A U.S. magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to hold onto two bombs while he decides wheth...

An appeals court ruled that a man who confessed to killing his girlfriend in 1998 during an extensive police interrogation sho...

Arguments against gay marriage show a long-standing tradition of discrimination. Is America undergoing a change in attitude? B...

A judge on Wednesday awarded actor Don Johnson $28.5 million in pre-judgment interest, more than doubling a jury awardfrom Jul...

Cities, states and officials are dishing out increasingly large settlements for wrongful convictions. What is the tax treatmen...

A U.S. judge slapped an Oregon investment consultant with $1.25 million in damages and prejudgment interest, ruling the compan...

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's latest exemptions were an unexpected treat for those producing non-commercial works, by...

JM Eagle was hit with a class-action Tuesday seeking damages for knowingly making substandard PVC pipe for fire hydrant system...

Interviews of patent applicants are valuable tools for obtaining patent claims that have a useful scope and addressing patenta...

Judge Declares Military's 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Unconstitutional

The state Supreme Court seemed to side with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger against groups testing his power to furlough state work...

A roundup of the latest real estate deals in California.

Shrinking what was believed to be the single largest jury award in U.S. this year, Skilled Healthcare, Inc. has agreed to pay ...

A federal judge in Orange County is poised to hold a New York lawyer in contempt and to order him to give up $625,000.

The California Supreme Court could issue the last word on when the governor is allowed to use a line-item veto to slash health...

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Trial began Tuesday in the SEC's civil stock options backdating case against the former controller of software company Embarca...

Attorney general candidate Kamala Harris called on rival Steve Cooley to return donations from a subject of his office's inves...

The L.A. County Bar Association joined the American Bar Association's fight against the Federal Trade Commission over a propos...

Will allowing shareholders proxy access stimulate new and fruitful deliberations or will board functions be under threat? By J...

A former marine and 4th degree black belt in American Kenpo finds use in military strategy and martial art principles for liti...

The author of the book "The Exorcist" has sued Warner Bros. Entertainment, claiming it is the latest studio to properly share ...

Thousands of veterans are set to return from Iraq. Will they be provided with vital services to effectively reintegrate into s...

A U.S. judge curbed discovery requests by a defendant who is using San Francisco's crime lab scandal to challenge his federal ...

Law firms resolved Sarbanes-Oxley issues using a single template. But one template won't address Dodd-Frank Act's impact on ev...

Prison officials are responsible for accommodating state inmates with disabilities even when they are behind the bars of count...

Two brothers were charged in connection with a real estate fraud scheme that targeted more than 300 victims throughout Souther...

When the e-mail blast went out at UCI School of Law seeking students to work for the release of an Iraqi Christian held in imm...