SANTA ANA - Costa Mesa's city attorney's office was operating without a boss last week after the City Council suspended its to...

LOS ANGELES - Though the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave no reason for its decision last week not to reappoint U.S. Ban...

Employment Column - By Mark A. Rome - "Simplistic," "informal" and "expeditious" are terms which the U.S. Supreme Court has us...

SAN FRANCISCO - Retiring Fresno Superior Court Judge Vincent J. McGraw, a former member of the state judicial watchdog agency,...

BAKERSFIELD - Stephen M. Tauzer's generosity may have cost him his life, authorities say. When the Kern County assistant distr...

LOS ANGELES - A recall election against four high-ranking South Gate city officials can proceed because the petitions used to ...

LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for a Los Angeles film office boss under investigation for lavish spending and political contributions ...

LOS ANGELES - The first lawsuit to reach the courtroom targeting both Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone in the ongoing ...

LOS ANGELES - When Superior Court Commissioner Michael L. Schuur was a sole practitioner, he faced his share of clowns in the ...

Focus Column - By Daniel J. Curtin - In Travis v. Santa Cruz County, 100 Cal.App.4th 609 (2002), decided on July 25, th...

Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On Sept. 5, in Minnesota, the majority of the 5,000 farmers with shares in a cooperativ...

LOS ANGELES - For more than two decades, the Conference of Delegates has been a lightning rod of controversy for the State Bar...

Dicta Column - By The Rodent - How many times has this happened to you? You are just about to pick up your things, put on your...

Dicta Column - By Sharon Berman - Persuasive writing is a hallmark of a good litigator. Writing for marketing purposes, howeve...

VENTURA - Ventura County Superior Court Presiding Judge Bruce A. Clark and Assistant Presiding Judge John R. Smiley have been ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Seldom does a U.S. attorney hire a criminal defense attorney as his chief executive, but that is just what San...

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury Wednesday absolved the El Monte Police Department of any liability in the fatal shooting of a dis...

SAN DIEGO - A second jury heard the evidence in the trial of David A. Westerfield. And the TV viewers who saw the trial on a l...

LOS ANGELES - It's a tale of unlikely bedfellows: a Republican activist facing off against GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Si...

Column by Garry Abrams - Sharks can make toast! This amazing culinary discovery surfaced this week in the now-notorious saga o...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Sierra Club and two Mendocino County environmental activists Wednesday defeated a libel case brought by a ...

LOS ANGELES - At least a few kids are happy school is back in session. Children living in the Faircrest Apartments in Norwalk ...

OAKLAND - Keith Batt, the former rookie Oakland police officer who blew the whistle on the alleged crimes of the Oakland Rider...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a groundbreaking decision, a federal appeals panel opened the door Wednesday to broad liability in U.S. cou...

BAKERSFIELD - Kern County Sheriff's investigators continued Wednesday to probe the personal life of slain Assistant District A...

WASHINGTON - A conservative anti-abortion appeals court nominee appeared headed for approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee...

SAN FRANCISCO - Since Terence Hallinan took office in 1996, the district attorney's relationship with the San Francisco Chroni...

LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit against a Cornell University medical clinic stemming from the fertility clinic scandal at University o...

Focus Column - By William W. Oxley and William A. Molinski - While not likely to draw as many fans as a Timberwolves-Lakers p...

Dicta Column - By Lee Jay Berman - If a mediation is going to have a chance at success, perhaps the most important decision is...