By Pablo Agrio. During his administration, former California Gov. Pete Wilson effectively banned media access to prisoners, cl...
SAN DIEGO - Before Casey Gwinn joined the city attorney's office in 1985, domestic violence was not strong on anyone's radar s...
A former head nurse at a youth correctional facility, injured by another female employee upset over not being promoted, cannot...
SANTA ANA--Jurors in the political corruption trial of a Santa Ana city councilman heard him describe in his own words how he ...
Law Practice
For Lawyers, the Supreme Election Issue Is Who's on the Bench
By Russ Nichols
The California delegates to the Democratic National Convention made tons of scrambled eggs and French toast disappear each mor...
The entertainment industry Thursday won one of the first legal battles in the ongoing war between the motion picture industry ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a $175,000 judgment against the city of Los Angeles Thursday, ruling two whit...
It looked like a disaster in the making Tuesday when gay rights marchers headed for Los Angeles police headquarters, where the...
Brian, along with legal observers, was swept up in a mass arrest that included more than a dozen juveniles, while photographin...
Judges and Judiciary
Judges Mallano and Todd Look Forward to Challenge
By Daniel Evans
Some might call the process a formality or even a coronation, but don't tell that to Judge Robert Mallano, who on the eve of h...
Proclaiming himself "my own man," Democratic Party presidential nominee Al Gore called for "a better, fairer, more prosperous ...
Police, protesters and politicians revved it up one more time in Los Angeles Thursday, the last day of that urban thrill ride ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite a warning from prosecutors that three witnesses may be killed in retaliation for testifying in a L.A. ...
When Reuben Rivas told friends he was volunteering as a legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild during the Democratic Na...
Young Democrats in suits with T-shirts and dresses with tennis shoes, danced to disco music all night long at the New Democrat...
The Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities will honor two Los Angeles attorneys at its upcoming 9th annual Access Award...
By Paul O'Brien. Those great conventions of the past that are so fondly remembered by political hacks were actually blood baths.
By Richard L. Antognini and Kenneth C. Feldman. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that "the life of the law has not been logic; it h...
Services will be held today for Pasadena attorney Elmer Low, a pioneer in personal injury law. Low died Aug. 9 at his Pasadena...
The approximately 177 people arrested by Wednesday afternoon in Democratic National Convention-related protests and unrest inc...
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block temporarily a San Francisco federal judge's ...
SACRAMENTO - It was Karen Pomer, the victim of a brutal rape, who first suggested to legislative aides the idea of linking two...
On Tuesday night, a small, somewhat forlorn group assembled at the Dome Village for homeless people in downtown Los Angeles. B...
Al Crespo made it through the war in Kosovo without a scratch, but the 59-year-old Miami photojournalist got shot three times ...
Even with the Hollywood red carpet treatment and actor Sean Penn by his side, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was up...
By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto. Firms whose culture and philosophy are miles apart should think twice before merging.
By Kirk A. Pasich. A carrier must consider the adverse consequences that its insured might suffer if it does not timely affect...
Despite the seemingly endless demonstrations, Los Angeles County Courthouse workers say business has been pretty much as usual...
Sally Field take note: Los Angeles County service employees love you. They really love you if their deafening cheers to your c...
By Steve Dasbach. You don't need to be a criminal to be spied on by the FBI. All you need is an e-mail account. In fact, thank...