WASHINGTON - A controversial proposal to allow the citation of so-called "unpublished" opinions in all federal courts was put ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Roger T. Benitez for a District Court judgeship for the San Diego-based Sou...

LOS ANGELES - Immigrants' rights lawyers said Thursday newly proposed modifications to the USA Patriot Act would restore civil...

FRESNO - If you find yourself in Reedley, appearing in the town's only courtroom, don't say you weren't warned. Signs on the d...

SANTA ANA - A Huntington Beach attorney was charged Thursday with 24 felony counts of stealing $641,000 from three clients and...

WASHINGTON - Reports estimate one private contractor for every 10 members of the military in Iraq, a contractor-to-soldier rat...

LOS ANGELES - After transferring from the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide unit to the sexual-assault team and discove...

SAN FRANCISCO - One bitter and prominent remnant of Gov. Ronald Reagan's legacy, some critics say, is California's homeless pr...

SACRAMENTO - Calling himself "Grandma Millie's lawyer," Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit Thursday against Enron Corp. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - There's an old saying in China that "frequent drinking makes friends surrounding." Alcoholic beverages are con...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court decided Wednesday to take up a case involving one of the most significant water q...

Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk Pasich - It has long been said that an insurer's duty to defend is broader than its dut...

Forum Column - By Bennet G. Kelley - With the campaign battleground now extended to the communion rail, I have decided it's ti...

Forum Column - By Ralph G. Neas - In the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration set ab...

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson paid at least $15.3 million to settle a 1993 lawsuit that alleged he molested a 13-year-old boy,...

SACRAMENTO - A measure that would require DNA samples from all convicted felons to be placed in the state's crime-solving data...

SAN JOSE - Over the objections of Santa Clara County District Attorney George Kennedy, some local police chiefs and community ...

SAN FRANCISCO - One could imagine a self-described Berkeley radical having difficulty defending some of most fervently anti-im...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has rejected the latest legal challenge to an Orthodox Jewish group's remodeling of a Ha...

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Santa Ana handed a German film and TV show distributor a stunning $77 million victory Wednesda...

SAN FRANCISCO - A restaurant is bound by Berkeley's living wage even though it signed a contract with the city well before the...

Column By Garry Abrams - LOS ANGELES - If California had an air force, it would be bombing and strafing Houston right about no...

LOS ANGELES - In the annual cycle of dinners to raise money for legal services for the poor, no event is larger in Los Angeles...

SACRAMENTO - Lawyers and legislators don't always speak the same language. Law student Christiana Dominguez wanted to bridge t...

Focus Column - Insurance Law - By William F. Sullivan, Peter M. Stone and Jay C. Gandhi - Many of the most highly esteemed mut...

Forum Column - By Jeffrey Mazzella - In the hours after midnight, cable TV is saturated with ads for diet pills promising big ...

SAN JOSE - The software firm that bought admitted trade-secrets thief Avant Corp. is aggressively pursuing a trade-secrets the...

LOS ANGELES - A state appellate court has thrown out a drug case against an Orange County defendant, saying his trial should n...

SAN FRANCISCO - A military judge ruled Tuesday that the lead civilian lawyer in the case against an alleged Guantanamo Bay spy...