The state Supreme Court has held that, when a claim goes to arbitration, discovery disputes involving parties that are not in ...

Deliberate indifference. That is the key to deciding whether the Poway Unified School District should be held liable for damag...

It is unconscionable that some legal residents are being deported for minor infractions, write John Hall and Marisa Cianciarul...

In the coverage of this year's Supreme Court term, commentators have not recognized that the court unanimously overruled a 15-...

A prominent La Mesa attorney was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. ...

A federal judge ruled that documents seized from private eye Anthony Pellicano's computers are authentic. But U.S. District Ju...

When federal immigration agents arrived at Edna Funes' Van Nuys home this month, the 46-year-old Guatemalan national refused t...

Before hearing an Ethiopian woman's request for asylum, Judge Harry L. Gastley of Las Vegas took the opportunity to condemn th...

In the wake of the collapse of IndyMac bank, legal ethics experts are saying lawyers may face discipline or be found liable of...

Los Angeles-based Inner City Law Center has brought on David Ackerly to head the expansion of its homeless veterans' project. ...

Former hard-driving prosecutor John M. Monterosso is a low-key, easygoing judge at Riverside County's Superior Court in Murrie...

Even lawyers who lose their cases hold Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kathryn A. Solórzano in high regard. "She respe...

Brian Martin, KLA-Tencor Corporation’s general counsel, says that in-house leadership goes beyond the legal department. ...

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft admitted at a congressional hearing Thursday that the Justice Department under his leade...

An Alameda County prosecutor illegally used race in striking black members from a criminal jury pool, a federal appeals court ...

A federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday that 34 recorded conversations prove Terry N. Christensen was the "shot-caller" who ...

Even though he's worked as a plaintiff's attorney for most of his career, Jeffrey Ross says his heart's in resolution, not con...

A doctor who lost his medical license at age 84 after an investigation into an allegedly bungled exam has won $3.9 million for...

Verizon's ears are ringing - to the tune of $21 million - after the wireless behemoth settled last week with a class of Califo...

A landmark federal appellate decision overruled the affirmative-duty-of-care-standard for patent law disputes it originally se...

A Superior Court judge has nullified several private security contracts worth $6.7 million the city awarded to bidders for the...

A recent court decision will allow the Forest Service and other forest management agencies to implement needed programs to pre...

A recent Supreme Court decision in has made unions' legislative strategy much more difficult, writes Timothy Ryan. - Employmen...

A couple claimed their 6-year-old daughter lost her vision and nearly died from a reaction to Children's Motrin. Their lawyer,...

Web Exclusive - Web Exclusive - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a 10 percent reduction in drug reimbursme...

A federal court jury Thursday agreed with Mattel Inc. that one of its former designers created the concept for the successful ...

Drumming Up Business in a Down Market

The California Supreme Court Thursday dealt a blow to Pacific Lumber's logging plans for its vast forests in Humboldt County.

Los Angeles entertainment and real estate law firm Greenberg Glusker named a new leader of its litigation practice, Lee A. Dre...

We deserve a real energy policy that recognizes that markets and contracts produce power. Regulators and rhetoric do not, writ...