Cases on application of Rule 11 to patent-infringement cases are hard to reconcile. ...

When it comes to the conjunction of Hollywood, lawmakers and kids who spend money on entertainment instead of guns, the Senate...

"Through the Eyes of a Child," an art exhibit to benefit victims of domestic violence, will be on display Sunday, 4-7 p.m. at ...

By Leonard Novarro. James Gilbert can't help being on the right track when it comes to auto defect cases. He races Formula Maz...

By Mark S. Roth. Since its inception 35 years ago in the seminal case of Seely v. White Motor Co. 63 Cal.2d 9 (1965), the "eco...

The Italian-American Lawyers Association will host a debate between District Attorney Gil Garcetti and his challenger, Deputy ...

By Leonard Novarro. Verdicts can hinge on inches and even less. If the arm on a newly installed restraint system in a customiz...

The Los Angeles County Bar Association will join in an amicus curiae brief opposing an effort by the Legal Services Corp. to s...

Thirty-three children will likely be able to attend college some day and their parents will be able to purchase homes as the r...

An officer with Los Angeles Police Department's 77th division pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge that he shot an unarmed ...

Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III will plead guilty to mail fraud and a criminal scheme "to defr...

For the past dozen years, Jesse Jerry Gardona toiled away in a nondescript, one-story concrete building in the industrial Los ...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler on Thursday agreed with defense attorneys that the county grand jury was no...

Those who point out problems with poor interpreting too often focus on bad interpreters and do not criticize the system that a...

WASHINGTON - At the urging of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Senate Republicans quietly have inserted into a pending appr...

In the end, litigation may become the true Olympian sport. As the 2000 Summer Games open today in Sydney, Australia, Olympians...

SAN FRANCISCO - While the state's judges and lawyers gather for professional schmoozing at their annual conventions this weeke...

The Commission on Judicial Performance postponed a hearing scheduled for next Monday after issuing an amended notice of charge...

Many examiners do not review the specification of a patent to determine if a claim is supported therein. ...

When thinking of moving to a branch office, consider whether the firm is managed as a unified profit center or if branches are...

In Armendariz, the California Supreme Court rejected the 9th Circuit's analysis on mandatory arbitration agreements. ...

An employee who was physically threatened by his boss wins a new trial. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Data reports from insurance companies that detail policies sold and canceled in each of the state's ZIP codes ...

Mishandling client trust accounts is the surest way to get into trouble with the State Bar. By JoAnne Earls Robbins. ...

In an unpublished opinion, a state appellate court has ruled that a judge cannot abdicate its judicial functions to the Depart...

By James Wheaton. People like to look at dirty pictures. Our Constitution protects that right. And present day successors to t...

After more than six years of wending through the appeals process, Faith Schreiber has finally found some solace. She has been ...

The murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a former public defender nearly a year ago was postponed Wednesday when ...

WASHINGTON - Claiming that President Clinton has abused the power to make recess appointments, and violated a pact he made wit...

WASHINGTON - Democratic vice presidential hopeful Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and his Republican rival's wife, social activist Lynn...