LOS ANGELES - Raymond G. Fortner, the interim Los Angeles county counsel and a leading contender for the permanent job, could ...
LOS ANGELES - The family of an inmate killed inside the Men's Central Jail has sued Los Angeles County and Sheriff Lee Baca fo...
Native Americans
Supreme Court to Weigh State's Authority to Sue Tribes
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court will decide whether Indian tribes' sovereignty protects them from lawsuits filed ...
LOS ANGELES - A dozen city, law enforcement and community leaders vowed Wednesday to get to the bottom of the videotaped polic...
LOS ANGELES - Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a civil fraud complaint filed by the...
Entertainment & Sports
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, Your Exhibits Stink, You Ignored Local Rules
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - A team from Los Angeles finally has outscored Detroit, possibly easing the pain of the Los Angeles La...
Two Bush administration lawyers who had a hand in once-secret memoranda that attempted to justify the torture of enemy combata...
WASHINGTON - An American Bar Association commission called on the nation to rethink its get-tough-on-crime policies in a repor...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco ordinance designed to limit tenancies in common violates the California Constitution's privacy...
HAYWARD - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Delbert Gee is a champion of increasing the number of Asian-American judges in C...
LOS ANGELES - A Sherman Oaks man filed suit Tuesday to stop nursing homes from passing the costs of elder-abuse malpractice in...
HAYWARD - Three East Bay men accused of killing transgender teenager Gwen Araujo will be tried once again for first-degree mur...
Labor/Employment
Nonsolicitation Covenants Can Succeed When Drawn Narrowly
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By William J. Emanuel and Elaine T. Byszewski - As virtually all transactional and employment ...
Forum Column - By Eva Paterson - Today marks the one-year anniversary of Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the Supreme Cou...
SAN FRANCISCO - Spanish-language interpreters staged a sick-out Tuesday in Yolo County over proposed changes to their labor co...
LOS ANGELES - After threatening last week to close five branches, the Los Angeles County Law Library board of trustees granted...
SAN FRANCISCO - A successful defendant in a consumer case must show that a plaintiff acted in bad faith in order to recover it...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury has hit San Francisco and Laguna Honda Hospital with a $4.3 million verdict, finding the hospit...
LONG BEACH - A jury Tuesday began deliberating first-degree murder charges against Stephen Otto Reitz, who claims he was sleep...
SAN FRANCISCO - The 1st District Court of Appeal reinstated a malpractice lawsuit Tuesday against a San Francisco law firm - d...
Column By Philip Carrizosa - Remember that classic scene from a black-and-white World War II movie in which Gestapo officers i...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge Tuesday found enough evidence to hold a Lancaster couple on capital murder charges in the be...
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco federal judge Thursday certified the largest private civil rights class action in U.S. history...
Litigation
Bill Would Sanction Attorneys, Clients for Frivolous Lawsuits
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Saying that frivolous lawsuits are making a mockery of the American legal system, a group of House Republicans is...
Government
Senate Should Pass Welfare Reform That Helps Strengthen Marriages, Families
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Matt Daniels - Summer is the traditional "wedding season" when more couples marry than at any other time of ...
Focus Column - Tax Law - By Scott Frewing and Andrew Crousore - With big corporate scandals getting most of the attention from...
Criminal
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on 'Overt Act' Toward Money Laundering
By David Pike
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether prosecutors must prove that a suspect took an "overt act" tow...
SACRAMENTO - A state Evidence Code provision that creates a hearsay exception for statements made by elderly or dependent adul...
SAN FRANCISCO - People who refuse to identify themselves to police officers can face criminal penalties, a sharply divided U.S...
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento's courts are recruiting full-time court interpreters from as far away as San Diego and paying for thei...