SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Jose Miramontes, president of the National Latino Peace Officers Association, to...
Focus Column - Litigation - By Julie Locke - In the past several months, courts around the country have issued landmark ruling...
LOS ANGELES - Two former Roman Catholic priests were arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation, the same day that a ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Randall Britt runs a credit repair business for debt-plagued clients who trust him with their most personal fi...
LOS ANGELES - In a bizarre new twist to allegations that Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has routinely blocked...
LOS ANGELES - Senate Judiciary Chairman Orin Hatch says he will push forward with the controversial nomination of Los Angeles ...
LOS ANGELES -Accused Chinese double agent Katrina Leung smiled and hugged her attorneys Thursday after U.S. District Judge Flo...
LOS ANGELES - New court fees proposed to help plug the state's budget gap would hit hardest against the working poor - people ...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's 1998 experiment with electric utility deregulation spawned the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S....
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and officials of the state's utility regulatory agency announced Thursday they ha...
SAN FRANCISCO - Donna Little knows she has a talking problem. She's working on it. "Speaking slowly is not my forte," the vete...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Mobile-Phone Bill of Rights Isn't Panacea It May Seem
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Focus Column - By Peter Passell - For California cell phone users frustrated by confusing ads and complicated service contract...
SAN JOSE - Months after more than 20 jobs were placed in jeopardy because of a budget crunch, Santa Clara County supervisors a...
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first decision of its kind, a federal appeals court has narrowed the application of a federal law that ...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge, voicing concern that a convicted child molester's rights are being violated, hinted str...
SAN DIEGO - After lack of jurisdiction thwarted his effort in U.S. District Court to overturn a decade-old conviction in a cou...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appellate court Wednesday reinstated the case of a Chinese alien who said he feared returning to China...
LOS ANGELES - Now that Andrew Luster is no longer a fugitive, he can proceed with the appeal of his conviction on multiple rap...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis' aides were briefed last week on a proposal regarding the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bankru...
LOS ANGELES - One of the nation's best-known juvenile court judges had been honored with two career cappers. But Leonard Perry...
LOS ANGELES - Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew is going where the clients are. ...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - The horrors of real life are playing daily on the stages of dependency courts right in fro...
Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - One question that has been the subject of substantial debate in California ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Wednesday limited a trial judge's ability to seal dozens of records that allegedly con...
LOS ANGELES - A state-run workers' compensation insurer has fought off a $2 billion class action brought by California employe...
LOS ANGELES - Just 10 days after the failure of merger discussions with an unnamed law firm, Cleveland's Arter & Hadden ca...
Litigation
Boxers Bristle as Legal Hornets Float Like Butterflies, Sting Like Bees
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - There's going to be a globally watched heavyweight championship boxing match at Staples Center Saturd...
Entertainment & Sports
Jello Biafra Loses Bid to Deny Royalties to Former Mates
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - The rebellious racket recorded on such albums as "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" belongs to the punks who...
SANTA ANA - Gene and Ann Andres' cafe should have failed. The downtown strip of Main Street the couple bought wasn't exactly p...
SAN FRANCISCO - Judges who belong to controversial groups such as the Boy Scouts should disclose their membership if it might ...