LOS ANGELES - In continued fallout from the corporate scandals that have tainted Enron Corp. and other companies, the Securiti...

LOS ANGELES - Department 414 at the Children's Courthouse in Monterey Park is a showcase, the place where presiding judges of ...

CERRITOS - Cip Two LLC sold 8,400 square feet of manufacturing space at 16627 Parkside Ave. for $670,000. Jim Kuhne and Sam C...

BAKERSFIELD - Elizabeth Newton purchased an 11,150-square-foot industrial building in the Stockdale Industrial Park at 4301 Y...

Focus Column - Intellectual Property - By Frederic G. Ludwig III - Do California state courts have concurrent subject matter j...

Forum Column - Marjorie Cohn - The Vietnam War was justified by the U.S. government as necessary to save the Vietnamese peopl...

Forum Column - By Ralph A. Rossum - President Bush's political opponents will stop at nothing, it seems, to deprive him of the...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has temporarily banned the Los Angeles Police Department from conducting further parole and prob...

SAN DIEGO - Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday appointed two former county bar association presidents to the San Diego Superior Cour...

LOS ANGELES - Lawyer Arna H. Slotnik was dismissed from the defense of Robert Blake's bodyguard and handyman Earle Caldwell, s...

SAN FRANCISCO - A consumer advocacy group, backed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, asked utility regulators Tue...

LOS ANGELES - Two former executives of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. have sued the Securities and Exchange Commission, s...

Reporter's Notebook - By Erik Cummins - Once one of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's biggest rainmakers, Stephen Snyder now i...

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...