VENTURA - Attorneys for Diana R. Hall on Wednesday asked the state Commission on Judicial Performance to dismiss misconduct c...
LOS ANGELES - Immigration officials arrested 17 illegal workers Wednesday as part of an investigation into a Southern Califor...
SANTA ANA - An appellate court Wednesday left in place a $1.8 million civil penalty against an Orange County lawyer for filin...
LOS ANGELES - Every year, law-school career counselors around the state field calls for help from recent graduates who've dis...
LOS ANGELES - Call it keeping up with the Joneses - City Hall style. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa barely filled the newly creat...
LOS ANGELES - Chief Justice Ronald M. George was outvoted by his colleagues Wednesday in an 11th hour bid to re-open the case ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court held Wednesday that an immigrant cannot be guilty of attempted illegal re-entry to the...
Law Practice
Appeals Courts Split on Three-Strikes Law
By Leslie Simmons And Itir Yakar
SAN FRANCISCO - In separate three-strikes cases, justices on federal and state appeals panels are at odds over whether court-a...
A WOMAN'S WORK - I had assumed that I would have a baby on Monday and go right back to work on Tuesday, Wednesday at the lates...
LOS ANGELES - For those of us who forget birthdays and other occasions, here's another thing to forget: greeting cards bearing...
Judges and Judiciary
On Bench and in Community of Judge Finds Niche in El Centro
By Don Ray
EL CENTRO - When Imperial County Superior Court Judge Barrett Foerster takes off his robe at the end of the day, he has to che...
WASHINGTON - Jumping back into the abortion debate for first time in five years, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considere...
LAX EXPANSION - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce today a settlement between the city and five plaintiffs t...
YOUTH REFORM - K eeping with its vision of reform, state juvenile-justice officials Tuesday released the latest report in a wi...
RETAIL SAN YSIDRO - Westwood Financial Corp. purchased the 258,862-square-foot San Ysidro Village at 4330 Camino de la Plaza ...
LOS ANGELES - The famous American writer wanted to kill himself; his lawyer wanted to save him. It was 1984, and the two sat i...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawsuits aimed at invalidating a voter-approved bond initiative that would disburse $3 billion in public fund...
Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - You're all excited. You just won a trial in which you represented the defendant, who woul...
Focus Column - By Nick Morgan - Despite recent statements by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox that ...
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - In a candid and revealing moment, Stanley "Tookie" Williams told a visitor at San Qu...
LOS ANGELES - Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. will join forces to make flash memory chips for consumer electronics, re...
A WOMAN'S WORK - I still remember who told me that this firm had a really low divorce rate. It was a female associate, and she...
Appellate Practice
'Unimpressed' Panel Renders Both Sides Losers in Fee Case
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - It's a case William Shakespeare would have appreciated. Enemies declare peace, then resume hostilities and fina...
LOS ANGELES - Unlike some jurists, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman didn't always possess a burning desire to don a ro...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Known for Compassion Toward Kids and Drug Addicts
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Kathleen Akao, whose judicial career focused on helping abused and negl...
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place Thursday for Matthew Horway Witteman, retired general counsel for the Atchison Topeka ...
MIRELL WINS - Following two unsuccessful attempts, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won City Council approval Tuesday fo...
MEXICO COURT OKs EXTRADITING CRIMINALS - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that criminals facing life in prison can be extr...
RETAIL SAN MATEO - San Francisco-based SPI Holdings purchased the Bridgepointe Center, a 270,000-square-foot portion of a reg...
WASHINGTON - In a case with huge potential ramifications for the world of patent law, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed...