LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve Cooley warned Thursday that, if the county cuts his budget, he could be forced to make s...

LOS ANGELES - James Bostwick, a San Francisco plaintiffs' attorney, will be inducted as president of the International Academy...

LOS ANGELES - The State Bar's employees union has accepted a compromise contract offer for 2003-04, ending months of tense neg...

SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed the death sentence of a member of the notorious Eigh...

LOS ANGELES - The ballerinas shuddered as they stepped from the cool night into the warmth and humidity of Anna Cheselka Dance...

LOS ANGELES - Lawyer William Shernoff has been busy videotaping depositions of his elderly clients, as litigation over Holocau...

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - In employment cases, a plaintiff's prayer for relief often includes bo...

Forum Column - By Richard Lessner - When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Lawrence v. Texas , pro-family conserv...

Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By John Kappos and John Heal - A recent decision from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

LOS ANGELES - Originally slated for this week, jury selection in the long-pending case between Dickson, Carlson & Campillo...

LOS ANGELES - Merger discussions between San Diego's Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps and Seattle's Preston Gates & E...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the latest defeat for San Francisco's tenants-rights ordinances, a judge has tossed out a measure designed...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday appointed Yolo County Superior Court Executive Officer Kathleen M. White to serve...

OAKLAND - The team chosen to monitor Oakland's compliance with a recent police-reform settlement got its first taste this wee...

SACRAMENTO - The state's budget crisis and a growing labor force necessitate beefing up civil penalties for labor law violati...

SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court Judge Cormac J. Carney has been confirmed to the U.S. District Court in a 80-0 vote b...

SANTA ANA - When Sheila Hanson opens the people's case today against former priest John Lenihan, it will be a reunion of sorts...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles businesswoman and Republican Party activist with strong ties to Beijing was arrested Wednesday alo...

SAN FRANCISCO - As the city faces a financial crisis, Mayor Willie Brown's budget office soon will decide whether the San Fra...

SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court dove headlong into the surf of the California Coastal Commission controversy Wednes...

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court officials plan to close the satellite court facility in Santa Clara for up to si...

LOS ANGELES - Judge Howard A. Schwab is as much a scholar as a he is a jurist. In addition to a career that includes 20 years ...

Forum Column - By Daniel U. Smith - A Court of Appeal has ruled that, when an injured worker sues a third party for negligence...

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Richard Chernick - The Federal Arbitration Act applies to contracts "eviden...

SAN FRANCISCO - Marilyn Hall Patel, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern California, has been chosen to receiv...

LOS ANGELES - David Kalish is neither the first cop to face charges of sexual misconduct with the Los Angeles Police Departmen...

SAN FRANCISCO - Bradford Duft, a former chief of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison's intellectual property practice in San Diego...

SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland must stand trial for returning a stolen $600 diamond ring to its owner. The 9th U.S. Circ...

LOS ANGELES - Lawyer Gerald V. Scotti, who killed himself and his paralegal in March, was under pressure from federal authorit...

LOS ANGELES - Pot smokers can breathe a little easier after a state appeals court affirmed Tuesday that owning a "smoking devi...