LOS ANGELES - An escrow company that paid the wrong lien holder in a title transaction is not liable to the holding company th...

WESTMINSTER - The mayor of Huntington Beach admitted Wednesday that the city unlawfully polluted its Old Town and downtown are...

SAN DIEGO - The former assistant general manager of a San Diego County water district must stand trial on charges arising from...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop is banking on the recovery of Japan's slumping markets. The firm has added ...

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in the attempted-murder case against former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson on Wed...

President George W. Bush's announcement that he no longer will have the American Bar Association evaluate judicial nominees is...

LOS ANGELES - In a case that could test the use of scent evidence, prosecutors in the double-murder case against a La Crescent...

LOS ANGELES - Services will take place today for Michael D. Hiller, real estate attorney, businessman and former president of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Following the murder and manslaughter indictments against the two San Francisco attorneys whose dogs fatally ...

Just as the brief can (and usually does) make or break the appeal, the statement of facts can make or break the brief.

"Taking into view the reputation, character and professional career of Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, he is not a fit person to be a m...

Public-school students have a right to a safe learning environment. See California Education Code Section 200 et seq. This rig...

By Laura Majerus A patent gives its owner a right to stop others from making, using and selling the methods and items covered...

Arbitration and mediation require some psychology, a dose of public relations, the ability to walk a tightrope balanced betwee...

In a summary judgment proceeding, objections to evidence not made at or before the hearing on the motion are waived. Code Civ....

What! No Green Beer? Here's one for Ripley's ... Believe It Or Not! There wasn't a drop of green beer for the asking at either...

By Ira L. Shafiroff As the case proceeds against 15-year-old Charles Andrew Williams for the murder of two schoolmates and th...

Amy Ellington, a 31-year-old wife and mother of three, lost control of her car on a remote mountain road in Ventura County and...

By Bonnie E. Eskenazi and Walter Mansing Intellectual property drives American business, especially in the world's new electr...

Mediators should not ignore new online communications methods when conducting a mediation. ...

Although enacted in 1982, California's elder abuse laws, Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 15600 et seq., have only recen...

LOS ANGELES - The attorney for a Miami surgeon who says he recently suffered debilitating nerve damage to his hands after Los ...

Matthew B.F. Biren of Biren & Katzman in Los Angeles won a $3.8 million settlement in November in a confidential case invo...

COSTA MESA - John A. FitzRandolph, who served nearly two decades as dean of Whittier Law School, died of cancer Thursday in La...

LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has defended a new state law extending the limitations period on Northridge earthq...

LOS ANGELES - A legal investigator who leaked confidential records to a TV reporter showing that the Los Angeles Police Depart...

Former amateur baseball pitcher Geoffrey S. Wells learned a valuable lesson about practicing law from Hall of Famer Frank Robi...

Q: What happens to mediation confidentiality when, during a joint session, it appears that the human resources director obstru...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed charges of grand theft against the wife of a once-promin...

SAN FRANCISCO - These days, most law firms will admit that growing by merger or acquisition is part of their strategy. Not at ...