WASHINGTON - New presidents always inherit thorns left in their political side by the outgoing commander in chief, and for Ge...

The lawyer-defendants at Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro should know better than the average emp...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Globalization of business means the rules for law firms have changed. Firms that are serious about establ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A litigious pro-gun lobby with a successful courtroom track record is threatening to counterattack if San Fra...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's wide-ranging plan to improve his beleaguered family support division garn...

SAN FRANCISCO - Allen L. Morgan, a partner at Latham & Watkins in Menlo Park, announced Monday that he is leaving the fir...

SAN JOSE - In a Santa Clara County Superior Court complaint that echoes the federal antitrust case against Microsoft, a small...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown has anointed a young deputy renown for his trial skills as his secon...

SACRAMENTO - As Gov. Pete Wilson ends his eight-year tenure and considers another run for the White House in 2000, he leaves b...

In a rare display of mutual support for a new law that has changed the legal culture of Juvenile Court, Los Angeles County Di...

WASHINGTON - Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Convicted felons should not testify for prosecutors in criminal trials. According to plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Rodriguez, th...

RIVERSIDE - A former truck driver described by prosecutors as a sexual deviant has been convicted of murdering a 7-year-old g...

When Edward Masry was sued last year for legal malpractice he vowed he would file his own lawsuit for malicious prosecution a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Moving quickly to take advantage of a last-minute vacancy, Gov. Pete Wilson on Thursday named Associate Justi...

SAN BERNARDINO - Linda Reno says she was just trying to do her job in May when she fielded a call from a distraught man seeki...

SANTA ANA - The 4th District Court of Appeal has ordered a trial court judge to delve into the personnel file of a retired ass...

For decades, appellate lawyers have endured a certain reputation for -- how shall we say this? - being a bit dweeby. "Yes, th...

SACRAMENTO - Bystanders would become criminals if they observe but fail to report violent crimes under a newly proposed "Good...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Wednesday signed the final judgment that commits the state of California, its ci...

SAN BERNARDINO - Building a new San Bernardino County courthouse and converting the old building into office space are among ...

A Pasadena attorney testified Wednesday that he had sexual relations with a client and former law school student at various t...

WASHINGTON - President Clinton did not lie under oath in the Monica Lewinsky matter, White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff to...

The maker of Rezulin, a drug said to correct the cause of diabetes, has been sued in Los Angeles Superior Court for unfair co...

The Los Angeles City Council approved spending more than $1 million Wednesday to settle lawsuits filed by four teen-agers who...

The incoming Los Angeles Superior Court supervising judge has previewed how he will administer the criminal courts for the ne...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep skepticism about the constitutionality of a unique Chicago ordinan...

As the child of Israeli intellectuals working in Ethiopia, Daniel Grunfeld lived a fairly privileged life. Still, his parents,...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court suggested Tuesday that it will allow abused elders to recover damages for pain a...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - At 42, Christine Lagarde is one of the women in the legal profession who epitomize sophistication, profes...