Juvenile Court Judge Michael D. Coughlan shares stories of his childhood poverty when he works with the youth who appear befor...

The general counsel for a San Diego software company has joined the growing ranks of in-house attorneys indicted on corporate ...

Focus Column – By Lincoln D. Bandlow - More than an Apprentice or Average Joe should draft the participants’ release if a real...

REDLANDS - Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center has shelled out $2 million to settle claims that it fraudulently billed feder...

An insurer that failed to settle a personal-injury lawsuit within the limits of its policy must pay $7.2 million to an Emeryvi...

LOS ANGELES - Robert S. Metzger has left Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Wednesday refused to let the U.S. Department of Energy off the hook for its role in cleaning u...

A dissenting judge called it "truly shocking," but a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a Los Angeles paranoid schizop...

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are questioning whether the Justice Department intended to avoid Senate confirmation for the U.S. attor...

Web Exclusive - Four Santa Clarita Valley water agencies agreed to a settlement Wednesday that will pay up to $100 million for...

Judge George Genesta makes jury duty sound so appealing and patriotic that prospective jurors in his courtroom can't wait to b...

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal law blocks Southern California air regulators from controlling emissions from railroads, by far one of...

Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President George H.W. Bush in 1989, Judge Pamela Ann Rymer is known as a...

Santa Monica litigation shop Alschuler Grossman announced Tuesday it will combine with Bingham McCutchen, adding 40 attorneys ...

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Commissioner Deborah M. Talmage takes keen interest in the rehabilitation of drug-court de...

SAN FRANCISCO - The longer the engagement, the more commitment a couple can incur when the time finally comes to walk the aisl...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ronald T.L. Young, 58, a Superior Court judge who served Napa County for more than 22 years, has retired from ...

Letter to the Editor - I read your April 27 article regarding [Riverside County District Attorney] Rod Pacheco and [Riverside ...

Focus Column - By Mel Levine - If your client becomes the subject of congressional oversight investigations, follow these tips...

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The bad behavior by the press over Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin’s never-ending custody ba...

An Iraq War veteran suffering post-traumatic stress disorder will not have to go to prison for possessing two stolen pieces of...

Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - The U.S. Supreme Court has reopened the door a crack on the important issue of abortion, r...

SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar mailed ballots to its members Tuesday, asking them to elect a handful of new governors for Los A...

A failed murder prosecution nine years ago came back to haunt Santa Clara County officials Tuesday when a federal appeals cour...

Always active in nonprofits, Marin County Superior Court Judge Faye D'Opal sees her judicial post as one more opportunity to s...

During 35 years as a San Francisco prosecutor, Linda Klee has earned some unforgettable nicknames, like Black Widow and Killer...

SACRAMENTO - A former defense investigator admitted Monday that she faked documents in an effort to prevent four men from bein...

LOS ANGELES - Nixon Peabody announced Monday the selection of real estate attorney Paul E. Schrier as managing partner for the...

SAN FRANCISCO - What did former legislator Jackie Speier do after being termed out of her state Senate seat in November? ...

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County's district attorney has ratcheted up his attack on a trial judge, taking the unusual step of barr...