LOS ANGELES - A three-justice panel heard the first appellate arguments Wednesday on whether a voter-approved change to the st...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Former Fox television executive Steven Webster spent his second wedding anniversary in a Los Angele...

BAKERSFIELD - A veteran Kern County Superior Court judge was admonished Wednesday for abusing his judicial authority by faili...

LOS ANGELES - If he had a judicial magic wand, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Martin L. Goetsch might just make his ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The rapidly growing Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has hired three more partners to begin 2005 - two immigration...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate panel got it wrong in denying condemned inmate Donald J. Beardslee's plea for a new penal...

INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - An undisclosed trust purchased a 30,000-square-foot industrial building at 5900 Rodeo Road from ACI I...

Letter to the Editor - The decision to seek a death verdict is all too frequently a political decision. Take for instance one ...

Forum Colum - By Marjorie Cohn - In anticipation of hard questions that Alberto Gonzales will face at his attorney general con...

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Lisa M. Baird and Andrea M. Schoor - It had ethos, pathos and punch. As some commentators ha...

Letter to the Editor - Sheppard Mullin, a full-service American Lawyer 100 law firm based in Los Angeles with 400 attorneys in...

A memorial service for retired appellate court Justice William A. Reppy will take place Jan. 13 in Montecito. Reppy, who serve...

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday that Bing Crosby's communications with his attorneys ...

SANTA BARBARA - A Superior Court judge Tuesday upheld a $5.6 million verdict against the Santa Barbara County planning departm...

SAN DIEGO - In a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday that an insurance ...

LOS ANGELES - The first appellate arguments aimed at determining whether Proposition 64 can be invoked retroactively to throw ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel has leaped live rattlesnakes and stacks of cars, but he failed to get past a...

LOS ANGELES - The 2nd District Court of Appeal issued an emergency stay Tuesday blocking the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los...

OAKLAND - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson Stanley ran track in high school and still considers herself a "...

SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't a return of the dot-com boom, but most Bay Area law firms reported impressive financial results in ...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Superior Court Monday released details of the record $100-million settlement between the Diocese...

Focus Column - Litigation - By Steven A. Ellis, Robert A. Holland and David R. Carpenter - On Nov. 2, 2004, California voters ...

Forum Column - By David Kadue and Emanuel Shirazi - Conventional wisdom assumes that employees injured by Labor Code violation...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Monday gave the Los Angeles County sheriff a month to negotiate with an outspoken lay chaplain b...

SAN JOSE - Veteran Santa Clara County prosecutor David Howe was promoted Monday to assistant district attorney in a management...

LOS ANGELES - Services are pending for William A. Reppy, a retired 2nd District Court of Appeal justice. Reppy, who also serve...

SAN FRANCISCO - Nearly a year after his unprecedented rise to the state's top office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger picked a spot...

SACRAMENTO - Two Sacramento lawyer-lawmakers have been mentioned as top contenders for the open congressional seat created by ...

SANTA ANA - Jury selection began in Orange County Superior Court on Monday in a rare case of alleged reverse discrimination th...

Column By Garry Abrams - Just in time to help with New Year's resolutions, as well as strike a blow for states' rights, the 9t...