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 ...

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...

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...

BARSTOW - For more than a century, cattle have roamed the Mojave Desert, kicking up dust and munching on weeds on a vast expan...

LOS ANGELES - For two months starting in 1994, federal Deputy Public Defender Monica Knox was turned away from the prison wher...

The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, codified at Welfare & Institutions Code Section 15600 et seq., i...

Few could have been surprised when nearly half of all African-American men in a recent survey said that they believed they we...

A nonsignatory who ought to be included for the complete resolution of a dispute, they should be expressly included in the arb...

Deborah David's initial reaction to her first case as a mediator was that it couldn't be settled. "The parties were quite lite...

The education-reform effort launched by President George W. Bush and transmogrified by Congress is a response to a continuous,...

Torrance deputy city attorney Robert D. Acciani knows firsthand that protecting the rights of law enforcement isn't a popular ...

Rick Kraemer is the man with the Billion-Dollar Boards. That's not how much they cost; it's the size of the verdicts they've i...

Children who are wards of the court and placed in foster care share an array of problems. Child abuse in the foster homes magn...

Public speaking provides excellent opportunities to create a positive image for the attorney and the law firm or company. Spea...

To successfully defend a Torrance police officer accused of intentionally shooting a young, unarmed African-American man, depu...

LOS ANGELES - Hope springs eternal in the land of law-firm mergers. Washington, D.C.-based McKenna & Cuneo and Los Angeles...

Every day in California, hundreds of attorneys volunteer their time to help indigent clients with their legal needs. The Los A...

LOS ANGELES - Judge Hugo E. Hill, for many years the face of the judicial system in Compton, has died. Hill died Friday of con...

LOS ANGELES - An elderly witness in a 26-year-old Sacramento robbery that prosecutors hope to link to bombing-conspiracy defen...

LOS ANGELES - More than 140 and counting. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler ordered Tuesday the release of two mor...

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for several Skid Row residents have reached a settlement with the Fashion District, one party to a class...

SAN FRANCISCO - McDermott Will & Emery isn't letting the gloomy business climate in Silicon Valley get it down. On Tuesday...