SAN FRANCISCO - George Steffes, a potent figure on the Sacramento political scene for more than 30 years, has merged his lobby...

LOS ANGELES - William Fitzgerald testified Thursday that it would have been inappropriate for Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison ...

LOS ANGELES - A small, faded U.S. flag waves in the morning breeze on one of the wooden posts holding up Terry Johnson's ramsh...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area charter high school has sued the public district it left behind, claiming bureaucrats are ill...

RIVERSIDE - By day, Jorge Hernandez races from courtroom to courtroom, representing defendants charged with everything from dr...

LOS ANGELES - President Bush on Thursday nominated five men and one woman to federal judgeships in Southern California. All fi...

SACRAMENTO - Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Gunther used to clean poop out of cages. Now he helps jurors cut through...

Column By Garry Abrams - A federal judge Thursday torpedoed the Walt Disney Co.'s copyright termination bid in the Winnie the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court dropped a bombshell on the state's capital Thursday with a ruling that threatens...

Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - You can't pretend that an 800-pound gorilla just isn't there. Whistling doesn't help, an...

LOS ANGELES - In his more than 30 years in law, Richard H. Kirschner has prosecuted white-collar criminals, represented high-s...

Focus Column - Real Property - By Michael E. Di Geronimo - When a ground lessee does not need financing to construct its initi...

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By June Lehrman - The California Supreme Court has held that monetary claims f...

Forum Column - By Gloria Allred - Should the law be changed to require that the plaintiff in a child sexual-abuse case be noti...

LOS ANGELES - Richard Mayer wanted to run for South Gate City Council. His only problem was that he didn't live in South Gate....

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide the validity of a state law that allows World War II ...

LOS ANGELES - A memorial service will take place today at the Skirball Cultural Center for former Municipal Court Judge Robert...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge presiding over the police brutality lawsuit brought by anti-logging protesters reaffirmed Wed...

Column By Garry Abrams - find yourself in the cross hairs of every hog-calling Congress member from Kissimmee to Klamath? ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Complaining that police routinely stonewall its investigations, San Francisco's police watchdog agency has ask...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer Mark J. Geragos likely will take over the defense of Scott Peterson, the Mod...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices strongly indicated Wednesday that a Virginia man convicted of trespassing at a public-...

RIVERSIDE - Limiting the due-process rights of students, an appeal court ruled Wednesday that school boards are not compelled ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Rather than lead lawyers at his own law firm, Thelen, Reid & Priest's former chairman Richard Gary will so...

SAN JOSE - The attorney representing the first convicted child molester scheduled to be released after completing treatment u...

SAN MATEO - A few months ago, San Mateo Superior Court Judge Richard Livermore found himself in a familiar situation: counseli...

Focus Column - Tort Law - By Wondie Russell - By now, most of us have heard more than we ever wanted to know about indoor mold...

Forum Column - By Loretta Lynch - Reliable, low-cost electric energy makes the American economy go. It is the essential servic...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate court has refused to reconsider allowing the niece of the woman depicted in painter Gustav K...

LOS ANGELES - Amy Pellman, legal director of The Alliance for Children's Rights, a Los Angeles-based public-interest firm, is ...