnie Wenger called San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies to his Fontana home Oct. 15 to turn himself in ...

The high-stakes retrial of the damages phase in Litton Systems Inc.'s antitrust suit against Honeywell Inc. got off to a rock...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday took under submission arguments on the constitutionality of a daytime curfew ordi...

In a busy day for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, two Los Angeles judges were publicly admonished Thursday: one...

While other appeal court justices have largely skipped campaigning, appellate jurists in Los Angeles have raised $235,000 from...

While complaining for years about the difficulty of getting citizens to serve as jurors, the Los Angeles Superior Court had d...

A bitter dispute over whether attorneys in a class-action settlement deserve what a judge described as an "eye-popping" rate ...

The head of the Indigent Criminal Defense Association withdrew her intention Wednesday to agree to a 30-day extension of the ...

A state appeal panel has found that a Los Angeles judge failed to give a proper hearing before imposing hefty sanctions again...

SAN FRANCISCO - Low-income residents of Alameda County in need of civil legal assistance hear only a tape-recorded message wh...