Last week, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Ohio's...

LOS ANGELES - In a long-awaited ruling, a state appellate court underscored the importance of getting to the courtroom first w...

LOS ANGELES - Veteran immigration attorney Christine E. Stancill has taken a seat on the U.S. immigration court in Los Angeles...

LOS ANGELES - Court of Appeal Justice Charles Vogel administered the oath to seven new judges of the Los Angeles Superior Cour...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Alternate Public Defender is seeking sanctions against newly elected District Attorney Steve Coo...

SAN FRANCISCO - Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe has taken first place honors for its Web site at a legal marketing award c...

SAN DIEGO - Attorney Daniel W. Cohen expected trouble when a judge appointed him to represent accused rapist Johnny Stanley. S...

LOS ANGELES - A Woodland Hills couple whose dream home turned into a money pit because the seller failed to disclose major str...

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay judge has agreed that Ford Motor Co. will owe California consumers $3.5 billion if found liable fo...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An Upland police officer is suing his employer and the city, alleging that the police department's internal...

Guests in North America's biggest hotel chains, from Four Seasons to Marriott, will be able to select compact disc music throu...

The 9th Circuit became the first federal appellate court to rule that the right to Brady material cannot be waived through a p...

LOS ANGELES - Nearly three years ago, two people from opposite worlds joined forces. They had nothing in common, except each h...

LOS ANGELES - Matthew Monroe of Monroe & Shapiro decided to make public his previously confidential mentor relationship wi...

LOS ANGELES - Richard "Rick" Ross remembers his first beauty contest. It involved not babes in bathing suits but a seasoned ac...

LOS ANGELES - Appellate attorney Irving Greines sounds like the worst kind of libertine when he talks about the obsession that...

Between the Oscars and the NCAA basketball tournament, March has become the pre-eminent month for office pools around the coun...

Decked in a baby-blue tank top, form-fitting blue jeans and lips shining with an extra coat of gloss, Sarineh Abnoosi, 17, cru...

A self-proclaimed 'smart gal with a fat bank account,' Love professes that she is 'ready to take this thing all the way to the...

As the markets continue to plummet despite the Federal Reserve's efforts this week, economists and market watchers are turning...

Despite what the stock market might say, we are in the midst of a New Network Economy. So it is important to understand some o...

For 21 years, I've been an ever-more-out lesbian. For almost 10 years, I've been engaged in legal advocacy, first on behalf of...

Working in a research facility in Brea more than a decade ago, Unocal scientists Peter Jessup and Michael Croudace positioned ...

Since the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, the vast majority ...

In many states, California included, the only legal requirement for becoming a judge is the length of time spent as a lawyer. ...

When the market for public offerings closed down last year, many companies were faced with a difficult dilemma. They needed ca...

Does anyone really believe that cats can suck the breath out of babies? Or that rice tossed at the bride and groom is dangerou...

March Madness. We all know that's about basketball. May madness is different. Maybe it was something in the Los Angeles air or...

LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union sued the National Park Service on Thursday to force the removal of a 5-foot-t...

LOS ANGELES - A coalition of immigrant rights groups Thursday called on Congress to pass legislation to aid migrants, includin...