WASHINGTON - Democratic senators are crying foul over what they claim is a Bush administration tactic to circumvent Senate con...

WASHINGTON - When Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act two years ago, tort reformers were quick to declare a thumping...

SAN FRANCISCO - Catholic Healthcare West agreed Thursday to a $423 million class-action settlement over pricing and collection...

Attorneys say San Francisco Superior Court Commissioner Abby Abinanti gives troubled children a fair shake while attempting to...

LOS ANGELES - For Internet-based video-game fans, it was the thwack heard round the virtual world, a bizarre cyberassault that...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for plaintiffs, a federal judge Thursday granted class status to a lawsuit charging retail giant ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found room in his proposed 2007 budget Wednesday to hire 50 new trial-court judges on top of the 50...

LOS ANGELES - Noted media lawyer Gary Bostwick is leaving Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton to strike out on his own. ...

JOSHUA TREE - A 66-year-old paralegal who authorities allege tried to kill Joshua Tree criminal defense lawyer Bill J. Weir Jr...

LOS ANGELES - Two attorneys and employees from a dozen law offices are among 101 defendants indicted in what L.A. County Distr...

FORUM COLUMN - By Karen J. Mathis - At salaries matched by many first-year associates, federal judges are getting squeezed, sa...

FORUM COLUMN - By James A. Andersen and William G. Essig - Two CPAs explain why hiring a financial expert in litigation is not...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday sounded skeptical about allowing juvenile probation officers broad l...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Paul D. Fogel and Mani Sheik - The new year rings in a bewildering reorganization of state appellate rules. ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Robert F. Bauer - The movement to require voters to meet heightened identification standards got a big boost...

A private investigator who allegedly used a newspaper reporter's Social Security number to obtain telephone records as part of...

SAN FRANCISCO - A medically needy prisoner has touched off a legal spat between a judge and the sheriff over where he should b...

LOS ANGELES - Lieff Cabraser's Richard Heimann wants to sue Broadcom Corp. for handing out improper stock options. But he want...

SACRAMENTO - California's rapidly growing DNA database could be wrongly identifying people who commit serious crimes such as r...

A 58-year-old criminal defense attorney was in critical condition Tuesday after being shot at his Joshua Tree law office in th...

WASHINGTON - A potentially important U.S. Supreme Court case on criminal sentencing fizzled out Tuesday as the justices announ...

FORUM COLUMN - By Nora Quinn - Lawyer Nora Quinn has about had it with Los Angeles traffic. She's ready to file lawsuits and t...

SAN FRANCISCO - A legal secretary is accusing Nixon Peabody and one of the firm's senior partners of sexual harassment and ret...

LOS ANGELES - Funeral services will take place Saturday for Elwood S. Kendrick, a pioneer patent, antitrust and class-action ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The state's judicial watchdog agency has rebuked a retired San Diego County judge, accusing him of not disclos...

LOS ANGELES - A pair of partners departed Greenberg Glusker at the start of the new year, with real estate attorney Craig P. W...

WASHINGTON - Intrigue grew Tuesday over two vacant seats on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when one embattled nominee w...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce a state budget proposal Wednesday to include $20 million for new court f...

FOCUS COLUMN - By Rodney Richard Jones - Rarely do the courts hold that a search of a car was improper. A Mendocino criminal ...

SAN FRANCISCO - All kinds of dirty laundry come out when family members fight in court. ...