LOS ANGELES - The razor-thin margin of votes separating court Referee Mildred Escobedo from Deputy District Attorney Patrick ...

LOS ANGELES - In a split en banc decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a District Court judge can...

SACRAMENTO - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael McManus is the guy who came up with a faster, easier way to file Chapter 13 repaym...

Column - By Garry Abrams - "Cleaning Up Private Ryan's Filthy, Filthy Mouth" is the title of a movie that I have begun pitchin...

A crimson-clad torch singer, a scorching jazz band and a flaming dessert were just some of the red-hot attractions at the ruby...

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer offered his forecast for how the recent election will shape the state at the Santa Mo...

An auto-design pioneer and the widow of a car-enthusiast-turned-filmmaker have locked horns over who owns trademark rights to ...

Marvel Enterprises unmasked a new storyline in its ongoing lawsuit against the Walt Disney Co. The comic book giant, which sue...

Members and supporters of the Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles gathered in West Hollywood in October to cele...

INDUSTRIAL GOLETA - Cortona Partnership has purchased a 29,548-square-foot, research-and-development building at 6860 Cortona...

Some believe that the last century was America's, and this one belongs to China. "Our lives will forever be changed by China,"...

Gold's Gym of Redondo Beach is trying to flex its muscles against Lloyd's of London, filing a lawsuit alleging breach of contr...

Closer Column - Financial Planning - By Jenny Rough - The catchy tune that opens Donald Trump's reality show "The Apprentice" ...

Jews generally don't accept the notion of Jesus Christ as their savior, making a "messianic" Jewish temple not only unique but...

LOS ANGELES - Kody Scott gained national acclaim for his 1993 jailhouse memoir "Monster: The Autobiography of a Gang Member," ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A rare Proposition 65 case that actually made it to trial collapsed recently after a judge severely criticize...

Lynne L. Heidel says this isn't the first time Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory approached her about joining the firm. ...

Attorneys from Walnut Creek class-action defense boutique Fleming & Phillips have penned their New Year's resolutions. The...

Pour a shot of Stoli. Add a splash of stolen intellectual property. Shake it up with the fall of the Russian Empire, and the r...

Los Angeles' Fainsbert Mase & Snyder lost three litigators Nov. 1 to Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, led by partner Bradley...

Top-flight aviation executives revealed what they're really looking for from outside counsel during an afternoon panel discuss...

Forum Column - By Michael A. S. Newman - In 621 B.C., the Athenian lawmaker Draco promulgated a legal code under which all cri...

Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Richard Marcus - In recent years, the hottest topic for litigators has been discovery o...

The public comment period on amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure runs through Feb. 15, 2005. A hearing in San F...

EXTRA Feature - We've heard about Sarbanes-Oxley for two years now. How it was a necessary crackdown on corporations to preven...

LOS ANGELES - Three female police officers have settled two lawsuits against the Glendale Police Department and the law firm o...

SACRAMENTO - Same-sex marriage opponents moved forward Friday with their efforts to recall a state trial judge and also annou...

SAN FRANCISCO - To save Scott Peterson's life when the jury returns Nov. 22 to decide whether he should be put to death for t...

SAN FRANCISCO - A third trial of a lawsuit brought by protesters whose faces were swabbed with pepper spray during anti-loggi...

WASHINGTON - In his first public remarks since resigning as attorney general, an impassioned John Ashcroft said Friday that ju...