If you're a child, there is probably nothing more frightening than being removed from your home and family - especially if it...

FORUM Converting abandoned railroad lines into recreational trails must have seemed like a good idea at the time. ...

Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti, seeking a third term in office in next month's primary, has defeated challengers S...

By Mark Blumberg - Intellectual property attorney Richard L. Stone landed one of the biggest cases of his career after partici...

Walter Gieselman, a retired sole practitioner and community leader has died after a brief illness. He was 91. The former Burba...

Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky announced Thursday the county has received a check for $79.3 million as its firs...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the largest Medicare fraud settlement in the nursing home industry, Beverly Enterprises Inc., agreed Thurs...

Ally McBeal By Sherry Swieca Does anyone ever work around here? I'm talking about not just in the firm Cage & Fish, but al...

DICTA Taking sweet, 9-year-old Darcie away from her paranoid mom was a legal no-brainer on this week's 'Judging Amy.' Judging ...

SAN DIEGO - Patting the nostrils of a life-size Fiberglas horse, defense attorney Mario G. Conte said he was reminded of the ...

By Adrian M. Pruetz - The value of owning a domain name that mirrors a corporate name, trademark or service mark seems so obvi...

By Mark Blumberg - From the plaintiff's perspective, the trademark infringement case told a classic tale of powerful big busin...

Tort Law In the Garage Landlord Not Required to Provide Security Guards or Other Safety Measures ...

SEATTLE - Many lawyers would readily acknowledge that being a successful attorney often amounts to an ability to sail smoothl...

Complicated lawsuits filed in Los Angeles Superior Court will soon have a new home at Central Civil West, where six courtrooms...

RIVERSIDE - A jury has convicted a 70-year-old Orange County woman of hiring a one-armed hit man to murder her son-in-law, but...

SAN FRANCISCO - The huge associate raises at Northern California law firms have been making national news this week. And what'...

By Tamara Koehler Special to the Journal BAKERSFIELD - Kern County judges were the first in the state to say no to unification...

Tease: Attorneys must be aware of the claims that may arise when an elder is abused or neglected in a nursing home. Harmful Ho...

By Jennifer Taggart - Business on the Internet is the wave of the future, but in the rush to get on the Net, businesses may be...

Movie Review By Paul Frizler "Snow Falling on Cedars," a film based on the widely acclaimed 1996 novel of the same name by Dav...

By Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. Two years ago the Los Angeles Superior Court caught up with the times and launched a Web site ( www....

Real Property Courts in California conflict on duty of landlord for garage safety. Causation Conundrum Appellate Courts Confli...

O.C. Courts Win Awards SANTA ANA - Orange County Superior Court has taken home two prestigious Ralph N. Kleps awards for its D...

With the incumbent conspicuously absent, Los Angeles County district attorney candidates Stephen Cooley and Barry Groveman squ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two more Bay Area law firms have raised associate salaries: San Francisco's Thelen Reid & Priest and San J...

SANTA ANA - The Orange County district attorney's office Wednesday handed over to the state more than $12 million in unused ch...

SACRAMENTO - Most voters both think insurance companies treat people fairly and oppose two March 7 ballot measures designed to...

Injunction Targets Harbor Area Gangs City prosecutors and police now have the power of a permanent injunction to help them try...

In an early application of the federal cybersquatting bill passed in November, a Northridge company accused of holding a rival...