Money has always talked in political campaigns, and if it's a well-funded woman running for a judgeship, it's become a nearly ...

A state appellate court has for the first time recognized the right of a lesbian who helped raise a child to fight for custody...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County judge today will hear arguments on a motion to dismiss the criminal case of a defendant who conte...

In recent years, the use of graphics in the courtroom has exploded. Graphics have become a must for virtually every case, whet...

But for a telegram, Thomas S. Salinger might not be in the business of restoring dignity to hundreds of homeowners. ...

Aaron S. Dyer, a 6-foot-5 former shooting guard on the University of Southern California basketball team, has left the U.S. at...

As it becomes more and more likely the outcome of the presidential election will be decided in court, the all-important sporti...

Public Counsel, the nation's largest pro bono law office, recently honored 20 people for their volunteer service. ...

An exclusive patent license does not automatically permit the licensee to assert a claim for infringement in its own name. ...

The year that began with wars over associate salaries looks like it will end with battles over bonuses. The latest move came T...

The adoptions of more than 600 abused and severely neglected children will be finalized Saturday on the first National Adoptio...

John Griffiths' passion for golf seemingly knows no bounds. His office in Palo Alto has a room equipped with golf balls and a ...

The controversy over county ordinances in Los Angeles and Alameda County banning gun shows on county property will be decided ...

Q: What are the worst mistakes you've ever seen an arbitrator make? A: As the debate over pre-dispute arbitration agreements r...

Yet again, a virtual term limit has stopped the bid of a Los Angeles county district attorney to serve a third term. Steve Coo...

All firms need business property insurance to be prepared for fire, flood, earthquakes and other disasters. ...

The letter of the law is not lost on Ron Turovsky, a partner in Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles. ...

Stephen J. Tully of Garret & Tully in Westlake Village won a defense verdict in a case alleging accounting fraud, Nissan M...

A disgruntled former Internet company employee who hacked into the company's computer system can be prosecuted under federal s...

We live in the age of Power Lists, those ubiquitous rankings that publishers love to produce to satisfy their readers' primal ...

Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, which has educated 25 percent of the attorneys practicing in Orange Coun...

The service that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority contracts with to provide paratransit service is...

A 23-year-old Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 months in state prison following his no-contest plea to a charge of felony...

When the New York Times broke the story of the investigation of Taiwanese-born American scientist Wen Ho Lee for allegedly smu...

During the last two decades, the legal profession has developed a new field of study and practice called alternative dispute r...

State and local education officials have settled a lawsuit that claimed a California achievement test discriminates against sc...

A deputy general counsel at the Pentagon with a long history of involvement in Los Angeles city and national Democratic Party ...

VALLEJO - Tempers boiled over this week as a defense lawyer and a judge exchanged hostilities in the habeas hearing into wheth...

Triumphant opponents of Marin County District Attorney Paula F. Kamena announced on Thursday's deadline that they have gathere...

LAS VEGAS - He's been called the king of appeals and, in the words of former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones, one of "the best appel...