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^^Lititgator Profile / Fagel^^ Leonard Novarro Bruce Fagel has an advantage over other attorneys in medical malpractice cases....

RIVERSIDE - Almost two months after winning a judicial seat in the March primary election, Riverside County Deputy District At...

Dicta: On 'Family Law' By Erin O'Bryan "Family Law" makes social statements this week by slamming dot-coms and making lawyers ...

Dicta: On 'Ally McBeal' By Rebecca Lulow Ally McBeal turned 30 this week, and in celebration, David E. Kelley treated his audi...

SANTA ANA - William J. Madon, a former Coto de Caza resident, was arrested Wednesday night on securities fraud charges. He was...

Forum: By Glenn S. Koppel In California, the power of court reporters to dictate how a verbatim court record is made remains a...

Forum: By Allen Jones Do remaining family members of senseless crime victims make the best advocates for change in our crimina...

LITIGATOR PROFILE / Allis Leonard Novarro After working as a forest ranger at Yellowstone National Park, fighting forest fires...

Dicta: On 'The Practice' By M.C. Sungaila This weeks "The Practice" explores the pursuit of truth in our justice system and gi...

Dicta: On 'Judging Amy' By Marilyn Sipes Is mere possession of a date rape drug harmless? No, Judge Amy correctly decides. The...

SANTA ANA - A Fullerton man has filed a lawsuit against the Black Angus restaurant in his city, claiming that he noticed a con...

Practitioner: Tort Law By Paul D. Fogel and Lisa M. Baird One of the established cornerstones of premises-liability law is tha...

SAN DIEGO - After years of allowing Christian invocations that apparently violated constitutional principles, the Oceanside Ci...

By Thomas D. Elias The longer California politicians at every level contemplate the $25 billion coming to this state from the ...

SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles judge Thursday granted a request by Orange County lawyers to impose a temporary stay on a portion of...

Practitioner: Tort Law By Steven G. Mehta As more and more incidents of elder abuse get reported, there appears to be a genera...

SPECIAL ISSUE: DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE By Julie Campanini Do jurors decide who should win a case based on the opening statement...

SAN DIEGO - In a lawsuit laden with accusations of political obstacles thrown up by the Clinton administration and Gov. Gray D...

City Attorney James K. Hahn's office this week identified an additional 57 misdemeanor cases involving Los Angeles Police Depa...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday tossed out another five felony cases tainted by Rampart-style police law breaking,...

Kira Alexsis Murphy's life ended tragically Dec. 11, three weeks after her first birthday. Her mother, Jill Ann Alto, placed h...

A $20 million civil rights lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on behalf of a Guatemalan man who ...

Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge W. James (Jim) Turpit died Wednesday at his home in Corona del Mar. He was 85. Raised...

Former labor law attorney Alfred M. Klein died Wednesday at UCLA Medical Center. He was 87. In the late 1940s, Klein, along wi...

Love has hit the Los Angeles legal community, and it's not a pretty sight. A quick spot-survey by the Daily Journal found that...

SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a kidnapping may be punished more severely if it increases the r...

WASHINGTON - The criminal justice system, at every level and at every step along the way, treats blacks and Hispanics more sev...

Following a lengthy investigation, state officials have taken legal action to revoke the license of a Santa Barbara County fos...

SAN FRANCISCO - Expanding fair use protection for advertising display of a competitor's copyrighted work, a federal appellate ...