WASHINGTON - Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales came one step closer to confirmation on Wednesday, winning approval fro...
LOS ANGELES - A split state appellate court Wednesday affirmed the nearly four-year sentence of a methamphetamine user, saying...
LOS ANGELES - Smartly dressed in a suit and tie, Gabrielino High School Junior Steven Tan walked to the podium, peered at the...
SAN FRANCISCO - A former deputy county counsel has sued Alameda County claiming she was denied promised assignments and raise...
Personal Injury & Torts
Derailment Is Likely to Spawn Much Litigation
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The deadly Metrolink derailment caused by a suicidal man early Wednesday that killed 10 commuters likely will sp...
LOS ANGELES - A church law expert says a judge wrongly relied on his writings to order the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdio...
SAN FRANCISCO - John Hemann, the former prosecutor of Enron CEO Andrew Fastow, will leave the U.S. attorney's office in San F...
Entertainment & Sports
'Dune' Writer's Estate Claims Game Maker Took Advantage of Giant Worm
By Garry Abrams
Column - By Garry Abrams - Nobody gets off this planet without paying more royalties. The 1965 science fiction novel "Dune" by...
INDUSTRIAL SORRENTO MESA - Alexandria Real Estate Equities purchased Nancy Ridge Research Center, a two-building, 87,298-squa...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese asked a Court of Appeal Tuesday to block an order forcing it to give...
LOS ANGELES - The world's largest law firm resolved one legal mess at the end of 2004, but it faces an even bigger one this ye...
Appellate Practice
Justices Back Mother Who Got Between Young Lovers
By Linda Rapattoni
SAN FRANCISCO - If Romeo had hired a lawyer to challenge a restraining order won by Juliet's mother, would Shakespeare have t...
Letters to the Editor - Your reporters consistently refuse to do their homework when they report on male domestic-violence vic...
Government
Public Employee Unions Turn Turtle, Resist Access to Government Papers
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - Public employee unions, once steadfast supporters of open government and freedom of informati...
Forum Column - By Joshua Spivak - Over the last several years, a slow, steady drumbeat has called for changes to the infamous ...
Administrative/Regulatory
New Filing Rules Play Havoc With Family-Court Calendars
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Periodically, someone in Sacramento gets an idea that he or she thinks is a good one and c...
SAN FRANCISCO - Retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge John A. "Jack" Burke, a "wonderful gentleman" who spent nearly 25...
SAN DIEGO - A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that a mobile-home rent-control ordinance adopted in Santee is valid even t...
WASHINGTON - A watchdog group in Washington, D.C., filed a Texas bar complaint against attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzal...
SAN FRANCISCO - When she graduates from Stanford Law School this spring, Shakti Belway will head not to a big law firm but to...
Public Interest
Bet Tzedek Will Honor Amgen For Contributing to Legal Aid
By Geneva Whitmarsh
LOS ANGELES - While many poor and disabled people throughout Los Angeles thank local nonprofit law firm Bet Tzedek for helping...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Los Angeles federal judge freed state prison inmate Brian A. Buckley on habeas corpus two years ago, agreei...
INDUSTRIAL WEST HILLS - Gold Point Transportation Inc. signed a five-year, $3.13 million lease for 5.88 acres of industrial sp...
Government Contracts
Man Can Remove Wife's Life Support, Justices Say
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a closely watched right-to-die case, possibly clearing the w...
LOS ANGELES - Two thousand janitors on Monday celebrated a $22.4 million overtime pay settlement with supermarket chains Safe...
Book Review - By Richard M. Mosk - Having so much knowledge about and contact with Gov. Pat Brown, either directly or through ...
Much of the debate about tort reform has focused on limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. The traditional argument in favo...
Focus Column - International Law - By C. Matthew Schulz - New rules for permanent employment certification applications promis...
Criminal
Public Defender Hires Lawyer Who Paid Inmates for Referrals
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - In a move that has raised some eyebrows, the San Bernardino public defender's office has hired a lawyer wh...
Criminal
High Court OKs Use of Drug-Sniffing Dog During Routine Traffic Stop
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that police use of a drug-sniffing dog during a routine traffic stop does not v...