Leading senators introduced long-awaited legislation Thursday that would increase the size of the federal judiciary nationwide...

An Internet scheme that would enable voters to back Ralph Nader or other third-party candidates for president without undercut...

Comedian Garry Shandling testified Thursday that notorious sleuth Anthony Pellicano was involved in a campaign to destroy his ...

Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The state Legislature has tried to dodge its obligation to the public by circumventing o...

Web Exclusive - By Rebecca U. Cho - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and going...

A Skid Row hotel owner accused of "shuffling" tenants to keep them from gaining renter's rights will pay former residents $1 m...

Employment - By Karen L. Gabler - Employers need to take note of several key areas in which technological advancements may lea...

Several 9th Circuit bench officers discuss guidelines to ease jurists off the court. When Proctor Hug was 9th Circuit chief ju...

Tonight, members will gather to celebrate their longevity milestone with a dinner at the Hyatt Regency on Mission Bay. ...

In a strongly worded opinion, U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson has ruled that a detained immigrant's constitutional claim...

An appeals court has ruled Los Angeles County is not liable for the accidental combustion of a Lexus owned by a political corr...

The California State Assembly has named a San Francisco County Superior Court judge as District 13's 2008 Woman of the Year. ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it will set stricter standards on smog-forming ozone emissions, b...

If a defendant insists on pleading insanity, no attorney or judge can stand in the way, a state appellate court ruled Wednesda...

Two candidates will challenge District Attorney Steve Cooley as he attempts to win his third term in office. ...

Forumn Column - By Barry Zalma - The Legislature must take real, measured steps to stop the United States' $100 billion insura...

Judges who don't know when to quit have been an infrequent feature of courts across the nation, difficult to deal with at the ...

Focus Column - By Jay Folberg - Effective negotations require carefully timed concessions and an awareness of power plays. ...

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - A lawsuit challenging the Office of Administrative Hearings should impel California's lead...

San Diego's Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins settled 49 shareholder class actions in 2007, more than double any othe...

A Los Angeles attorney cannot be sued for warning his client's customers not to do business with a disgruntled former employee...

Out steps Andrew Giacomini, head of San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett, holding a large bass drum and dressed in lederhosen, the ...

Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, grilled a state financial analyst to the point of tears Wednesday, demanding to know why the gove...

Web Exclusive - By Ryan Oliver - LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for Phil Spector are calling Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry P...

LOS ANGELES - A former employee of Anthony Pellicano's broke down in tears Wednesday during cross-examination while testifying...

Web Exclusive - By Rebecca U. Cho - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and going...

WASHINGTON - Democrats in Congress urged the Justice Department Tuesday to take further steps to tighten the standards on the ...

It's not every day that a paralegal goes off to fight in a war. And it's not every day that a law firm raises money to chip in...

LOS ANGELES - Defense attorneys attacked the credibility of a prosecution witness in the Anthony Pellicano trial Tuesday, citi...

LOS ANGELES - Groups representing virtually all of the nation's hospitals announced Tuesday they are suing the federal governm...