WASHINGTON - Issuing three landmark decisions as its 1998-99 term drew to a close Wednesday, the Supreme Court sharply curtai...

WASHINGTON - In a decision with major ramifications for class-action lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Lillian Sing will never forget a remark a colleague made to her when she first joined th...

SAN JOSE - Breaking ranks with its corporate co-defendants, Office Depot has agreed to settle the first Y2K lawsuit filed aga...

Patricia M. Schnegg's mother was the consummate volunteer, and she instilled volunteerism in her daughter. "I grew up knowing...

SAN FRANCISCO - After four years of intense negotiations with disability rights attorneys, Wells Fargo Bank unveiled a first-...

CHICAGO - Encouraged by a successful public education campaign in Tennessee during recent judicial elections, the American Ba...

When Harvey Gardner, a victim of a catastrophic stroke, was wheeled into the courtroom, most of the spectators had looks of s...

SACRAMENTO - Here are a couple of warnings for Los Angeles Superior Court judges. The messengers are state lawmakers who repr...

SAN FRANCISCO - On Nov. 17, 1997, attorney Robert L. Sommers got a bad-news phone call from his bank informing him he was ove...

Services have been held for retired Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Mark Wood, who died of emphysema June 14 at his Manhatt...

"Death of a Salesman" may have debuted 50 years ago, but the Internet probably will drive the final nail into Willy Loman's co...