SAN FRANCISCO - In a stunning blow to federal prosecutors, a significant portion of the government's primary drug-fighting sta...
SAN FRANCISCO - Caregivers cannot end an incompetent patient's life without "clear and convincing" evidence that death is his ...
LOS ANGELES - The sights and sounds of last summer's Democratic National Convention - the sting of rubber bullets, the deafeni...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Gray Davis appointed longtime state prosecutor David F. De Alba to the Sacramento County bench on Thursda...
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Business Times did not libel a San Joaquin County lawyer by printing an article about his "q...
On June 28, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its long-awaited decision in United State...
In 1890, the average woman made 46 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Fifty-five years later, a few members of Congress r...
LOS ANGELES - Justice William A. Masterson of the 2nd District Court of Appeal has joined the Los Angeles panel of JAMS, the I...
"Even though I'm a Republican, I'm not big on individuals owning guns. I hope no one shoots me because of this. From a legal p...
LOS ANGELES - A former word processor in the Los Angeles office of Dallas-based Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has filed a...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city ethics commission Wednesday levied an $18,500 fine against Councilman Hal Bernson and his c...
SAN FRANCISCO - Seven new members have been named to the state Judicial Council, including five judges, a San Diego attorney a...
Just like most other financial arrangements, business transactions with clients are highly regulated. And lawyers who do not f...
LOS ANGELES - Services have taken place for Gerald Solomon Tarlow, a family law specialist in Torrance for more than 30 years....
That the BAJI Committee has 'approved' its own instructions has the legal significance of Coca-Cola approving New Coke. ...
On July 30, the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeal issued an opinion clarifying when the doctrine of "after-acquired evidence" ...
SAN DIEGO - Four day traders have won a $457,000 arbitration award that their lawyers believe was based, at least in part, on ...
LOS ANGELES - Even as a youngster in Honduras, Jose Mariano Castillo knew the law was his future career. Today, after moving t...
SANTA BARBARA - The parents of Nicholas Markowitz have brought a wrongful-death lawsuit that blames two attorneys, among other...
SACRAMENTO - Ending a convoluted discipline case, the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to grant a rehearing to a lawyer i...
SAN JOSE - The Avant Corp. will not appeal the $195 million restitution award it has been ordered to pay the company from whic...
LOS ANGELES - A self-proclaimed open-government activist is seeking invalidation of a special meeting of the Orange Unified Sc...
LOS ANGELES - In an unusual turn of events, another elderly witness has fallen critically ill days before the Los Angeles dist...
SAN FRANCISCO - After 47 days as a candidate for San Francisco city attorney, Jim Morales dropped out of the race Wednesday. T...
SAN FRANCISCO - Injuring someone while driving drunk does not constitute a "crime of violence" for the purpose of adding more ...
Large Firms
Suspicious Thelen Reid Files Lawsuit Against 'Thelan Reid'
By Erik Cummins
SAN FRANCISCO - In a caper described as akin to pulling a stick-up at a police station, a Texas man tried unsuccessfully last ...
LOS ANGELES - How many f-ing times does the court have to say it? The First Amendment right to freedom of expression includes ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its silent assent to the prosecution of a Sacramento man who wa...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Corkage Fees for the Dead Spur Suit Over Mortuaries' Packaging Practice
By Garry Abrams
Culver City casket retailer Rob Karlin wants to put an end to corkage fees for the dead. Claiming he wants to strike a blow fo...