SAN DIEGO - A man acquitted in the 1985 shooting death of a San Diego police officer has filed a lawsuit, alleging that he was...
SANTA ANA - A Tustin man has been indicted by an Orange County federal grand jury on charges of threatening the life of Moon U...
LOS ANGELES - Doting grandparents lose the right to visit their grandson after his adoption, an appellate court has ruled. Ado...
LOS ANGELES - Trading their briefcases for hammers Wednesday, 18 lawyers and staff from the Los Angeles city attorney's office...
LOS ANGELES - Presiding Judge Victor E. Chavez's trademark smile always has been effective at disarming opponents and engaging...
SACRAMENTO - In her eight years in the California Legislature, Sen. Debra Bowen, a Redondo Beach Democrat, has become a leadin...
Donald E. Biederman says he is living the third act of his life. His is a story of a lifelong dream fulfilled - while battling...
WASHINGTON - In its first bit of substantial business during a lame-duck session, the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a controv...
SAN FRANCISCO - Opening the door to an order requiring prisons to keep up their law libraries, an 11-judge federal appeals cou...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's groundbreaking medical marijuana initiative does not provide blanket immunity from prosecution, a...
Administrative/Regulatory
Orange County Courts Will Merge in January
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
LAGUNA NIGUEL - Some judges have to hear cases in moldy trailers outside the courthouse. Defendants, lawyers and witnesses hav...
In Jackson Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Chapman, 64 So. 791 (Miss. 1914), Judge Richard F. Reed found the following for the court...
SAN JOSE - The headmistress of an exclusive Los Gatos elementary school was acquitted by a Santa Clara County judge Wednesday ...
California redevelopment law was developed in the wake of World War II as a response to conditions of blight and decay in the ...
In a ruling implicating sentences in dozens of criminal cases, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a trial judge, not...
The evening's topic had been society's lowered standards. "I regret to say that it started with the Catholics," O'Toole sighed...
While the tragic factual scenario in 'Pacheco' may somewhat limit its applicability, a strong lesson may be gleaned for proper...
When you went to the polls on Nov. 7, did you spot any voter with a shaggy wagging tail? An investigation several years ago by...
Services have taken place for Neil G. McNiece, partner at Santa Monica's Haight, Brown & Bonesteel. McNiece died Nov. 24 o...
Judges and Judiciary
Seeking Solutions to Problematic Judicial Elections
By Staff Writer
Concerned that judicial races are turning into spending contests increasingly marred by hit pieces and other unethical conduct...
LOS ANGELES - The Commission on Judicial Performance will begin hearings Feb. 21 about allegations a Los Angeles Superior Cour...
The end of an eight-year legal tug-of-war between a private landowner and Riverside County may just be the beginning for other...
Litigation
Appellate Court Rules Gag Order Violated Glendale Woman's Rights
By Dawn Piimanu
LOS ANGELES - An appellate court Wednesday reversed a gag order that silenced a Glendale woman from complaining about alleged ...
Government
Odds of Getting Shot by Police in L.A.'s Life Lottery Seem Better Lately
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - Perhaps more than in most U.S. cities, life in Los Angeles is a lottery. Will the city be leveled by an earthqua...
Frank D. Winston, a popular San Francisco attorney who has long brightened the local and state legal scene with musical shows ...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles probate commissioner Wednesday approved the largest personal injury settlement to date by the Metr...
PHOENIX - Ask Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to talk about his career achievements, and before long he'll be pra...
LOS ANGELES - Imagine that you're the new kid in juvenile hall. Most likely, you're scared out of your wits. You're in a big r...
The big chunk in the middle of Butte Creek may not have been the most pressing environmental problem in the world, but it was ...
A San Francisco distributor can sell 9,000 cases of fine wine, a judge has ruled, but only if he doesn't reveal who made it. T...