SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County trial judge dismissed the jury Tuesday in the final phase of a $51 million firearms product ...

SANTA ANA - Rejecting a defense attorney's contention that a man sucking the toes of preteen boys was not lewd behavior, a jur...

SACRAMENTO - Californians who are members of homeowners' associations would have a greater say in how their delegates adopt or...

LOS ANGELES - A referee will hear a high-profile dispute between Marvel Characters and Sony Pictures Entertainment over the lu...

SAN JOSE - A Cupertino company found to have been the victim of trade-secrets misappropriation will get a chance to block onli...

SAN DIEGO - Lloyd's of London will pay the San Diego Padres $11.9 million in settlement of a Superior Court lawsuit over a den...

LOS ANGELES - Faced with additional budget cuts in the next fiscal year, the Los Angeles Superior Court is asking jurors to co...

LOS ANGELES - Law clerks hired by the Los Angeles Superior Court after July 25, 2001, may be out of a job in the coming years ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court in Los Angeles declined Tuesday to rule on whether lawful noncitizens are eligible to wo...

Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Stuart Miller - Federal civil practitioners are aware of the severe limitations on imme...

Forum Column - By Stephen Yagman - We now can put aside President Bush's Pantagruelian antics and his sanctimonious, born-agai...

SACRAMENTO - Californians who are members of homeowner associations would have a greater say in how their delegates adopt or ...

SAN FRANCISCO - State prison's revolving door will spin no longer for Glen "Buddy" Nickerson, who after 18 years of confineme...

SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court jury Monday declined Monday to find two street racers guilty of second-degree murder but did con...

SANTA ANA - Attorney Hilmer Ula Jarboe Jr. has been charged with three misdemeanors and a felony after his near-fatal shootin...

WASHINGTON - Handing a victory to California municipalities, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that local governments do not hav...

LOS ANGELES - An Inyo County Native American tribe can't sue under a federal civil rights statute for an alleged violation of...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court opened the door slightly Monday for criminal defendants to challenge retrials, b...

SACRAMENTO - In a blow to free speech protections and consumer interests, a federal appeals court refused Monday to reconside...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for the 2003-04 term, in which the court will take on Washington state...

Column By Garry Abrams - Thursday, the Los Angeles Daily Journal ran three corrections on Page 2 regarding the Washington, D.C...

LOS ANGELES - An emotional Nabil Issa wiped tears of frustration and relief from his eyes Monday after a federal judge reduce...

SAN FRANCISCO - The distinction between bar junkies and outsiders is a false one, State Bar President James E. Herman likes t...

SAN JOSE - Winning a trade-secrets case can be cold comfort, as a Cupertino software company found out last month. A Santa Cl...

LOS ANGELES -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Ford Motor Co. another shot at reducing a record $290 million punitive dam...

Media lawyer Scott Zolke joined Los Angeles' Loeb & Loeb as a partner in the entertainment and media group May 5. Zolke wa...

Vernell Crittendon lowers his voice to a whisper as he spots two visitors departing through the gates of San Quentin State Pri...

"What Can Brown Do For You?" is a recent ad slogan for United Parcel Service, recognized by its brown-and-gold symbol. "Leave ...

St. Jude Medical Inc. has invested $15 million in Sunnyvale's Epicor Medical Inc. to acquire a minority stake in the privately...

Column - Business Development - By Karen Kaplowitz - The buzz is all about "teamwork" in rainmaking. It's great to see that la...