In a substantial victory for the poor and their advocates, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that counties must provi...

WESTMINSTER - An Orange County Superior Court judge Monday stressed the constitutional validity of charges against a Huntingt...

Services have been conducted for Lee C. Shaw, a Los Angeles labor law attorney who was one of the founders of Seyfarth, Shaw,...

Nearly 4,000 new members will join the ranks of California lawyers soon based on results from the latest bar examination. Res...

A name partner of the law firm of Condon, Condon & Festa is accused of disparaging a former legal secretary by allegedly ...

Former state Sen. Charles Calderon has settled the breach of contract lawsuit brought against him by a fund-raiser who claime...

PIONEER - Every Tuesday morning, Karen Anderson, a mother at war with the court system of Amador County, gets into her batter...

Parental alienation syndrome is a controversial psychological theory developed by Richard A. Gardner, a professor of child ps...

After decades of profiting from lust, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is poised to add greed to his repertoire of dead...

By John M. Genga Since 1971, California courts have recognized that a celebrity may exploit to the exclusion of others the va...

By Indur M. Goklany Here in the United States, the air is generally cleaner today than it has been in many decades. Conventio...

By Stacy L. Cohen Raising venture capital, having a Hollywood power breakfast at Beverly Hills' Peninsula Hotel, and meeting w...

Rap Artist Gets Felony Probation Rap artist Russell Jones pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court in what is ...

At first, Larry Weeks didn't think a recent merger of two online companies would turn out to be the most valuable transaction ...

Precise Words A secured lender must amend its financing statement if its debtor changes its name, or the lender will lose its ...

DEFENSE LAWYER TO REVITALIZE COMMITTEE The Defense Research Institute, headquartered in Chicago, has appointed Karen Anderson ...

Lawyer Gives The Wurst Kind of Advice Kim Pearman prefers to dish out legal advice with a little chili. Or cheese. Or even mus...

By Tamara Scott Nancy Cohen was furiously preparing to defend Atlantic Richfield Company in a six-month trial in October 1997 ...

Riordan & McKinzie TWO ONLINE COMPANIES E-MERGE AS ONE San Francisco-based Digital Island Inc. has agreed to merge with Sa...

By Bruce Raynor We hear endless stories about our wonderful economy - budget surpluses, a soaring stock market, record low un...

Looking for that perfect novel for your holiday vacation? Consider one featuring a lovesick expatriate Cuban, an unscrupulous ...

SAN DIEGO - The Superior Court judge who ordered a closed hearing Oct. 6 on the question of possible recusal of the entire Sa...

SAN DIEGO - A lawyer who pleaded guilty to writing bad checks to a disabled client after he misappropriated accident settleme...

Lawyers Charged In Kickback Scheme Three personal injury attorneys, six chiropractors and one law office administrator are ex...

RIVERSIDE - Superior Court Judge William H. Sullivan, 70, whose name has figured prominently in a scandal involving court-app...

In testimony sprinkled with humorous anecdotes, a raspy-voiced Jack Klugman told a jury Friday he never lived with nor discus...

SANTA ANA - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge reluctantly ruled Friday to leave the fate of an airport planned for the forme...

Assistant Executive Officer of the Ventura Superior Court Vince Ordez Jr. died Thursday in his Oxnard home after a long battl...

SAN FRANCISCO - Contradicting three other federal circuits, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that local...

A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied three defense motions to dismiss the 1976 grand jury indictment of former reputed Symbio...