Riverside Judge Douglas E. Weathers came to his first assignment with little experience in criminal law, but after a year and ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Schuit has earned a solid reputation for maintaining order - and his patienc...

"Koreans are argumentative, hot-tempered, prideful," said Hannah Kim, left, who co-founded, with Damon Lee, Korean American Ar...

A state appeals court on Thursday threw out a $42 million verdict awarded to the 500 members of the Los Angeles County Police ...

Focus Column - By Michael D. Marcus - Don't be fooled by the mellow surroundings and free cookies. Mediation is a litigation; ...

LOS ANGELES - The family of a boy who suffered a seizure at school and became paralyzed has received $7.6 million from the Los...

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has upheld a lower court's decision to throw out a $33 million jury verdict against the ...

Forum Column - By Peter J. Engstrom - An international lawyer discusses a court's ability to transfer a case for forum non con...

SAN FRANCISCO - State water officials and system managers want an Alameda County Superior Court judge to drop his threat to sh...

Employment Column - By Nicole Kamm - Workers have some expectation of privacy regarding their computers, but not much. And emp...

SAN JOSE - Fenwick & West's litigation group scored a victory last week when a San Francisco federal jury awarded its clie...

When the Justice Department set out to plug a media leak in its high-profile investigation of steroid use by athletes, prosecu...

LOS ANGELES - Though chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, Barry Sanders readily concedes he's...

Vulgar, perhaps, but the classic elementary-school line turned out to be true for a Brentwood carpet store that complained to ...

LOS ANGELES - As might be expected, James M. McKanna relies heavily on years spent as a litigator when mediating disputes. But...

Sound archivists working to preserve early musical recordings -- some dating back to the late 19th century -- are seeking clar...

A federal jury in San Diego has awarded $21 million to a local manufacturer against a former employee who apparently stole doz...

Trial judges don't have to rely on an average IQ score to decide whether a defendant is ineligible for the death penalty becau...

LOS ANGELES - BH Properties LLC announced April 11 the formation of a new company, Excess Property Acquisitions LLC. ...

Redlands attorney Richard D. McCune Jr., right, is representing Joshua Endres in his lawsuit against Wells Fargo to stop the b...

Anthony Person spent two years crafting a deal to buy the commercial security company Brassfield Communications, for which fin...

Focus Column - By Carol Rene Brophy - Whether California's recent raft of climate change legislation will preserve the ice cap...

LOS ANGELES - Retired attorney William J. Gargaro Jr., who spent the bulk of his 40-year legal career as a medical-malpractice...

SAN FRANCISCO - The world's largest air cargo carrier has agreed to pay nearly $55 million to end a racial discrimination clas...

Forum Column - By Rachel S. Kronowitz - The Supreme Court's recent ruling on global warming will have profound effects on dire...

WASHINGTON - Senate confirmation is usually a formality for U.S. attorney nominees. That's about to change. ...

LOS ANGELES - The continuing political firestorm over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys has helped restore power to a loc...

SAN DIEGO - A bankruptcy judge Wednesday told lawyers for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego to provide the court with al...

Marin County Commissioner Beverly Wood is remarkable in her enthusiasm for fixing the modern-day woes in family law court. ...

Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Ricardo Cordova, who testified in Scott Peterson's murder trial, empathizes with witnes...