The greatest year in the history of American films was 1939. "Gone with the Wind" won the Academy Award that year, beating out...
While a trial court may handle a construction-defect case from beginning to end, a mediator or special referee can cut time an...
LOS ANGELES - Opting not to appeal a jury verdict, the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to pay $3.75 million in a settle...
Whether it's arguing before a jury or using the latest in computer technology to get a point across, Paul R. Kiesel has a knac...
In a perfect world, everyone gets what he or she wants and lives happily ever after. We all know that this is far from reality...
LOS ANGELES - Hate chads? So do Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Matthew Monforton and several of his political-jun...
RIVERSIDE - The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for Riverside County's lawsuit against the California Department of Tr...
SAN JOSE - A San Francisco business software company filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the chief technology officer of ...
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday called for the ouster of Los Angeles Unified School District Super...
SAN FRANCISCO - One week and a day after staging a lunch-hour protest outside the San Francisco Superior Court, a union repres...
Civil Rights
Supervisors Pay $27 Million to Settle Strip-Search Class Actions
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved paying $27 million to settle five class actions in which former...
SACRAMENTO - A measure that would impose strict new limits on prenuptial agreements is on the verge of passing the state Legis...
SAN FRANCISCO - A nearly deaf man may pursue disability discrimination claims against Kitsap County, Wash., and three "disabil...
SAN FRANCISCO - What lasts three weeks and is worth at least $7 billion? One of the most tantalizing events any city can win: ...
LOS ANGELES - Maria Villalvazo won't be around to take her daughter, Armida, to Disneyland next week for her eighth birthday a...
The court ruled that the community-property interest in the firm should be valued as of the date of separation, pursuant to Fa...
Law firms often succeed or fail because of the relationship among the partners. A partner with good communication skills will ...
Almost five years after winning the 1996 California lottery with an entitlement to over $1.3 million, Denise Rossi lost it all...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court on Monday refused to allow former Superior Court Judge George W. Trammell III to remain ...
LOS ANGELES - Hours after standing in a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department lineup in which two witnesses reportedly conne...
SAN FRANCISCO - An Hispanic prosecutor was appointed to the Fresno County bench by Gov. Gray Davis on Monday, the fourth Latin...
SAN FRANCISCO - On Sept. 21, 1972, California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk changed the course of environmental law in Ca...
SAN DIEGO - Deputy district attorneys have filed a $100 million claim against San Diego County charging that the county's poli...
SAN DIEGO - A man who was convicted in the killing of an Ocean Beach man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a prosecuto...
SANTA ANA - A decade ago, Hugh "Randy" McDonald was a highly respected associate with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue's Irvine ...
Judges and Judiciary
Panel Wants to Limit Court Employees' Internet Access
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - The tempest over rules for monitoring Internet use by federal judges and their staffs produced recommendations...
SAN FRANCISCO - Court-awarded attorney's fees belong to the lawyer, not the litigant, even if the lawyer fails to secure a wri...
SAN FRANCISCO - Campus security is so important that underage students can be detained and questioned outside of class even if...