By Joseph R. Giannini The California Supreme Court's decision in Warden v. State Bar, S060702 (argued June 2, 1999), will be ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A highly critical report on the first stage of San Francisco's 2-year-old effort to reform the city's embattl...

Who says a tough 15-year-old gang member in Juvenile Hall for some serious offenses doesn't enjoy reading "Old Yeller" or "Ch...

After years of planning, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved funding Tuesday to build a new courthouse in Ch...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County gang prosecutor, accused of using confidential information obtained through his office to aid a ...

SACRAMENTO - California police officers and their chiefs are waging a quiet but high-stakes Capitol battle that could have br...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ford Motor Co. misled regulators in two federal inquiries of widespread stalling problems affecting millions ...

The Los Angeles City Council approved spending more than $1 million Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed by a city resident who ...

Despite an attorney's claims that Kaiser's arbitration system is corrupt, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Tuesday ...

SAN DIEGO - It doesn't surprise Bill Dysart that maritime law has less appeal for lawyers than when he started practicing abo...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed a fiscal 1990-2000 state budget Tuesday that gives the judiciary money for new judges, co...

SACRAMENTO - Unions are always keen on winning more due-process protection for employees accused of wrongdoing. The police lo...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - More than 17 years ago, a federal prosecutor warned other law enforcement officials that Joseph E. Laurice...

SAN FRANCISCO - Major League Baseball owners paid $280 million in 1990 to put behind them allegations that they colluded to d...

SAN FRANCISCO - Making it tougher to prove race or sex discrimination in jury selection, a federal appeals panel ruled Monday...

Hate E-Mail Sends College Grad to Jail Frustrated by his Hispanic-American partner's failure to work on a college project, a ...

WASHINGTON - Although the Supreme Court in its 1998-99 term generated a paltry number of decisions, it dramatically affected ...

Taking advantage of technology, Los Angeles City Attorney James K. Hahn announced Monday he is planning to use his office's W...

SACRAMENTO - A bill to regulate long-term contracts for discount deposition services has passed a key legislative hurdle. The...

When a Los Angeles investor was searching for an aggressive lawyer to represent him in a shareholder dispute, it was natural ...

SAN BERNARDINO - A jury has spared the life of a teen-ager convicted in the beating death of an elderly woman during a home-i...

SACRAMENTO - Responding to concerns from insurers and employers, a legislative fiscal committee Monday scaled back a proposed...

WASHINGTON - President Clinton intends to nominate a full slate of seven candidates to serve as members of the U.S. Sentencin...

The State Bar Board of Governors learned Saturday that a powerful legislator wants the governor and the Legislature to appoin...

WASHINGTON - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rebounded dramatically from its disastrous record before the Supreme Co...

SACRAMENTO - A national uproar over "racial profiling" -- allegations that police routinely make racially discriminatory traf...

SAN JOSE - First it was casual Fridays. Then many law firms, especially those with clients in the hip high-tech world, allowe...

SAN BERNARDINO - Prosecutors are expected to launch their effort today to try a truck driver in one county for a series of mu...

A former state narcotics officer facing a host of drug and money-laundering charges was convicted Friday only on tax charges....

In one of the longest prison terms ever imposed in Los Angeles County, a third-strike serial rapist has been sentenced to 538...