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SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal heard arguments Tuesday on the state Department of Justice's appe...

SANTA ANA - For more than two months, Orange County jurors have listened patiently to testimony in a lawsuit filed by an elde...

Despite a man's contention that two of the most disgraced officers in the history of the Los Angeles Police Department - Rafae...

Attempts by Los Angeles County court workers to halt unification-driven changes in their duties have come to an abrupt stands...

SAN FRANCISCO - It all began for Dennis Cusack when he took a six-month break from his life as partner at the busy San Francis...

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Karl Marx is helping sell books about James Dean on the Internet. That thought crossed my mind Monday when Glendale attorney R...

DICTA The 'I'm in trial, at the printer or at a closing' excuse can be used for missing firm functions and to get you out of a...

Los Angeles-based Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott has elected complex civil litigator Scott P. DeVries - who joined the f...

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IRVINE - Dino D'Saachs knew exactly where Biofem Pharmaceutical co-owner James Patrick Riley would park his car at work on th...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, repeatedly criticized by Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks for having...

Two Los Angeles-area women have received appointments to statewide law-related regulatory bodies from Senate President Pro Tem...

SAN DIEGO - A veteran civil litigator who was one of the founding masters of the Louis Welsh Chapter of the American Inns of ...

A State Bar court Monday rejected bar prosecutors' attempts to have high-profile Los Angeles attorney Louis R. "Skip" Miller ...

The uniformed officer dismounts his motorcycle and approaches a lone male motorist with a broken taillight. As he slowly begin...

SAN FRANCISCO - Plaintiffs attorneys have elected three firms to serve as lead counsel representing the thousands of East Bay ...

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SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers representing dozens of Nigerians pursuing a human rights lawsuit against the Chevron Corp. have won a...

Richard Climan is one of Silicon Valley's most successful matchmakers. To prove it, he just orchestrated the largest union in...

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^^Spin Report^^ By John M. Curtis "I don't think there's any question that energy prices are going to go up in the future," sa...

THE CLOSER As attorneys and counselors, we need to be more sensitive to our choices of words and phrases. By Barbara Kong-Bro...

The head of the Los Angeles district attorney's Rampart prosecution team rebutted allegations that a former team member was tr...

The estate of famed astronomer Carl Sagan has scored an appeals court knockout against living legend film director Francis For...

BERKELEY - A judge dons his black robe, strolls into the courtroom and asks for silence. But the request is not your typical c...

A multimillionaire real estate investor did not breach a contract with SunAmerica Inc. by failing to inform it about possible ...