LOS ANGELES - Sex is essential to marriage, but money is not, according to a recent appellate-court opinion. A woman cannot a...

WASHINGTON - Senators on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee stressed Thursday their support for the Supreme C...

LOS ANGELES - Robert E. Nagle's job is all about the bottom line. As the county's litigation cost manager, Nagle is responsibl...

SAN FRANCISCO - The American Civil Liberties Union fired off a motion Thursday to set aside a Yolo County judge's order again...

SAN DIEGO - Saying the award was excessive, a San Diego judge has overturned a $6.85 million jury verdict in a sexual-harassme...

SACRAMENTO - Dealing a blow to California's powerful government employee unions, the state Supreme Court held Thursday that se...

SAN JOSE - A state appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Oakland Raiders aga...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday that a fugitive extradition treaty between the United States and Hong ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Charles James, head of Chevron Corp.'s 300 lawyers, likes to reward a job well done with a savory meal, but h...

INDUSTRIAL HAWTHORNE - A partnership led Kearny Real Estate Co. and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V purchased a 92-acre, 2.6...

Forum Column - By Rachel Dioso and Simon Cole - Since the wildly popular show "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" first aired ...

Letter to the Editor - Although I come to praise staff writer Jason W. Armstrong's generally accurate story on my opposition t...

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Catherine Valerio Barrad - A clear understanding of the standards of appellate review is the...

Forum Column - By Miriam Aroni Krinsky - Picture a soldier in battle, hunched over his rifle, grenades exploding on all sides ...

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Wednesday for longtime Los Angeles attorney Robert L. Dickson. Dickson, who gained nat...

NEWPORT BEACH - A memorial service will take place in August for retired Superior Court Judge Phillip A. Petty. Petty, a spor...

SAN FRANCISCO - Judge Peter D. Lichtman, a star jurist in the Los Angeles Superior Court's complex litigation unit, got no hel...

LOS ANGELES - Though some have affectionately referred to his office as "dorm room-ish" and chaotic, don't let the mess in Co...

LOS ANGELES - The new National Hockey League labor deal has little in common with the collective agreement Major League Baseb...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed four new judges to the Los Angeles bench and one to the Placer County cou...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would consider whether the second-degree murder conviction i...

MULTIFAMILY STANTON - A 168-unit apartment complex traded for $24.5 million or $145,833 per unit. John Walsh of Marcus & M...

LOS ANGELES - Cross the corporate strivers of "The Apprentice" with Court TV-style real-life drama, and what's the result? "T...

SAN FRANCISCO - California's criminal justice system, including its judges, is failing to enforce domestic violence laws and m...

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Each and every year, hundreds of thousands of California citizens petition the courts to d...

Focus Column - International Law - By Julia Walk - As companies react to the implementation of option expensing requirements u...

LOS ANGELES - The University of West Los Angeles, besieged by financial turmoil facing its School of Law, dropped a new bombsh...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed "disappointment" that the State Bar Board of Governors rejected a reques...

LOS ANGELES - Self-described "digital immigrant" Rupert Murdoch announced he would shell out $580 million to purchase Los Ange...

LOS ANGELES - A recent suit filed in federal court in Los Angeles alleges the complicity of Nestl, Archer Daniels Midland and...