RIVERSIDE - A forensic toxicologist testified Thursday in a closely watched Riverside murder trial that a mother can transfer ...

SACRAMENTO - A bill that would implement the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on executing the mentally retarded won support Thursday ...

SANTA BARBARA - Under rigorous cross-examination Thursday, the former live-in girlfriend of Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall...

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet consumer and business services company Yahoo Inc. Wednesday elevated Michael Callahan to general cou...

SANTA ANA - The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously shot down an effort by two carjackers to force the trial courts to...

LOS ANGELES - Local consumer attorneys expressed outrage Thursday at a state Supreme Court decision upholding the legality of ...

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will be Sunday for Carol F. Jorstad, a veteran California deputy attorney general and past pr...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration has worked quietly to undermine federal court rulings giving the state a role in decid...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has denied a petition by Venice civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman to hold up the Oct. 7 guberna...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously approved the secretly brokered $3.3 billion bailout of So...

LOS ANGELES - For juvenile court Referee Steven L. Berman, learning the ins and outs of dependency court was like taking a cra...

LOS ANGELES - In a decision that appears to halt the spread of U.S. copyright claims overseas, a divided federal appeals court...

SAN FRANCISCO - Firearms dealers and distributors have agreed to major reforms to settle claims in a lawsuit by a dozen state ...

SAN JOSE - A former leading executive at a well-known Silicon Valley semiconductor company goes to trial Monday on claims he w...

WASHINGTON - It's probably no surprise that the wild world of adult entertainment and John Ashcroft's Justice Department are n...

SAN FRANCISCO - The fate of California's Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election now falls to three federal appellate judges, all...

Column By Garry Abrams - Like an aging movie star pumped on hype and hope for one more box-office success, our old friend the ...

LOS ANGELES - Fighting City Hall is not only hard work but also expensive. Or so one outspoken North Hollywood woman learned W...

SAN FRANCISCO - Kathryn Snapka was the first woman to join the Corpus Christi, Texas, chapter of the American Board of Trial A...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge Wednesday refused to halt the gubernatorial recall, clearing the path for an Oct. 7 ...

STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge George J. Abdallah can be at his busiest when nothing's going on in his cou...

Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - Insurance carriers must conduct a thorough investigation before they deny a...

Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Jordan Stanzler - Policyholders facing asbestos, product-defect and environmental claims usu...

Forum Column By Robin Assaf Wofford and Michael S. Kalt The California Legislature traditionally has attempted to strike a del...

WASHINGTON - Members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission said this week that they would be hard-pressed to meet the deadline imp...

OAKLAND - When it comes to public service, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Gordon Baranco is the go-to guy in these parts....

Focus Column - Tax Law - By Boyd D. Hudson and Robert A. Yahiro - In May, Congress enacted the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reco...

Writing the latest chapter in the struggle to resolve the tension between the statutory right of publicity and the constitutio...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ruled that 163 older TV writers cannot recover money in an unfair-competition lawsuit th...

SANTA BARBARA - Afraid of being "outed" as a lesbian, Judge Diana R. Hall flew into a violent rage when her live-in girlfriend...