LOS ANGELES - A Newport Coast couple has been sentenced to prison for conspiring to file false tax returns and falsely claim $...

LOS ANGELES - An Arizona lawyer who also is admitted to practice in California is suing the State Bar of California for the ri...

POMONA - A baseball scholarship led Judge Daniel S. Lopez toward the law. A talented high-school athlete, he had skill that ea...

Focus Column - By Niloofar Nejat-Bina - As employers grapple with the consequences of technological advances in the workplace,...

Dicta Column - By Stephen Zager - "Hart's War" is an effective, well-written and equally well-acted "courtroom" drama which ho...

LOS ANGELES - After months of trying to negotiate, a former top executive of Global Crossing has filed a complaint in Los Ange...

Focus Column - By Robert McMurry - The classic movie "Chinatown" was based on the true story of how the availability of water ...

Dicta Column - By Linda B. Bulmash - Winning negotiators know that getting the best deal often hinges on their ability to pers...

Dicta Column - By Henry L. Hecht - Before heading off to a deposition, make sure you've packed up all the items you'll need. ...

RIVERSIDE - During 20 years in office, District Attorney Grover Trask has taken his share of chances. When a mobile-home fire ...

Focus Column - By Richard S. Rosenberg and John J. Manier - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its first major practical limit...

LOS ANGELES - Judge C. Robert Simpson believes he has served the public well on the bench during the past 13 years. Why then, ...

Forum Column - By Steve Baughman - Given the frenzied calls to string John Walker Lindh up by his thumbs and the almost comple...

LOS ANGELES - The families of two men who died in the plane crash that also killed singer and actress Aaliyah in the Bahamas l...

LOS ANGELES - A man convicted in a plot to murder federal drug agents deserves a new trial because the judge in the case refus...

LOS ANGELES - An elderly neighbor of a woman mauled to death by dogs told jurors Wednesday that the scene in the hallway of he...

Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Last year, the California Supreme Court decided that consenting adults could expect to hav...

Column by Garry Abrams - It's a busy time in Condit Country, that region of the Twilight Zone where California Rep. Gary Cond...

VENTURA - In a case that tested the liability of schools for off-campus injuries to students, an appellate court has upheld an...

Focus Column - By Johnny Darnell Griggs - In its landmark opinion in Circuit City Stores Inc. v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 (2...

WASHINGTON - Republicans were dealt setbacks on two fronts involving judicial nominations on Tuesday, as emboldened Democrats ...

LOS ANGELES - Defense lawyer Michael S. Kopple was describing how he once tried to persuade a client with a fistful of prior c...

Forum Column - Editor's Note: Every once in a while one of the Daily Journal's Opinion pieces provokes an especially strong re...

SANTA ANA - The state attorney general's office has declined to file criminal charges against an Orange County deputy district...

LOS ANGELES - Moving their fight against alleged age discrimination in the entertainment industry to a new venue, 150 televisi...

LOS ANGELES - A San Francisco man testified Tuesday in Los Angeles that he contacted police to relate a frightening encounter ...

Focus Column - By Stephen P. Milner - Last year was not a banner year for the initial public offering market. And, unfortunate...

WASHINGTON - A clear majority of the Supreme Court on Monday indicated they will strike down a city's law that strictly regula...

LOS ANGELES - Eric Perrodin will be mayor of Compton again - at least for now. Less than three weeks after a Superior Court ju...

LOS ANGELES - Paul Bacigalupo had to go to court to keep his ballot designation of "Judge, State Bar" on Tuesday's primary bal...