LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Friday issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Los Angeles Police Department from u...

Someone whose free-speech rights under the California Constitution are violated cannot sue for money damages, an appellate cou...

LOS ANGELES - As its attorneys turned off the lights and closed the doors Thursday night, Tuttle & Taylor's reign as one o...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has struck down Measure F, an Orange County ballot measure halting planning of an internati...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices appeared sharply split Friday on whether to reverse the Florida Supreme Court's decisi...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Council members Friday denounced the Los Angeles Police Department's heavy street presence duri...

Public utilities can send political literature to customers along with their bills, a California appellate court has said, str...

SACRAMENTO - Buzz words at the state Fair Political Practices Commission these days, such as "reasonable foreseeability," "pub...

LOS ANGELES - The Daily Journal Corporation has announced the launch of its Web site, which gives subscribers access to curren...

The class-action option has long served a dual purpose, both allowing individuals to combine relatively small claims and reso...

LOS ANGELES - For six years, young immigrants from Mexico found work as graveyard-shift janitors in supermarkets in Southern C...

By Julie Nakashima Transportation is one of the biggest issues real estate developers face. Proximity to airports, ports and ...

By John McCloud The high rents and tight markets of the inner ring of San Francisco Bay Area cities has had less impact on th...

In two cases, seemingly disparate but both involving access to justice for large but unempowered segments of society, attorney...

A basic knowledge of small claims court is crucial to any civil litigator. ...

California's total construction volume after nine months was up 9.8 percent, totaling $46.19 billion, according to the Constr...

I've been in this line of work for 30 years and I'm still surprised to see what our state appellate courts think are hot legal...

Next week's oral argument should prove interesting to tort practitioners - and not just those who litigate medical-device or p...

SAN FRANSICO - The Monterey County bench officially approved consolidating its superior and municipal courts Thursday, leavin...

SACRAMENTO - State Sen. Martha Escutia, chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday that she has accepted a p...

The International Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives Northern California Chapter named Frank Robinson Corporate ...

Burgeoning interest in so-called "xtreme," high-risk sports, such as auto racing, snowboarding, motocross, skateboarding, BMX ...

When presenting a product liability case to jurors, it is important to present a comprehensive array of information. There are...

Finally, a definitive book on the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration! ...

Few lawyers have melded their ideologies and legal practices the way Sonia Mercado has done. The civil rights attorney suffers...

SAN FRANSICO - The controversy surrounding San Francisco Superior Court Judge Thomas Mellon took a new turn this week when hi...

Plaintiff's counsel must recognize the value of protected anonymous speech while preserving the client's right to seek relief....

Antideficiency statutes don't apply to prevent bank from foreclosing on property without first determining its fair market va...

By Julie Nakashima The Inland Empire continued to prove that the coast isn't necessarily the most, as the two-county (San Ber...

By Julie Nakashima Interestingly enough, downtown commercial real estate brokers save some of their loudest cheers for housin...