A few years ago, Darl McBride may have been the most hated man in cyberspace. SCO, McBride's Utah-based company, announced sud...

As the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector comes to a close, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson is earn...

WASHINGTON - In a closely watched securities-fraud case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, aggrieved shareholders will arg...

Though his schedule as the courthouse 'floater' can be hectic, Los Angeles Commissioner Paul T. Suzuki maintains calm with an ...

On the Move

Judge Francisco F. Firmat is a healing hand at an Orange County juvenile court, which is known as the "House of Pain" for its ...

Although a move to mandate continuing education for trial-court judges was shut down last year, it could become reality soon f...

Fair warning to golfers: Play the links at your own risk. The California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Thursday that all sports - ev...

LOS ANGELES - Plea negotiations in class-action lawyer William S. Lerach's case have been complicated by his insistence on a b...

Employment Column - By Craig J. Ackermann - Employers that don't adequately ensure meal breaks for their employees are beginni...

An heiress fading into her mid-30s. Another heiress, young and on top of the world. A nightclub fight between the two that led...

Forum Column - By Jon Coupal - Hand-wringing is accompanying the governor's cuts to social spending in the most recent state b...

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Los Angeles corporate practice partner Kenneth E. Kohler, who left his longtime firm for Morris...

SANTA ANA - While liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has a dour view of the U.S. health care system, a panel of Orang...

Forum Column - By Corynne McSherry - A ruling out of California's Central District has burdened digital technologies with more...

Focus Column - By Ruben J. Garcia - As Labor Day arrives, the past year's developments in organized labor show a strengthening...

Richard E. Best, a retired San Francisco County Superior Court commissioner who spends his days as a discovery referee, is kno...

SAN FRANCISCO - Key government environmental guarantees that have helped drive development planning in huge swatches of Califo...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Vernon Nakahara is part of a special team of out-of-county judges recently sent to Riversi...

The California Supreme Court handed workers a huge victory Thursday, ruling that employers generally can't prevent them from b...

With Christopher Lundy Campbell's background and experience as a world-class Olympic wrestling medalist, it is no surprise ath...

Of her varied assignments on the bench, Ventura Judge Rebecca Riley prefers the good that she can do in criminal cases. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists and labor unions raced to the courthouse Wednesday to block trucks from Mexico from joining ...

SANTA ANA - Disagreeing with half a dozen earlier appellate opinions, the 2nd District Court of Appeal has ruled that Gov. Arn...

SAN JOSE - Former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Gregory Reyes will not get a new trial, a federa...

Forum Column - By Richard H. Close and Susy Forbath - A bill before the California State Legislature will erode the one remain...

The jury has yet to get the murder case of Phil Spector, but the famed record producer has launched a pre-emptive strike, addi...

LOS ANGELES - In a pre-emptive move, labor unions and civil rights groups sued the Bush administration Wednesday to stop feder...

SAN FRANCISCO - After 50 years of the California Judges Association rendering ethics opinions to the state's judges, there's a...

Focus Column - By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Karen Brown - Two recent 6th District Court of Appeal decisions are changing the sta...