LOS ANGELES - A Monterey Park attorney and his female co-defendant could stand trial on charges they tried to blackmail a San ...
Forum Column - By Raymond C. Marshall, Joanne Leah Castella and Kristen A. Palumbo - Ever since the promise of 40 acres and a ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against noted East Bay disability rights attorney Paul ...
LOS ANGELES - Citing unclear law on the matter, a judge has allowed Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline to withdra...
Dicta Column - By David H. Brickner - Occasionally during voir dire, you will encounter a juror who loudly states a propositio...
Dicta Column - By Ralph Bovitz - Is your family's financial security at risk? Most lawyers don't know that their chance of be...
Forum Column - By Steven Zak - At the end of World War I, the British and French received "mandates" from the League of Nation...
LOS ANGELES - Managed care patients in California and 41 other states that have laws protecting their rights celebrated a vict...
SAN FRANCISCO - New misconduct charges were filed Wednesday against Alameda Superior Court Judge D. Ronald Hyde for allegedly ...
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge's Claudia Wilken's controversial gag order silencing the Earth First jury drew a strong ch...
SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Ford, the longtime managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw's San Francisco and Sacramento offices, has left t...
SAN JOSE - The Santa Clara County district attorney's office is taking on an influential state law enforcement group to suppor...
SANTA ANA - Both plaintiffs' and defense attorneys agreed that former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III ...
LOS ANGELES - For anyone who has fought for civil rights and equal justice, or clean air and fair housing, and for anyone who ...
LOS ANGELES - Almost everyone from President Bush to your local barfly is claiming to be a soccer fan following the U.S. natio...
Environmental
Arco to Pay Nearly $50 Million in Fines and Upgrades
By Tyler Cunningham
SAN FRANCISCO - Atlantic Richfield Co. agreed Wednesday to pay $45.8 million to settle claims that its underground gasoline st...
SAN DIEGO - A police fingerprint expert testified Wednesday that fingerprints found on a cabinet beside a bed in the rear of D...
LOS ANGELES - Jurors don't have to go for the jugular in calculating punitive damages against Genentech Inc., the lead attorne...
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - Over the last few years, California and federal courts frequently have addressed whether an...
Column by Garry Abrams - It's only June, but 2002 already is a vintage year for scandal-drenched lawyers, who have been drivin...
Forum Column - By James Acret - Though poor in lucidity, the mechanics lien law is abundantly rich in unintended consequences,...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors cannot seal once privileged, but now public, documents to defend its...
SACRAMENTO - Trial lawyers and consumer groups have suffered a significant setback in their efforts to chip away at mandatory ...
Dicta Column - By The Rodent - Recently, there has been much attention in the news about certain people from the sports world ...
Dicta Column - By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto - Attorneys use a variety of methods for business development, which include rela...
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Los Angeles County intend to appeal a jury's award of $650,000 to each of the parents of a man who d...
SACRAMENTO - An anti-terrorism package backed by the state's district attorneys cleared a key legislative hurdle Tuesday after...
SAN FRANCISCO - Sonoma County agreed Tuesday to pay $1 million to settle federal civil rights claims by the estate of Maria Te...
SAN DIEGO - A police forensic specialist testified Tuesday that she collected evidence from the body of slain second-grader Da...
LOS ANGELES - The Anti-Defamation League has tapped public sector lawyer and former City Attorney Amanda Susskind as the nonpr...