A state appeal panel held late Monday that a woman who paired up with actress Loni Anderson to sell skin care products throug...
WASHINGTON - Dealing a blow to the welfare-reform movement in a case from California, the Supreme Court ruled, 7-2, Monday th...
SACRAMENTO - The judiciary would get 12 new appeal court judges and 20 new trial court jurists, and $19.1 million to fix year...
Criminal
Appellate Judge Delays Probe Into O.C. Counseling Center
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
LAGUNA NIGUEL - A state court of appeals judge granted a partial stay Friday in the case of Center for Creative Alternatives,...
Denying federal prosecutors' allegations that he threatened the life of a federal judge, a Beverly Hills lawyer charged with ...
Despite a jury that deadlocked overwhelmingly in favor of acquittal, prosecutors have announced they intend to retry an Antel...
A San Bernardino County judge has refused to issue a certificate of rehabilitation for a former Los Angeles County prosecutor...
Technology & Science
Hewlett-Packard, Competitor Square Off in Printer Ink Fight
By Craiq Anderson
SAN JOSE - Hewlett-Packard, which has been fighting several legal battles to maintain control of the lucrative market for the...
As lawyers' practices become more specialized, technology keeps advancing and busy firms get even busier, finding a competent...
The Los Angeles City Council has settled a case for more than $163,000 in which a federal judge had awarded just $20,000 to t...
A Los Angeles judge has dismissed charges that a Compton police officer had sex with an underage girl after prosecutors annou...
WASHINGTON - Public criticism of judicial decisions may serve a useful purpose in our society, but it must not compromise jud...
SAN FRANCISCO - The explosion of securities litigation has produced a backlog of 500 federal shareholder actions since 1995, ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals panel has ruled that a court reporter, accused of airing a district court's "dirty laundry"...
Judges and Judiciary
Court Affirms the Use of Stinger Letters to Judges
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a overall victory for the state's judicial watchdog agency, the state Supreme Court on Thursday held that ...
The Citizens for the Constitution, a project of the New York-based Century Foundation, developed the following eight guidelin...
SACRAMENTO - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a proposal to overhaul California's child support system Thursday, but Republ...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's parole board drew stinging criticism from a federal judge Thursday for blocking access and servi...
In a case involving allegations of retaliation against judges within the workers' compensation system, a federal judge has di...
WASHINGTON - Concerned by the rising number of proposed constitutional amendments making their way through Congress in recent...
SACRAMENTO - Convicted in 1976 for his role as the getaway driver in a double murder and robbery stemming from a drug deal go...
Criminal
Lockyer Sues Rapper X-Raided for Violating States Son of Sam Law
By Peter Blumberg
SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed his first "Son of Sam" lawsuit, seeking to garnish any profits that migh...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
This Bud's Not For You After Court's Ruling
By Anna Marie Stolley
Reining in the aggressive marketing tactics of a major brewery, a California appeal panel has ruled that the brewer's agents ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Expanding the definition of "reasonable suspicion" in investigative traffic stops, a divided federal appeals ...
Unlike in his last case, in which he was placed on probation amid allegations Los Angeles County prosecutors had granted him ...
They sat in the green room, mouthing the lines of their scripts, then surrendered to the makeup artist's brushes and sponges....
Judges and Judiciary
Justices Ruling Has Attorneys Reading Between the (K)lines
By Philip Carrizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - Has the state high court sent a message to the Commission on Judicial Performance about its judicial miscondu...
A bill that seeks to reform state confidentiality laws to allow limited public access to the juvenile court records of dead c...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Orange County prosecutors to wipe out a lower cou...
Los Angeles County will spend about $11.5 million to upgrade the freeway emergency call box system under terms of a settlemen...