Retired state Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Richardson, who became the conservative conscience on the liberal Rose Bird Cour...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a verdict of $3.3 million in damages awarded to an Iranian-b...

LAGUNA NIGUEL - A Mission Viejo attorney plans to file a motion disqualifying Orange County Superior Court Judge Pamela Iles ...

SANTA ANA - With all the attorneys now lugging in portable televisions and projector screens, clerks poring over mountains of...

Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday signed into law the first substantive change to Proposition 65 since the environmental initiativ...

SAN DIEGO - Superior Court Judge David M. Gill closed his courtroom to spectators and the news media Wednesday as arguments w...

An initiative may be removed from the ballot because proponents used inaccurate and misleading information to induce voters t...

Accusing Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti of being "a failed administrator and passive prosecutor" who has e...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down - as illegal race-based discrimination - a Hawaii law ...

VENTURA - For months, Beverlee Sue Merriman visited her son in the Ventura County jail as he awaited trial for raping and mur...

SAN FRANCISCO - Fenwick & West has announced the elevation of 10 attorneys to partners in its Palo Alto office. The partn...

A woman who claims an employee of the family support division of the District Attorney's office left her racially demeaning v...

SANTA ANA - For nearly 200 business owners, police officers, high school students, city council members and community organiz...

Carolyn Huestis, a real estate and business partner at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro in Los Angeles, will leave the firm Oct....

SAN BERNARDINO - Disregarding a schizophrenia defense, a jury Tuesday sentenced to death a convicted killer who claimed "evil...

A wrongful death suit filed Tuesday claims the controversial diabetes drug Rezulin, its makers and a doctor who prescribed it...

Since its recent move to Riverside, the state appellate court serving Riverside and San Bernardino counties has left behind i...

A federal judge Tuesday threw out a civil rights lawsuit by state Sen. Kevin Murray against the city of Beverly Hills that cl...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed associate attorney general and former Los Angeles attorney Raymond C. Fishe...

A memorial service will be held Thursday for John Swaney, a former attorney and news radio anchor known for his melodious voi...

After three years as head of the Los Angeles Municipal Court Presiding Judges Association, Judge Philip K. Mautino is retirin...

In his annual address to the State Bar, Chief Justice Ronald M. George warned bar leaders against "returning to the status qu...

The gun industry lost a round Monday in its battle with several local cities, including Los Angeles, when a U.S. District jud...

The State Bar of California held its annual meeting last week in Long Beach, and the big news was that there wasn't any. The ...

SACRAMENTO - Crips, Bloods, Tiny Rascals and LAPD officers. At first glance, it might seem ludicrous to include members of the...

WASHINGTON - This time Ron Klain didn't get away. The 38-year-old Klain, long-heralded as one of the young stars of the Clint...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved the hiring of a popular - and reportedly tough - former child ...

SAN DIEGO - A law preventing peace officers from carrying firearms after they are convicted of battery has been found unconst...

Supervisors to Hear Courthouse Costs RIVERSIDE - The Riverside County Board of Supervisors should learn how much the construc...

When a deal was close on a recent multibillion-dollar transaction, Ronald S. Beard packed his bags and headed off on vacation...