Howard Rice partner Julia Vax has developed a keen understanding of risk through her general business, corporate and securitie...

Simply claiming your seat belt is uncomfortable doesn't mean you can win a lawsuit. ...

SANTA ANA - In a strongly worded opinion, a federal appellate court on Thursday castigated the U.S. Department of Veterans Aff...

Employment Column - By Leonid M. Zilberman - The tide of litigation that came in with the passage of the Americans with Disabi...

SAN FRANCISCO - The first criminal stock-option backdating trial in the country appears headed for a jury as soon as next week...

Focus Column - Environmental Law - The Supreme Court attempts to sort out the wreckage when the Endangered Species Act and the...

LOS ANGELES - Dole Food and Dow Chemical continued to use and sell a pesticide that executives in both companies knew caused h...

LOS ANGELES - Jeffrey Kichaven is officially a globetrotter. From New Orleans to Toronto, Kichaven is called upon to facilita...

Focus Column - Environmental Law - A land-use provision intended to spur conservation is leading to a rash of fraud. ...

LOS ANGELES - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley tapped Los Angeles attorney Ilana Rosenzweig on Thursday to be the head of a new ...

Thousands of beefed-up prison sentences imposed by judges under the state's previous sentencing scheme were upheld Thursday in...

Focus Column - Environmental Law - Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy duke it out over what constitutes a "wetland." ...

RIVERSIDE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith A. Jury, who sits in Riverside, has been elevated to the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy App...

Forum Column - Lynn Duryee - The personal travails and surprising success stories of troubled youths provide plenty of emotion...

You've teed off on the fifth hole of a golf course nestled in the Angeles National Forest in northern Los Angeles County. You'...

Focus Column - Timothy Martin - A recent 9th Circuit ruling keeps Google and other search engines from liability for the gatew...

Forum Column - Gregory Rutchik - A combination of financial concerns and a lack of imagination are preventing the entertainmen...

LOS ANGELES - A broad coalition that includes builders, school boards and Hollywood studios is warning that proposed changes t...

An Alabama man won his way out of a life prison sentence for capital murder through his own tenacity and help from a legal cli...

HONOLULU - With a presidential election on the horizon, court watchers are speculating on the future composition of the U.S. S...

McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento is the first in the nation to offer a comprehensive, structured program to entice grade-s...

SAN FRANCISCO - As the State Bar prepares to adopt rules to govern California's unaccredited law schools, some deans remain un...

Focus Column - By Jennifer Addams - A recent Supreme Court case analyzes whether a fleeing suspect who was paralyzed in a car ...

Web Exclusive - Jose Sarria told colorful stories in court Wednesday about his exploits as one of the city's most famous femal...

SACRAMENTO - Democratic lawmakers representing the three largest ethnic minority groups in the state have threatened to block ...

LOS ANGELES - A defense attorney charged with smuggling drugs to his client in jail told a jury that his judgment was clouded ...

Forum Column - By Ray Warren - The only way to take criminals out of the drug trade is through legalization. ...

RIVERSIDE - The city of Lake Elsinore agreed Wednesday to pay $1.2 million to a Christian church to settle a case in which the...

The California Supreme Court voted unanimously Wednesday to decide whether the Children's Law Center's of Los Angeles can ethi...

It wasn't an earth-shattering turn of events that rallied the combined resources of Apple and Dell to the aid of Compaq Comput...