At first, Charley Robinet, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant from France, told authorities he robbed a Thousand Oaks bank becaus...

SAN DIEGO - As owners of sport utility vehicles rush to replace tires suspected of failing and causing hundreds of accidents, ...

NEWPORT BEACH - In a dramatic reversal, a Costa Mesa man was freed Monday after spending more than two years in custody for a ...

SACRAMENTO - A bill designed to protect jurors in criminal cases from unwanted questioning after trial has passed the state Se...

By Ira L. Shafiroff. As discussed recently in the New York Times, there is a small but growing movement in this country that w...

By I. Nelson Rose. The following notice has not been approved by any government official. Warning to all casino patrons: If yo...

By John M Curtis. Sitting tall in the saddle, Bernard Parks and the Los Angeles Police Department took a giant step in restori...

SAN JOSE - In his first response to a lawsuit accusing Santa Clara County District Attorney George Kennedy of invasion of priv...

By Daniel J. Curtin. Ninth Circuit holds that temporary development moratorium is not an unconstitutional taking.

Michael Woo may be down but he's not out of the race for City Council, yet. The 2nd District Court of Appeal agreed Thursday t...

A former rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor federal civil rights violation for...

SACRAMENTO - Trial lawyers hoping to gain public access to certain sealed discovery materials this year are pinning their hope...

In a relaxed, almost festive atmosphere - prompting senior Presiding Justice Joan Kllein to declare the proceedings a "lovefes...

Hany Kiareldeen, a 31-year-old Palestinian married to a U.S. citizen, spent 19 months in prison fighting deportation for being...

Maybe it's because clients are more demanding than they used to be. Maybe it's because of the technology-induced faster pace o...

C. Douglas Kranwinkle, the managing partner of Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers since 1996, will become the executive v...

After nearly four years of court battles, attorney Niels Frenzen obviously is pleased that his clients, an Iraqi physician and...

By Friday, the county district attorney's office had filed felony charges against five people involved in various melees surro...

The 4th District Court of Appeal sent a massive San Bernardino County landfill project back to the drawing board Friday, rulin...

After nearly four years in an immigration prison accused of being a risk to the security of the U.S. government, an Iraqi phys...

SAN FRANCISCO - John P. Dwyer's journey to the leadership of the University of California, Boalt Hall, took him from the world...

About the time Al Gore wrapped up the Democratic National Convention Thursday with his nomination speech, thousands of protest...

Chief Justice Ron George, highlighting the growing importance of family law in California courts, has appointed three family a...

American Civil Liberties Union attorney Michael Small has fielded so many calls from news people claiming they were intentiona...

By William E. Maguire. Surfboards, swim fins, wet suits, swimsuits, sunglasses, sunscreen, bottled water, sandals, umbrellas, ...

Must trademark owners police against use of virtually identical marks in remote fields because of Internet marketing?

State Attorney General Bill Lockyer is slated to keynote the second annual "Children in Crisis" conference Aug. 30 at the Irvi...

Deciding that the rules which apply to trial court judges also should apply to appellate court justices, the California Suprem...

By Theda C. Snyder. Although busy attorneys don't always have time to shop around for airfares, it's in your best interest to ...

By David Plotz. Delegates to the Democratic Convention were harangued with endless hay-strewn yarns about Al Gore's rustic Ten...