In an attempt to narrow the authority of the inspector general, Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks has asked the Board...

The state Judicial Council voted unanimously Friday to ask Gov. Gray Davis to include in his budget a 17 percent pay raise fo...

SAN DIEGO - Court clerks unhappy with working conditions and pay levels proposed by a court committee after last year's unifi...

SAN DIEGO - While the air outside still carries the fresh salt imprint of San Diego Bay and red trolleys are disgorging the f...

Before he transformed himself into a world-class, billion-dollar fraud artist and bought a Hollywood studio with funny money,...

VENTURA - After 15 years of physical and emotional abuse, it was one final rape that Gladis Barreras Soto claims prompted her...

TWO BAY AREA LITIGATORS HANG THEIR SHINGLE Two well-known San Francisco litigators have left the comfort of their firms to fo...

Legal concepts are supernatural entities which do not have a verifiable existence except to the eyes of faith. Felix S. Cohen...

^^Judging Amy^^ By Corky Pickering Was this week's child-custody battle between a witch named Ms. Featherstone and her estran...

Iles Responds to Recusal Motion LAGUNA NIGUEL - Orange County Superior Court Judge Pamela Iles responded Thursday to allegati...

^^Family Law^^ By Erin O'Bryan Stealing from recent headlines, this week's episode tackles the issue of teen violence in scho...

By Dirk Tillotson The relationship of silence to complicity is a well-worn path. However overused the metaphor, it remains ap...

^^Law & Order^^ By Mara V. Watkins Maybe it was the baseball playoffs, or the demands of producing a quality hour of TV w...

^^The Practice^^ By Cynthia Filla Most murder defendants, both sane and insane, would jump at the chance for an insanity plea...

Conscious Sin Statements Obtained in Intentional Violation of 'Miranda' May Be Used to Impeach By Alex Ricciardulli It is wel...

DA Seeks Further Stay of Injunction The Los Angeles County district attorney's office today will seek to further stay an inju...

Supreme Court to Hear Zelig Case The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the children of a woman who was gu...

The Tosco Corp., which operates a problem-plagued East Bay oil refinery, has issued an unusual pre-emptive strike against its...

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday forwarded to the full Senate the nomination of Paul L. Seave to serve...

SANTA ANA - Santa Ana attorney Andrew Joseph DiMarco, described as a compassionate and loving person who cared deeply about b...

After less than two hours of deliberation, a federal court jury convicted a former state narcotics officer Thursday in his re...

OAKLAND - Warren Platt, lawyer for the auto giant Ford Motor Co., stuffed his hands in his suit pockets, moved confidently to...

The ballots for election of the next Los Angeles Municipal Court assistant presiding judge were sent out this week with only ...

SANTA ANA - Judge Thomas Borris, the first of two Orange County judges arrested this year on charges of drunken driving, plea...

SAN JOSE -- An appellate court panel grappled Thursday with the question of whether Santa Clara County prosecutors are concea...

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., last week scheduled a floor vote on the noncontroversial U.S. Distri...

Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain may have died in Los Angeles last week, but as indicated by his will, his heart never roame...

An appellate court has upheld a $900,000 jury award to a former Los Angeles County doctor who was found to have been wrongful...

HEMET - Police here made a serious mistake when they arrested Robert Morris on a warrant Jan. 21. The Robert Morris they were...

WASHINGTON - Guylyn R. Cummins made it to the big dance Oct. 13, but in the end she didn't get to leave her seat. Cummins, a ...