Strengthening its litigation department, Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has recruited two assistant U.S. atto...

SANTA BARBARA - The trial of a Carpinteria man accused of beating his wife to death would have been one of the last for Deputy...

SANTA ANA - Prosecutors said Wednesday they could decide by next week whether to seek Supreme Court review of the 4th District...

A travel company and two other businesses are accused in three Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuits of illegally sending thous...

SAN BERNARDINO - It will now cost $35 more to file civil lawsuits in the San Bernardino County Superior Courts. On Tuesday, th...

Clients have a right to the continuity of their matters, and their files must be transferred in an appropriate manner to anoth...

Ex-County Worker Cleared by DCA RIVERSIDE - All of the charges against Philip Eldon Smith, one of the defendants in the Rail C...

LOS ANGELES - A travel company and two other businesses are accused in three Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuits of illegally ...

LOS ANGELES - Two more men released from prison as part of the Rampart Division corruption scandal have filed claims against t...

Police Killing of Man Brings Suit The family of a man who was fatally shot by police filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday ...

SAN DIEGO - Retired Superior Court Judge Artemis G. Henderson, who opened doors in San Diego County's legal world for women, ...

The film 'The Hurricane' is based on the true story of middleweight boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's efforts to free himself f...

Los Angeles Board of Education President Genethia Hayes Wednesday endorsed district attorney challenger Barry Groveman, accusi...

California has been a source of case fodder for the U.S. Supreme Court in the taking area. ...

Two more men released from prison as part of the Rampart Division corruption scandal have filed claims against the city of Los...

A long-term lessee has no right to compensation when the lease expires before condemnation proceedings are filed. ...

In a pair of rulings issued Wednesday, a state appellate court significantly limited the amount of information prosecutors can...

NEWPORT BEACH - Jurors in the trial of freelance TV cameraman David Harvey are such a hard-bitten lot they'd send grandma to j...

In an anticipated decision with widespread effect, a state appeal panel ruled Wednesday that the prosecution can present evide...

Prosecutors said Wednesday they will retry former Disney executive Patrick Naughton on charges of traveling across state lines...

SB48 was designed to make officialdom more responsive and less adversarial in its approach to open government.

Memorial Service Set for Rose Bird A memorial service for former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird will be held at 2...

Gay soldiers should serve in the military under the same rules that govern heterosexuals. ...

Several months ago, Latham & Watkins partner Mike Weaver received a phone call from former State Bar President John Seitma...

That the Cuban people are suffering is lamentable, but the cause of that misery is not U.S. foreign policy. ...

The authors asked the law clerks to offer some do's and don'ts in preparing and using the excerpts of record on appeal. ...

REDWOOD CITY - An angry San Mateo County judge and feuding co-counsel have left in disarray a $500 million class action by 180...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Without charactertizing what was behind payments a key witness received before testifying before the grand ...

The secretary of state's office reported Tuesday it has received 91 registration forms during the first two days in which Cali...

Attorneys for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army solider Sara Jane Olson have asked the trial judge to scale back the p...