SAN FRANCISCO - After nearly 10 years of presiding over murders and other high-stakes cases, Laurel Brady may soon face the bi...

WILLOWS - In 1994, when Glenn County Fair officials needed to replace the official steer "weigh master" following a controvers...

Forum Column - By Dana Cephas - If the California Legislature drafted a statute authorizing Superior Court judges to rewrite t...

Focus Column - By John J. Manier - Under a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, an employer may violate the Amer...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Paul P. Burdick to a seat on the Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Thur...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeals court Thursday upheld major elements of the state's plans for protecting water quality in the ...

LOS ANGELES - A San Jose jury has awarded $700,000 to the family of a child with Asperger's syndrome who claimed she was abuse...

SAN FRANCISCO - A day after Dewey Ballantine came within one partner of losing its Silicon Valley office, the New York firm wa...

LOS ANGELES - Lou Meisinger has spent years around Mickey Mouse and dozens of characters beloved by children. But Meisinger's ...

LOS ANGELES - As the Los Angeles trial of a former Roman Catholic priest neared the end Thursday, both sides agreed on one th...

LOS ANGELES - Litigators looking for the right neutral can now use the Internet to find a mediator or arbitrator. The Californ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court unanimously has agreed to decide whether relatives of convicted criminals can be ...

LOS ANGELES - When Southern California businessman Bill Simon ran for governor in 2002, incumbent Gray Davis blasted him in TV...

SANTA ANA - Jurors are supposed to tell one another whether they think a witness lied or told the truth. But they virtually ne...

SAN DIEGO - Rather than helping women, the nation's tough laws against sexual harassment segregate females and make it harder ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco man must stand trial for the first-degree gunshot murders of two accomplices during an allege...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County jury voted late Thursday to let the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim retain their unusual name, soun...

Employment Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - In a case of apparent first impression, the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Pat...

DISBARMENTS Cover, Eric A , Fresno Davis, Bret Jay , Los Angeles Dorsa, Lawrence Rodger , Temecula Valley, David Russell , San...

SAN BERNARDINO - Taking the helm of San Bernardino County Superior Court means worrying about things like a dilapidated 80-yea...

LOS ANGELES - Corri Planck and her partner, Dianne Hardy-Garcia, became foster parents to Sarah Angeline Chavez last year. Pla...

Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - Insurance brokers play a significant role in the procurement and negotiation of policies. T...

Forum Column - By David Halberstadter - By now, James Frey has become a national literary pariah. His supposed autobiography, ...

LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica car dealership has agreed to pay $1.37 million to settle a deceptive practices civil lawsuit, th...

LOS ANGELES - With big pharmaceutical companies flush with cash but struggling to find new drugs, acquiring all or part of pr...

LOS ANGELES - When it comes to securities class-action settlements, 2005 probably will be remembered for the announcement of t...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco prosecutor pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal drug charges while avoiding a trial on more ser...

SAN FRANCISCO- A Silicon Valley engineer tried to defend himself in an insider trading trial by claiming he had never read a c...

LOS ANGELES - Here's a sure-fire recipe for legal trouble: Take some famous lawyers, combine with cash in duffel bags. Wait fo...

LOS ANGELES - Paul S. Aronzon, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, is leaving the firm...