WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether a Scarlet Letter-style punishment imposed by a San Fra...

LOS ANGELES - I could be a mother or a lawyer but not at the same time. And not with my baby at my breast. I found that when I...

LOS ANGELES - Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I found there was almost no escape from Stanley "Tookie" Williams. No matter what...

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County prosecutor is hoping to persuade a jury to convict a state drug agent of voluntary manslaught...

LOS ANGELES - In 35 years as a prosecutor and a bench officer, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James A. Bascue has ear...

IMMIGRATION APPEAL SUCCEEDS - A Chinese citizen got a second chance Monday at asylum in the United States when a federal appea...

LOS ANGELES - Janet Levine was born and raised in Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA in 1977 and earned her law degree from ...

MULTIFAMILY SANTA CLARA - Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of Homestead Manor for $7.1 million. Jacob Levy of Marcus...

Forum Column - By Edward J. Loya, Jr. - Whatever Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's overall jurisprudence may be, his Fourth...

Letter to the Editor - World AIDS Awareness Day, being observed on Dec. 1, comes with disturbing news - according to the Unite...

Focus Column - By David S. Olson - Recent appellate court decisions have made clear that the "mandatory relief" provision of C...

SAN FRANCISCO - As China boasts the world's fastest-growing economy, lawyers and other business leaders are quick to hop aboa...

LOS ANGELES - Gregory W. Jessner has been the target of some good-natured ribbing from friends and colleagues ever since anno...

LOS ANGELES - Holland & Knight, one of the nation's 15 largest law firms, plans to close or consolidate nine of its office...

LOS ANGELES - A mother stormed into the principal's office, pulling her pretty 13-year-old, pony-tailed daughter behind her. ...

MURRIETA - It's a problem that many judges accept as a given: At some point, lawyers are going to give them shallow excuses or...

Forum Column - By Sean B. Hecht - With little fanfare, Congress is poised to sell off some of our most precious public lands. ...

Editor's Note: The legal community, as well as the media, has been buzzing lately with discussion and debate over how women ca...

On the Move - Scott A. Harshman has joined the Orange County office of Greenberg Traurig as of-counsel in the firm's trusts an...

HOSPITALITY SAN DIEGO - Hotel real estate investment trust Boykin Lodging Co. and Outrigger Lodging Services sold the Hampton...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - At this time it looks as if the mother of all confirmation hearings may not take place. ...

Focus Column - By Perry J. Viscounty - The once-active home page of Internet file-sharing site Grokster has been replaced by a...

Forum Column - By Patrick Cathcart - A recent newspaper editorial touting the supposed virtues of splitting up the 9th U.S. Ci...

Employment Column - By Brian L. Johnsrud - As a result of increased government contracting, a growing number of California com...

SAN DIEGO - A nearly two-decade career litigating cases and handling business disputes has well prepared Steven H. Kruis, 50, ...

LOS ANGELES - Her human parents had been going at it like cats and dogs. But it was Gigi, a pointer-greyhound mix, who was in ...

LOS ANGELES - A famous film director's divorce suit underscores the muddled state of the law for identifying professional good...

LOS ANGELES - State appellate courts chastised two lawyers this week for unscrupulous litigation tactics. Los Angeles civil at...

VENTURA - The state Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday that it will choose three new special masters to he...

LOS ANGELES - For most of his 39 years, Nahum Neme rarely has felt lucky. He realized he was gay at age 10. A year later, clas...