Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro attorneys walked victoriously from the courtroom Thursday where...

SAN JOSE - In the parlance of the Internet, "listserv" is the generic name for an online discussion group, in which members se...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved much of District Attorney Gil Garcetti's plan to improve his fam...

Claiming Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is conducting business in secret, The Proposition 103 Enforcement Project h...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has overturned a death sentence and double murder conviction because a letter stating a key i...

SANTA ANA - Defendant Jesus Garcia, whose prosecutor has called him "the poster boy for three strikes," was sentenced to 25 y...

After a lengthy debate, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to ask the city attorney, police chief and leg...

After hearing the last, breathless half-hour of closing arguments, the jurors presiding over the Christensen, Miller, Fink, J...

A San Bernardino judge is being investigated for allegedly making crude remarks to a female court manager and others about he...

SAN DIEGO - Judge William C. Pate of the San Diego County Superior Court, a former Marine Corps combat veteran, believes lawye...

The Los Angeles Superior Court announced Tuesday it will begin phasing in the one-day, one-trial juror program in May 1999, de...

WASHINGTON - New presidents always inherit thorns left in their political side by the outgoing commander in chief, and for Ge...

The lawyer-defendants at Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro should know better than the average emp...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Globalization of business means the rules for law firms have changed. Firms that are serious about establ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A litigious pro-gun lobby with a successful courtroom track record is threatening to counterattack if San Fra...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti's wide-ranging plan to improve his beleaguered family support division garn...

SAN FRANCISCO - Allen L. Morgan, a partner at Latham & Watkins in Menlo Park, announced Monday that he is leaving the fir...

SAN JOSE - In a Santa Clara County Superior Court complaint that echoes the federal antitrust case against Microsoft, a small...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown has anointed a young deputy renown for his trial skills as his secon...

SACRAMENTO - As Gov. Pete Wilson ends his eight-year tenure and considers another run for the White House in 2000, he leaves b...

In a rare display of mutual support for a new law that has changed the legal culture of Juvenile Court, Los Angeles County Di...

WASHINGTON - Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Convicted felons should not testify for prosecutors in criminal trials. According to plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Rodriguez, th...

RIVERSIDE - A former truck driver described by prosecutors as a sexual deviant has been convicted of murdering a 7-year-old g...

When Edward Masry was sued last year for legal malpractice he vowed he would file his own lawsuit for malicious prosecution a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Moving quickly to take advantage of a last-minute vacancy, Gov. Pete Wilson on Thursday named Associate Justi...

SAN BERNARDINO - Linda Reno says she was just trying to do her job in May when she fielded a call from a distraught man seeki...

SANTA ANA - The 4th District Court of Appeal has ordered a trial court judge to delve into the personnel file of a retired ass...

For decades, appellate lawyers have endured a certain reputation for -- how shall we say this? - being a bit dweeby. "Yes, th...

SACRAMENTO - Bystanders would become criminals if they observe but fail to report violent crimes under a newly proposed "Good...