In a recent ruling, U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman issued a lengthy opinion declaring that the admissions policies at...

On the day that it left Washington for its summer recess, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case that has occupie...

CHICAGO - When the Bush administration in March snatched away the American Bar Association's 50-year-old job of rating potenti...

The prayer for relief - you all remember it as one of those building blocks in civil procedure. A true vestige of English hist...

SACRAMENTO - A bill to create a groundbreaking program to help California's troubled lawyers, particularly those addicted to d...

SACRAMENTO - A task force on the multi-jurisdictional practice of law tentatively recommended Wednesday that in-house counsel ...

SAN FRANCISCO - So you want to open a law firm in a down economy? Have you lost your mind? Where are you going to find clients...

SAN FRANCISCO - The names of four seemingly moderate judges with little appellate experience were submitted to a State Bar com...

What duty do adults owe to teen-agers whom they invite into their homes to supervise and protect them against sexual assault ...

SAN BERNARDINO - Grant Saucier was just 6 months old when the woman responsible for watching him at a San Bernardino County da...

SAN DIEGO - Lawyers for the city of San Diego will get their final chance this month to convince an Orange County judge to thr...

LOS ANGELES - The federal court in Los Angeles announced plans Wednesday to reappoint two full-time and two part-time magistra...

"If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed." Supreme Court Jus...

Consumers who sue under a breach of warranty theory to recover damages for the cost to repair or replace defective products ne...

Prenuptial agreements that allow a party to waive spousal support for any reason are inherently unfair and should, as a matter...

Take heart, legal shut-ins. Be glad you are at work. August is here, and today could be a scorcher. ...

CHICAGO - As lawyers gather this week for the American Bar Association's annual convention here, key votes are expected on eth...

LOS ANGELES - A Van Nuys judge on Wednesday denied a bail request for Robert Rosenkrantz, a convicted killer who sued Gov. Gra...

LOS ANGELES - Ending a heated six-year battle over construction costs on the Red Line subway, a Superior Court jury on Wednesd...

WASHINGTON - Is the polygraph test taken by California Rep. Gary A. Condit worth the graph paper it is printed on? Or is it ju...

LOS ANGELES - In a suit that tested just how far the media may delve into the most personal moments of unsuspecting people, a ...

It's OK for original Beach Boy Al Jardine to keep going on surfing safaris - but he better be careful how he shoots the curls....

The earlier parties get to the mediation table, the earlier that they can settle, the more time and money they can save and th...

Using civilian custody assistants would help the county of Los Angeles get its deputies out of staffing the jails and back on ...

When Etta Ann Urdiales was murdered in Colorado, two completely different juries convicted two different people of the crime. ...

The only thing Rodolfo Chavez admits having on his mind as he drove to Ramona on Jan. 7, 1998, was the selection of late-model...

At the mediation offices of Gig Kyriacou, Kyriacou and mediators Earl Willens, Charlie Peterson, Steve Cerveris, Keenan Oldham...

Paul Gabbert displays exotic travel photographs on the walls and shelves of his office, among them a shot of a 200-pound Komod...