SAN FRANCISCO - An Oakland judge who ordered the release from jail of a friend arrested on spousal abuse charges says he's fr...

Sandra M. Davis, a high-ranking county official who has worked for the county for nearly 30 years, is the choice of the count...

RIVERSIDE - After he was charged with a misdemeanor for shining a laser pen at another motorist in January 1998, Joseph DiBel...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court has ruled that attorney fees awarded in an employment discrimination case belong to the ...

DICTA In order to get organized and stay on top of their work, today's lawyers must be stingy with their time. Page 8. By The...

A judge Thursday gave a parent 30 days to fix his lawsuit against District Attorney Gil Garcetti, whom he has sued for failin...

SACRAMENTO - Amid charges it's not the reasonable, narrowly crafted plan depicted by proponents, a bill to increase insurers'...

Gregory R. McClintock - a founding partner of the Los Angeles-based McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & ...

The parents of a 14-year-old girl killed inside an abandoned mental health clinic in Santa Monica have filed a wrongful death...

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard won a victory Thursday in a case involving a former worker when a judge upheld an arb...

BAKERSFIELD - A man imprisoned for 15 years was released this week after a Kern County judge ruled that prosecutors failed to...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of thousands of refugees from wartorn El Salvador and Guatemala - at least half of whom are thought ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside building contractor donated $5 million Wednesday toward the construction of a law school at Universit...

In a stunningly quick verdict for a homicide case, a Los Angeles jury which deliberated a mere two hours Thursday convicted a...

WASHINGTON - George Soros, the Hungarian-born billionaire who made his fortune as an international investor and money manager...

SAN FRANCISCO - A revolutionary legal trend that could change the face of the American family - or at least the California fa...

Angry that City Attorney James K. Hahn used an apparent loophole to settle a police shooting lawsuit without taking it to the...

In the sequel to the nasty clash of the media moguls that promises to be just as closely watched in Hollywood as its predeces...

PACIFIC GROVE - Three juvenile court judges from three very different communities agreed last week that their current jobs ec...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears poised to re-examine limitations it placed on U.S. Border Patrol stops of Hispa...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant defeat for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, a state appeal court ruled Wednesda...

Had the Los Angeles Police Department not computerized its fingerprint files earlier this decade, Karl Franklin Stewart likel...

SAN FRANCISCO - Prominent entertainment attorney Barry B. Langberg has joined the Los Angeles office of New York-based Stroock...

If there was ever a dispute that was suitable for mediation, it would seem to be the simmering controversy between Lauren Bur...

SAN FRANCISCO - The story of a sick dog and its homeless owner has come to a cheery, if unexpected, conclusion thanks to a ki...

RIVERSIDE - In a sense, Patrick F. Dutton is Exhibit A in his discrimination case against his former bosses in the Riverside ...

The Los Angeles Superior Court judges' committee on unification produced a biased report to entice colleagues to vote against...

SAN FRANCISCO - Continuing his effort to open up the judicial branch to public scrutiny, Chief Justice Ronald M. George announ...

The county of Los Angeles and two attorneys and their firms, including Bryan Cave, have been sued by the Regents of the Unive...

SAN FRANCISCO - The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to duck a lingering Central Valley environmental battle means part of ...