LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has named veteran bankruptcy attorney Theodor "Ted" Albert to a 14-year te...

SAN DIEGO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday appointed three people with varied political backgrounds to seats on the S...

LOS ANGELES - Responding to complaints from the court employees' union, the Assembly Committee on Public Employees, Retirement...

LOS ANGELES - French billionaire Francois Pinault testified Wednesday that he knew of the secret agreements that allegedly gav...

WASHINGTON - The policy-making body of the federal courts is calling on President Bush and Congress to fund several initiative...

LOS ANGELES - A former Compton judge admitted in court Wednesday that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from a 90-year-old...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Out of policy! Out of policy! Even when it isn't mired in a scandal such as the Rampart follies of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney Chris Martin has the daunting assignment of designing a defense for an accused murderer who won't tal...

INDUSTRIAL CHULA VISTA - LBA Realty purchased the 159,172-square-foot Brandywine Industrial Center at 1669 and 1675 Brandywin...

Letter to the Editor - Prospective jurors in Los Angeles County criminal cases, as part of the voir dire process, should ask t...

Forum Column - By Melanie E. Lomax - Although Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.'s public legacy will probably be defined by his represent...

Letter to the Editor - The Daily Journal fittingly published Sherry Colb's article equating marriage and prostitution on April...

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By James Harris and Dov Waisman - One of the surest ways to lose an appeal is to ignore the pro...

Johnnie and I tried many cases in the old Hall of Justice at Broadway and Temple in the 1970s. That was where the majority of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Retired San Francisco chief medical examiner Dr. Boyd Stephens, whose forensic skills helped put killers behi...

SAN FRANCISCO - As children, they laughed together, played together and worshipped at the same church: St. Martin of Tours in...

LOS ANGELES - By a unanimous vote of the state's top legal officeholders, three appellate justices were confirmed to the 2nd D...

SANTA ANA - A jury has awarded a former San Clemente business owner $10 million in punitive damages a month after finding the...

LOS ANGELES - Though emotionally rubbed raw, the husband of a woman murdered 22 years ago thanked prosecutors and detectives w...

SAN FRANCISCO - Famed criminal defense attorney J. Tony Serra has voiced fond memories of his brief stay in 1976 at a federal ...

LOS ANGELES - The city Ethics Commission director's decision to charge Police Protective League officials with violating a nev...

LOS ANGELES - Influential French businessman Francois Pinault took the witness stand in federal court Tuesday to explain how h...

SAN FRANCISCO - How much, if anything, should the state reap in royalties from the inventions it pays to create? And how shou...

INSTITUTIONAL SACRAMENTO - Preferred Capital Advisors arranged a 15-year, $11.5 million permanent fixed-rate loan for the 37,...

LOS ANGELES - Southern California Edison's complaints of gouging by alternative energy providers short-circuited Monday with a...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury Monday awarded Tae Bo creator Billy Blanks an additional $15 million in punitive damages in ...

Letter to the Editor - I have known and respected Robert Shapiro for many years, particularly for the incredible result that h...

Letter to the Editor - In addressing the Terri Schiavo controversy, Judith Daar extols the "good old checks and balances" in o...

Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Louis R. Dienes and Meredith Lobel-Angel - Buyers are always looking for bargains, a...

LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Todd A. Norton of Norton & Norton in Encino. Norton died unexpectedly of hear...