Eric J. Zucker, 1959-2008, a veteran Los Angeles County deputy public defender and progressive political advocate, died Monday...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein demanded Wednesday that the Justice Department reveal its reasons for dismantling the public corruption ...

Focus Column - By C.J. Alice Chuang - The Federal Circuit expressed its willingness to reconsider its standards for determinin...

Forum Colum - By William H. Neukom - The rule of law must be upheld in the death penalty trials of Guantánamo detainees in ord...

Van Nuys Judge Karen J. Nudell has earned a reputation for her strength of character and her ability to make gutsy calls. ...

Web Exclusive - By Rebecca Beyer - A real estate broker did not breach a confidential relationship with a Beverly Hills real e...

U.S. District Judge Edward Rafeedie, 1929-2008, who sat on the federal bench for a quarter century, died Tuesday. ...

A national law firm with a troubled past spent more than $100,000 lobbying in California last year and now is trying to win a ...

Memory chip designer Rambus Inc. won a critical victory Wednesday when a federal jury took just three hours to reject claims b...

A group of Elk Grove residents, some of whom are represented by attorney Jesse Atwal, recently discovered they are facing more...

Web Exclusive - By Jill Redhage - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents increasingly are using home raids, like a recent one against immigration attorney K...

Parties entering into arbitration cannot, under federal law, agree to expand the limited role of the courts in reviewing the r...

Louis A. Nissen, 1913-2008, a prominent labor attorney who successfully defended an actors union in a drawn-out libel case dur...

Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The U.S. needs to boost its social programs in order to ease pressure on household budgets...

Darrell W. Stevens, a retired Butte County judge known nationally for his pioneering work in support of drug and collaborative...

Prosecutors at the Los Angeles County district attorney's office became union members this week for the first time in two deca...

Focus Column - By Steven Otto - A California appellate court ruling clarifies the limitations on the use of public rights of w...

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey made a rare appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices consider...

A producer of the movie "Crash" can't turn to the law after being snubbed by the Academy Awards, a state appellate court in Lo...

Prosecutors in the Pellicano trial said Bert Fields planned to invoke his right against self-incrimination, but the high-power...

Web Exclusive - California Chief Justice Ronald George warned lawmakers in his annual State of the Judiciary address Tuesday t...

In a rebuke to President Bush and an international court in the Netherlands, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state c...

Alex C. McDonald not only has enjoyed a vigorous law career but also is one of the few in the state to have bypassed the trial...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Asking home schooling parents to have teaching credentials is unreasonable and hypocritica...

Web Exclusive - By Jill Redhage - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings ...

Fourth-graders Valerie Flores, left, and Faith Petrie participate in the Western Justice Center Foundation's fifth annual two-...

A federal judge in Santa Ana sentenced a Chinese-born engineer to 24 years in prison Monday for scheming with family members t...

Focus Column - By Peter J. Engstrom and Nancy Allred - A client’s assets, even located outside of the United States, are not...

Forum Column - By Frank J. Polek - Prosecutors need to be more vigilant in charging people with crimes, in order to avoid putt...