By Octavio A. Pedroza. In light of this back-and-forth history, it is not surprising that 'Epilepsy Foundation was decided by ...

By Jeff Fillerup. The "inevitable disclosure" doctrine permits an injunction against a former employee and his new employer wi...

For attorney and mediator Robbin L. Itkin, devising creative restructuring plans is one of the most enjoyable aspects of bankr...

By Martha Matsuoka. A few weeks ago, President Clinton, along with the seven members of the G-8 nations, met on the small isla...

By Elaine Michetti. Two Mexican environmentalists have been tortured and imprisoned in Mexico simply because they opposed logg...

SAN FRANCISCO - After little more than six months as San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan's second-in-command, Dar...

By Martin Quinn. In the right cases, the use of a discovery referee will save money, produce better-reasoned results and bring...

By Myron Dean Quon. Over the past year, the media have reported on the scandalous misconduct and numerous cover-ups involving...

A panel of attorneys will provide information on estate planning, conservatorships, divorce and family law, and landlord-tenan...

When County Assessor Rick Auerbach assessed the text that rival John Lynch wanted to put in the voter information pamphlet, he...

It was one of those vacations golfers dream about. Superior Court judges John Einhorn, Robert May and Harry Elias spent two we...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department can show no reason for temporarily blocking a San Francisco judge's order that allows an O...

SANTA ANA - Still numbed by Arthur Carmona's sudden release from prison Monday, his family said they have not yet begun to pon...

A former workers' compensation judge has won reinstatement of her invasion of privacy suit against a private investigation fir...

World War II won't be over until Japanese corporations make reparations to the children they used for slave labor during World...

Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight panel and the department's top brass Tuesday enthusiasticall...

Affirming a judgment that sent a mentally retarded man to prison for 25-years-to-life, the Court of Appeal in Ventura has rule...

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor suggested Tuesday that judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...

Having watched the turmoil in Seattle, her family worried when Los Angeles police Officer Victoria Diaz pulled bike duty durin...

Now that the Democratic National Convention finally has left town, the police department has turned its attention to other wei...

Sandra Montoya, who grew up in Alhambra and landed a job as a clerk-typist with the county courts 28 years ago, has returned t...

Continuing its aggressive expansion in Southern California, Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist has added four attorneys to i...

By Chere B. Estrin. Negotiating salaries is a tough assignment. During your journey for a new job, you've focused on packaging...

By Margaret Crosby. Allowing politicians to decide that one form of abortion is morally repugnant could lead to the prohibitio...

By The Rodent. Of the 41 presidents of the United States, 25 have been lawyers. Unless we see a major upset victory by Ralph N...

After a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, attorney Robert Anthony Villa died Thursday at City of Hope in Duarte. Villa, ...

Night owls are an endangered species in Beverly Hills, at least at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. Starting Oct. 1, all civil ex...

Jeff Kichaven, an attorney and mediation specialist, will talk about "Liars, Lovers and Lawyers: Effective Ways to Deal with t...

Even as a small handful of demonstrators remained on vigil Monday at a downtown Los Angeles jail in solidarity with those who ...

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - The federal courts in general, and California district courts in particular, may have their best chance in...