Graveside services will take place today for retired Orange County personal injury lawyer William R. Bernstein. Bernstein died...

The 6th and 8th circuits embody the majority view that no minimum level of hazardous-substance release is necessary for liabil...

Dimwit was arrested just a few miles away from the robbed gas station, driving an Oldsmobile of the same color and style as th...

Avoiding punitive damages in harassment and discrimination cases should be a primary goal for all employers. Recently, the U.S...

Arbitration, so the wisdom goes, insulates corporate defendants against runaway verdicts and punitive damage awards. ...

Drivers don't expect to be involved or injured in automobile accidents, and certainly they don't contemplate being burned as a...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California will hold its annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Regent Beverly Wil...

Courts must look carefully at the provisions of arbitration agreements between employees and employers. Courts need to recogni...

The Rampart Division police scandal has affected the public's confidence in the justice system more than any single matter in ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed a State Bar decision to suspend an Orange County family law attorney who once represented the g...

JOSHUA TREE - Three adults accused of torturing and imprisoning two boys in a remote High Desert compound pleaded not guilty T...

When 8-year-old Brandon Keefe stayed home from school one day with a cold and went to a board meeting at Hollygrove Orphanage ...

Charles Keating Jr., the infamous symbol of the 1980s savings and loans collapses, will not be retried on state charges of sec...

Saul Zaentz wants a recount, and "The English Patient" producer stormed into L.A. last month to meet with litigation lawyers. ...

The prosecution and the defense in the case of Buford O. Furrow Jr. asked a federal judge Thursday to postpone the trial of th...

The state Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a Los Angeles Superior Court judge's death sentence of a man who murdered his par...

A group of Bay Area muralists and labor icon Dolores Huerta sued a Bill Gates-owned company Thursday, saying it illegally sell...

VALLEJO - Deputy Attorney General Susan Duncan Lee glared and shook with anger during a hearing this week in Vallejo over a de...

His distinguished career in tatters, attorney Norbert A. Schlei works these days out of a small office near the Santa Monica a...

Could the next president of the United States be chosen by a court-ordered re-vote in Palm Beach County, Florida.? Don't count...

There are about 6,000 languages in the world today. Shortly, there will be one fewer. Eighty-one-year-old Marie Smith Jones is...

Fighting authority comes naturally to plaintiffs' attorney Jerry Kaplan. As treasurer of his sixth grade class, Kaplan blew th...

Federal Courts - Richard Seeborg, the former white-collar warrior for the U.S. Attorney's office in San Jose, has been selecte...

A Los Angeles Police Department officer fired for choking two civilians while off duty and then lying about it has failed in h...

The Daily Journal asks lawyers what they think of the election returns. ...

Recent California Supreme Court and appellate court decisions have provided a respite for employers, although these decisions ...

But we fight for our lives and our laws. 1 Maccabees, 3:21. On Nov. 10 the courts close for another holiday - Veterans Day thi...

Both San Francisco Deputy Pubic Defenders vying for Board of Supervisors seats garnered the most votes in their districts Tues...

The old saying that 'the attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client' is true today more than ever. ...

WASHINGTON - George W. Bush campaigned as someone who vowed to end the gridlock and partisan bickering in Washington. If he wi...