Intermittent explosive disorder is the impulse-control disorder sometimes said to cause road rage and domestic abuse. Teams of...

A sex offender likely won his freedom after the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that he was procedurally ineligible for ...

The California Supreme Court on Monday rejected the innocence claim of death-row prisoner Dennis Lawley, despite the existence...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said he wants to step up enforcement against scammers posing as attorneys. ...

Hernán D. Vera, directing attorney of Public Counsel's Consumer Law Project, will take over as the organization's new head. ...

Faced with two defamation lawsuits over the anonymous writings of one of its in-house counsel, Cisco Systems Inc. announced a ...

Prominent conservative constitutional scholar and former Reagan aide Douglas Kmiec has astounded fellow Republicans by endorsi...

Ross Berton was sentenced to 12 years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to 19 felony counts of fraud and thef...

A group of Venice tenants that won a landmark wrongful-eviction case last year against an apartment owner and the city has fil...

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Federal authorities announced Monday they have broken up a nationwide mortgage fraud scam that stole $12.6 million from a hund...

California prosecutors, including McGregor Scott, U.S. attorney in Sacramento, are mining a mother lode of mortgage fraud case...

Videotaped interviews with retired justices of the California Court of Appeal will soon be available to legal history buffs an...

The Habeas Project is looking for pro bono lawyers to represent female prisoners in 64 cases. ...

Forum Column - By John Hall - Whether Cambodia can adhere to global trade laws is a question of great significance to the futu...

Superior Court Commissioner Victor Reichman, once among the youngest judicial officers in the state, has stepped down after 33...

Forum Column - By Mark Tuft - Plenty of issues in the proposed amendments to the California Rules of Professional Conduct warr...

New Girls' Network, which promotes the advancement of women in law, will make its Los Angeles debut Tuesday at a breakfast in ...

Industry Watch - By Jonathan Vanian - Heller Ehrman last week appointed Larry Keeshan, the former chair of the firm's securiti...

Although the cases before her don't rise to the level of felonies, Los Angeles juvenile court referee Pamala Matsumoto believe...

A federal judge announced she would seriously consider a motion to fast-track a class-action trial that could derail the inves...

Litigation stemming from the subprime fallout has only just begun, but California defense attorneys have found themselves figh...

Attorneys for Mattel are seeking to remove their opposing counsel in a dispute over an expert witness. ...

Attorneys who have appeared before Bellflower Judge Deborah L. Sanchez say her life experiences make her ideally suited for h...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Retirements, promotions? Check out our listing of lawyers and judges who have gained recogn...

Industry Watch - By Maya Meinert - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings...

Focus Column - By David Gurnick - Lawyers can help their business clients structure companies in order to avoid the surprisin...

Although Fresno Judge Houry Sanderson's background as a prosecutor and her marriage to one worried defense attorneys, their fe...

California's trust and estate bar is complaining of increased litigation. “This area tends to be somewhat fraught with emotion...

The California Supreme Court unanimously reversed the death sentence of a Los Angeles cop killer on Thursday, sending the case...