SAN FRANCISCO - Dec. 24, 1969, was a slow news day, so a federal court hearing in San Francisco drew intense press attention ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In what would be the largest federal criminal penalty paid for health-care fraud in Northern California, biot...

A 55-year-old man from Egypt who worked for the MTA for 23 years has been awarded more than $5.6 million in damages in his la...

SAN JOSE - Arguing that Santa Clara County prosecutors may be hiding due process violations behind a veil of secrecy, defense...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court held Thursday that a kidnapping can be charged even if the victim is moved only ...

A former associate at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has sued the firm for wrongful termination, claiming she was fired fo...

OAKLAND - Feeling snubbed by Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, a group of parents and their lawyers who are suing the city's school ...

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California honored 10 Los Angeles-area lawyers Thursday for their efforts in protecting civil...

Responding to a "mind-boggling," ever-growing wave of cybercrime , Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti this wee...

SUNNYVALE - C. Randall Schneider remembers a time when he abhorred listening to defendants. When hearing criminal matters, th...

SACRAMENTO - As investigators try to piece together what caused the February explosion that killed four workers and injured a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ruling in a case that could affect competition among many large and small businesses, the California Supreme ...

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County Superior Court Judge William H. Sullivan has asked to be reassigned from his position as probate...

An appellate court has denied a European insurance company's appeal of a ruling that California has jurisdiction over bad-fai...

A judge Wednesday dismissed a whistle-blower lawsuit against former Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark over crime-scene ph...

SAN JOSE - Over several years on the bench in Santa Clara County's juvenile court, Superior Court Judge Read Ambler saw many ...

A Los Angeles law firm is accused of not paying a headhunter service that claims it is owed about $48,000 for placing two att...

SAN FRANCISCO - Local municipalities signing to dubious development projects and well-heeled municipal bond underwriters that...

An avid world traveler, Superior Court Judge Lance A. Ito wondered what would happen if he got into trouble in a foreign coun...

After living in a rented home for several years, Tim and Kelly Liebaert of Bakersfield decided to carve out their own slice of...

SAN DIEGO - The California Supreme Court took a hard look Wednesday at the increasing use of hidden cameras by the media, but...

WASHINGTON - A recently released Legal Services Corporation audit has charged several of the programs the corporation funds, ...

Charles Keating Jr., the most notorious figure in the 1980s collapse of savings and loans, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal ...

A law professor who lost her case against a developer after a secret tape recording of her was played at trial has sued the a...

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County's Board of Supervisors fired Public Defender Margaret Spencer Tuesday in the midst of an investi...

SACRAMENTO - Revised to fend off federal pre-emption, a plan to give private-sector workers full rights to sue their health m...

A family emergency last month prompted Darren Haylock to try to call Belize using his MCI WorldCom calling card from a friend...

One of last year's strongest critics of the State Bar of California introduced reform and dues legislation this week, and the...

Philip Recht, deputy administrator of the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, announced Tuesday that he will ...

SAN DIEGO - On the eve of a three-week break from the bench, Commissioner Sandra L. Berry steeled herself for what lay ahead:...