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The head of the Los Angeles district attorney's Rampart prosecution team rebutted allegations that a former team member was tr...

The estate of famed astronomer Carl Sagan has scored an appeals court knockout against living legend film director Francis For...

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A multimillionaire real estate investor did not breach a contract with SunAmerica Inc. by failing to inform it about possible ...

WASHINGTON - Antitrust officials must address e-commerce and other hallmarks of the information-age economy with informed caut...

The people have spoken. Well, 27 of them have, anyway. By more than a 4 to 1 margin, those responding to the Daily Journal's ...

FORUM The Supreme Court should hold that a student-led prayer at a high school football game violates the Establishment Clause...

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-------------- by Kelly E. Lee The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution will present a three-day conference ...

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FORUM In the eyes of the federal judicial system, property owners are one group of citizens who enjoy a sort of second-class c...

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SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge on Monday rejected a bid to throw out a lawsuit against the county and a prosecutor file...

SACRAMENTO - The insurance defense bar has moved to pump up its political muscle and legislative presence as it battles cost-...

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The statute of limitations in asbestos cases will be examined by the California Supreme Court. ...

FORUM By Sheila James Kuehl Proposition 22, the limit on marriage initiative, was passed overwhelmingly by California voters. ...

SACRAMENTO - When change is drastic, it can be hard. That seems especially true for hulking bureaucracies. Take, for example,...