Anti-tax activists hail him as a government watchdog. Foes deride him as a litigious gadfly. Beverly Hills attorney Richard F...
LOS ANGELES - Further limiting the risk of jail time for Proposition 36 defendants, a state appellate court has ruled that a ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Two former Pelican Bay State Prison guards who conspired for years to solicit the beating and stabbing of inm...
LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has awarded a Garden Grove man $18,000 for injuries he said he sustained when he was punched in ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Public Defender Jeff Adachi has received some help in managing his department's massive caseload as the city ...
LOS ANGELES - Dealing another blow to the claims of World War II slave laborers, a state appeals court Thursday struck down a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Teveia Barnes, the much-touted replacement to longtime Bar Association of San Francisco director Drucilla Ram...
LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles tentatively agreed Wednesday to pay $225,000 to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the s...
SAN FRANCISCO - Black Panther Geronimo Pratt's 1972 murder conviction in Los Angeles and the Symbionese Liberation Army's 1975...
SACRAMENTO - Insurers are on shaky ground when they try to enforce complete exclusions for mold damage in homeowners' policie...
LOS ANGELES - Those who know David B. Sanders said they weren't surprised that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors se...
Real Estate/Development
Club's Membership Release of All Liability Is Valid
By Columnist
Focus Column - Real Property - By Michael Paul Thomas - May property owners re-allocate the risks of all types of premises lia...
Forum Column - By A. Barry Cappello - Plaintiffs and their attorneys won a major victory when Gov. Gray Davis signed into law ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for NBA player Jason Caffey failed Wednesday to win an order freezing the assets of a San Francisco p...
LOS ANGELES - The juvenile courthouse in Sylmar where Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Gary A. Polinsky works is not a ...
Entertainment & Sports
Pooh Case Bombshell Alleges Rampant Misconduct, Dumpster Diving
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams - The bitter, high-profile, high-stakes Winnie the Pooh royalty fight between the heirs of Stephen Sles...
LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica man accused of spying for North Korea waived his right to a hearing Wednesday so he can retain p...
Forum Column - By Gloria Allred - Should the law be changed to make a defendant eligible for the death penalty if he or she mu...
Zoning, Planning and Use
New Law on Densities Takes Aim at State's Housing Crisis
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Focus Column - Real Property - By Christian Carrigan - Effective Jan. 1, AB2292 prohibits local land-use agencies from reducin...
SAN FRANCISCO - All eyes are on the Legislature and Gov. Gray Davis to see how long they will take to balance a state budget ...
SAN DIEGO - Five years after the slaying of an Escondido girl, prosecutors say they've got the right man, but defense lawyers...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court clearly was troubled Wednesday that a city was held liable when a public drunk take...
SAN FRANCISCO - The steady stream of tragic stories, the constant pressure of litigation and the dingy surroundings make some ...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton's proposal to end police response to unverified burglar alarms receive...
Forum Column - By Joseph L. Sax - The doctrinal debate over "takings" seems destined to drag on endlessly, but the property-ri...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday with shades of the film "Twelve Angry Men" - except that in th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Deputy City Attorney Kamala Harris leads the fund-raising pack in the race for district attorney by a wide ma...
SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court seemed Tuesday to be of two minds about mandatory arbitration. In one case they hea...
LOS ANGELES - California has made "no real progress" in improving the lives of foster-care children, a state oversight agency...
LOS ANGELES - As Earl Krugel, a former lieutenant in the once-powerful Jewish Defense League, pleaded guilty Tuesday to consp...