LOS ANGELES - A judge has dismissed misdemeanor charges against attorney Shawn Chapman, co-counsel for former Symbionese Liber...
Charles H. Dick Jr., a litigation partner at the San Diego office of Chicago's Baker & McKenzie, has been elected a nation...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Psychologist Can Be Sued Over Release Of Patient
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Long live the legal battle between psychologists and psychiatrists over who has authority to discharge mentall...
SAN JOSE - A federal judge handed Yahoo Inc. a major victory Thursday in its battle with French courts and antidefamation grou...
Mealtime interviews must be managed properly to secure that job offer. ...
'A Chinaman is cold, cunning and distrustful; always ready to take advantage of those he has to deal with; extremely covetous ...
"In law ... the emphasis makes the song." - Justice Felix Frankfurter. "It is planned to keep the work up to date ... No doubt...
Frontier towns were not fit for stable families and peaceful development without a sheriff around. Professional baseball games...
The lawsuits fall into two categories: those targeted at the out-of-state owners of the power-generating plants and those dire...
LOS ANGELES - Edward Sonnenschein, rainmaker at the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, will leave his practice to lea...
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would ban secret settlements involving defective products and environmental hazards that can hurt the...
LOS ANGELES - A Web site aimed at helping middle-income people navigate the legal system launches today. Sponsored by the Amer...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives underwent sharp questioning Thursday from a Justice Department attorne...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided Thursday to quash a defense attorney's subpoenas ordering two parole ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A public memorial service and reception honoring the late state appellate Justice Clinton White will be held T...
LOS ANGELES - Veteran Deputy District Attorney Leah S. Bergman has a firm grasp on every case before she makes a courtroom app...
Criminal
Jury Convicts Abusive Foster Mother of Murdering 4-Year-Old
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A jury Thursday convicted a foster mother of first-degree murder for fatally abusing her 4-year-old charge by slam...
SAN FRANCISCO - Malaysian international smuggler of at least 300 endangered animals, including rare Komodo dragons, was senten...
SAN FRANCISCO - The war against digital piracy is moving out of the courtroom and into high-tech development labs. Copyright o...
SANTA ANA - Seven years ago, a Taiwanese national allegedly stabbed her husband's mistress to death with a knife and smothered...
Government Contracts
Judge Expresses Doubts About Choice of Police-Reform Monitor
By Chris Ford
LOS ANGELES - Expressing doubts about the city of Los Angeles' and the federal government's proposal for a monitor to oversee ...
LOS ANGELES - Just as Los Angeles officials reveal that mayoral candidates James K. Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa poured a rec...
LOS ANGELES - David W. Burcham's genes are made of chalk dust and the ink from textbooks. Son of a school board president and ...
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Louise Renne endorsed Police Commissioner and maritime lawyer Dennis Herrera as her successor Th...
Personal Injury & Torts
Court Weighs CHP Liability For Accident At Traffic Stop
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - A California Highway Patrol officer pulls over a speeding motorist to issue a ticket. While parked in the center...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling highly anticipated by cities feeling California's housing crunch, a state appeal court has upheld ...
California's Supreme Court recently revisited the California Environmental Quality Act in the context of ballot measures and h...
A residential landlord will be liable only if the landlord had actual knowledge of the dangerous dogs and the ability to preve...
SACRAMENTO - Angry senators eliminated funding for the state parole board in April, saying board members weren't doing their j...
Cutting off a habitual speeder is like scoring a point in his highway survivor game. ...