WASHINGTON - A Republican senator is holding up an eagerly awaited federal court security bill because of what he says are pro...

A federal jury in San Francisco has found Stephanie Jensen, the former vice president of human resources at Brocade Communicat...

Community mediation programs help and train residents to resolve disputes both around the block and around the world. ...

Focus Column - By William F. Sullivan and Peter M. Stone - The Supreme Court looks set to split into two camps in a case over...

LOS ANGELES - Landlords who lease to medical-marijuana dispensaries across the state are being notified by federal authorities...

LOS ANGELES - Judge Michael S. Mink will convene the first of four juror-sanction hearings Friday for North Central District c...

Whether becoming a bench officer or giving up car racing, Judge Mark S. Millard adapts smoothly to each stage in his lif...

LAPD officers move in to arrest a homeless woman sleeping on a sidewalk downtown. Of the 7,528 people arrested in the first 10...

A year after the Securities and Exchange Commission eased the way for tender offers in domestic mergers and acquisitions, many...

Forum Column - By Jennifer L. Monk - A new state law intended to end gender discrimination in education could expose schools t...

Services will take place Friday for Warren E. Slaughter, a retired Riverside County Superior Court judge, who died of natural ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the backdating criminal trial of former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Gregory...

Focus Column - By Gary Davis - The deep-seated emotional issues that often accompany disputes over women's participation in co...

Letter to the Editor - A man who spent 25 years in prison for a murder that he didn't commit weighs in on the controversy over...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Securities and Exchange Commission continued taking action against individual executives accused of backda...

LOS ANGELES - Consumers who say they were duped into buying dye-injected salmon could win the right to sue grocery stores in C...

Federal district court nominee James E. Rogan said Tuesday that he is not planning to withdraw his name from consideration, de...

Four immigrants sued federal immigration officials in Los Angeles on Tuesday over processing delays and challenged a new polic...

WASHINGTON - In a case watched closely by consumer advocates and the business community, the U.S. Supreme Court grappled Tuesd...

As a prosecutor in the L.A. County district attorney's office, Carlos Chung dazzled so many judges that they eventually conv...

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Eugene L. Balonon received various government appointments in between stints as a prosecutor, ...

Media attention on bounty hunters, like Rob Dick, left, has spurred efforts to police the trade, but state regulation hasn't ...

WASHINGTON - When exactly does a criminal suspect's constitutional right to a lawyer begin? The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Mon...

Forum Column - By Michael J. Raphael - An obscure decision from the 9th Circuit could make the retroactive application of redu...

Here's a list of top deals completed in November that involved California lawyers and companies. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Three new commissioners will be joining Riverside County's backlogged Superior Court. The trio includes two d...

Forum Column - By Matt Vespa - With the effects of global warming more pronounced than ever, it's time to hold developers of s...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a notable intellectual property case in which an online adul...

Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - Canceling a contract can be difficult, but it is often the best way out of a business dea...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Los Angeles County's 2004 decision to rem...