WASHINGTON - Handing a defeat to the managed-care industry, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that the states c...

SAN FRANCISCO - Alameda County Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde, facing removal from the bench amid troublesome hearings i...

SAN FRANCISCO - Public Defender Jeff Adachi said Wednesday he will soon ask the Superior Court to appoint a special master to...

LOS ANGELES - An auto painting company's executives and directors cannot be held liable for the company's alleged wage and hou...

SAN FRANCISCO - A week before launching into a much-anticipated trial, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison has sued two insurance ...

Column By Garry Abrams - Forget "Where's Waldo?" Let's play "Where's Geraldo?" It's a thrilling, combination First Amendment a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ever since Pillsbury Winthrop issued its fateful press release blasting defecting partner Frode Jensen for al...

SAN FRANCISCO - An Oregon lawyer, torn between his ethical duty to keep a client's confidentiality and an attempt to save the...

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with whether to set a lower standard of proof in legal malpracti...

LOS ANGELES - Intel Corp., the chip-making giant, is fighting to prevent outsiders from sending unwanted messages through its...

Focus Column - Real Property - By Michael Paul Thomas - There can be little question that when it comes to holding those who o...

LOS ANGELES - A taxpayer group's effort to shut down state government in the event of a budget impasse this summer met with s...

LOS ANGELES - The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles accused District Attorney Steve Cooley Tuesday of conducting a political...

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Catherine Valerio Barrad and Anne Mayer Turk - It is axiomatic that an appellate court will ...

Forum Column - By Gregory A. Yates - Concerning the comments of Garry Abrams in the March 6 edition of the Daily Journal ("Ram...

Forum Column - By Matthew D. Rifat - The deadline for submission of bills during this session of the state Legislature was Jan...

LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court did not seem terribly troubled Tuesday that two Texas blues-rock musicians were par...

WASHINGTON - Los Angles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl - a Bush administration nominee for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...

LOS ANGELES - A taxpayer group's effort to shut down state government in the event of a budget impasse this summer met with sk...

SACRAMENTO - A package of 12 Republican bills meant to protect children from sexual predators and pornographers was decimated...

SAN FRANCISCO - One of seven jurors who publicly apologized for voting to convict medical marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal has s...

RIVERSIDE - Deputy District Attorney Sara Danville, who won four first-degree murder convictions last year, has been named Riv...

VICTORVILLE - Services have been held for John A. Delatore, a retired civil attorney known as an aggressive litigator who didn...

SAN FRANCISCO - Complaints against California state judges rose slightly during the year 2002, according the annual report of...

SAN FRANCISCO - If the U.S. House of Representatives gets its way, the federal government may have to expand its prison system...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Marin County judge has reduced to $5 million a punitive damages jury award of $30 million against UnumProvi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop has settled the $45 million defamation lawsuit filed against it by former partner Frode Je...

SAN FRANCISCO - Inconsistency is in the eye of the beholder. For every defense lawyer's complaint about shameless double-speak...

LOS ANGELES - A boom in immigrant signups for the Iraqi invasion, after an executive order greased the wheels for enlistees to...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two boys kill a pizza delivery guy just for the fun of it. When prosecutors can't prove which one fired the le...