SAN FRANCISCO - Seven years after being convicted of attempted murder, a Tulare County man still hasn't had a full hearing on ...

Forum Column - On June 29, the Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury released its 2005-06 final report where it proclaimed that ...

Focus Column - California Assembly Bill 2186, introduced on Feb. 22 by Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, states it is the "intent o...

SAN FRANCISCO - Companies hit with a $175 million punitive-damages verdict in a water pollution lawsuit saw that amount cut Tu...

MARTINEZ - High-profile trials have a way of creating tension between the news media and court officials. ...

SAN DIEGO - David A. Macias, the clerk who stole $100,000 from an El Cajon court and gambled most of it away, will spend nine ...

A $28 million award against Philip Morris in a sick-smoker case remains in limbo while the U.S. Supreme Court re-examines limi...

LOS ANGELES - When City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo issued a legal opinion last week blasting the City Council's approach in ask...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Riverside County Superior Court judge, who was involved in a public rift with the district attorney, was cha...

LOS ANGELES - The Grateful Dead was dying. "We're not good businessmen," said Bill Kreutzmann, the drummer who founded the ban...

SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for the family of a man suspected of trespassing who was shot and killed by police filed a $10 mi...

LOS ANGELES -Jury-duty dodgers who reside in the northern part of Los Angeles County will face sanctions hearings, starting Fr...

Forum Column - Recently, The New York Times reported that "there are 8,800 hedge funds, managing some $1.2 trillion in assets,...

Focus Column - As a result of the passage of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in July 2002, chief executive officers and ...

SAN JOSE - In a devastating blow to Rambus Inc., the Federal Trade Commission ruled Wednesday that the developer of computer m...

LOS ANGELES - The "Anti-Pirate" is switching ships. Prominent entertainment lawyer Mark D. Litvack, once nicknamed the "Anti-P...

RIVERSIDE - Two years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union won nearly $1 million in attorney fees from San Diego in settlem...

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday raised hopes that Californians will get $1 billion or more in additional refun...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William R. Chidsey's legal career offers a unique glimpse into contemporary Los Angele...

SAN FRANCISCO - The family of a chronic alcoholic who ran over a bicyclist after a lunchtime drinking binge should have known ...

Tom Stark took it hard when his wife fell for another man and moved out of their home in Contra Costa County. He wept often, l...

Letter to the Editor - I am a trial lawyer and frequently hear the idiotic cocktail banter about frivolous lawsuits and ambula...

LOS ANGELES - A racially mixed jury convicted four Latino gang members of conspiracy and federal civil-rights charges for thei...

Forum Column - Last week, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington joined its counterpart in New York by upholding its sta...

LOS ANGELES - Against the advice of the city attorney, the Los Angeles City Council is expected move forward on a plan today t...

Focus Column - Practitioners of alternative dispute resolution are well aware that each mediation has its own personality. ...

LOS ANGELES - The University of California, Irvine, has renewed its bid for a law school. The request comes five years after t...

Forum Column - In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court held that to exclude anyone from a jury on the basis of race is unconstitutiona...

LOS ANGELES - Wafa Hoballah has a typical Lebanese joie de vivre. She greets international clients with a musical 'Bonjour' or...

An Orange County judge scolded six years ago for her unorthodox style in the courtroom returned to the hot seat again this wee...