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Attorneys who have appeared before Judge Julia Craig Kelety say she never rushes to weigh in on complicated issues, and disp...

After making the difficult transition to being a judge with a jam-packed daily calendar, William J. Monahan has done his hom...

The trickle of settlements in backdating class-action and derivative complaints is expected to become a steady stream in the c...

The California Supreme Court on Thursday ended a four-year battle to bring a sexual-abuse lawsuit against the Los Angeles Poli...

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Reaching a settlement before wage-and-hour litigation may prove to be even more be...

Web Exclusive - In a rare dismissal, the California Supreme Court announced that it must drop an appeal in a toxic-tort case b...

Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The California Coastal Commission, one of the state's most powerful and independent agen...

Focus Column - By Robert A. Philipson - An erroneous verdict in a lawsuit against Ford may make it nearly impossible for manuf...

As a competitive roper who took up the sport in his 50s, Benjamin Card is living the life of a Renaissance cowboy. And he's go...

A Southern California racetrack, Porsche and a handful of defendants have settled for $4.5 million a lawsuit that hinged on th...

Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona has vowed he will not resign but will stay in office to fight the corruption charges brought...

LOS ANGELES - Two years ago, in an uncomfortable moment for Los Angeles federal prosecutors, a judge took the rare step of rej...

WASHINGTON - Democratic senators are pushing for the White House to fill U.S. attorney vacancies across the country, including...

Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...

SAN FRANCISCO - Wyndham Worldwide is renovating the 224-room Hotel Canterbury, which closed in 2005, into a 115-room timeshare...

Referee Shep A. Zebberman strives to help the juvenile defendants and the custodians who appear in his courtroom understan...

For the first time in its history, China will launch an independent mediation program, similar to the model used in the United...

The forced drugging of federal prison inmates drew a warning from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday. ...

WASHINGTON - Senators are seriously considering alternatives to granting immunity to telecommunications companies that assiste...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit filed by two men who allege immigration officials forcibly drugge...

Focus Column - By Kevin Poloncarz - California's conflict with the Environmental Protection Agency over greenhouse gas emissio...

Forum Column - By K.C. Victor - Managing responsibilities and prioritizing professional contacts can turn any attorney into a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Sand, wind and desert heat all while trapped in a car. Sounds like a nightmare for most people. To lawyer Hank...

Forum Column - By Mary Lou Aranguren - The conclusion of the recent Los Angeles County court interpreters strike raises more q...

A former member of the Enron Task Force has taken over the reins of the Santa Ana U.S. attorney's office. Robb C. Adkins, an ...

For the past several weeks, patent attorneys and their clients have been scrambling to file last-minute applications under exi...

LOS ANGELES - The Bush administration said Wednesday it has agreed to drop the decades-long legal fight to deport to two Pales...

Alex Kozinski doesn't sound enthusiastic about becoming chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. But as one cour...

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys in hot water with the State Bar could soon find themselves uttering two words: mea culpa. Included ...