LOS ANGELES - Veteran Deputy District Attorney Leah S. Bergman has a firm grasp on every case before she makes a courtroom app...
Criminal
Jury Convicts Abusive Foster Mother of Murdering 4-Year-Old
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A jury Thursday convicted a foster mother of first-degree murder for fatally abusing her 4-year-old charge by slam...
SAN FRANCISCO - Malaysian international smuggler of at least 300 endangered animals, including rare Komodo dragons, was senten...
SAN FRANCISCO - The war against digital piracy is moving out of the courtroom and into high-tech development labs. Copyright o...
SANTA ANA - Seven years ago, a Taiwanese national allegedly stabbed her husband's mistress to death with a knife and smothered...
Government Contracts
Judge Expresses Doubts About Choice of Police-Reform Monitor
By Chris Ford
LOS ANGELES - Expressing doubts about the city of Los Angeles' and the federal government's proposal for a monitor to oversee ...
LOS ANGELES - Just as Los Angeles officials reveal that mayoral candidates James K. Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa poured a rec...
LOS ANGELES - David W. Burcham's genes are made of chalk dust and the ink from textbooks. Son of a school board president and ...
SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Louise Renne endorsed Police Commissioner and maritime lawyer Dennis Herrera as her successor Th...
Personal Injury & Torts
Court Weighs CHP Liability For Accident At Traffic Stop
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - A California Highway Patrol officer pulls over a speeding motorist to issue a ticket. While parked in the center...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling highly anticipated by cities feeling California's housing crunch, a state appeal court has upheld ...
California's Supreme Court recently revisited the California Environmental Quality Act in the context of ballot measures and h...
A residential landlord will be liable only if the landlord had actual knowledge of the dangerous dogs and the ability to preve...
SACRAMENTO - Angry senators eliminated funding for the state parole board in April, saying board members weren't doing their j...
Cutting off a habitual speeder is like scoring a point in his highway survivor game. ...
LOS ANGELES - Thomas Burke, head of the labor and employment group at San Francisco's Brobeck Phleger & Harrison and forme...
Should anti-discrimination statutes be construed to require employers to provide women with health insurance plans that cover ...
Lawyers often have to answer unexpected questions. For example, imagine that first thing Monday morning you are greeted with a...
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to let a homeowner's insurance company deny coverage f...
VENTURA - Westlake Village lawyer Cathleen Drury, whose own experience with divorce and single-motherhood inspired her to beco...
SACRAMENTO - A bill that would require the owners of condos and townhouses to mediate their construction dispute claims to avo...
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court cited two Los Angeles attorneys for contempt and fined them $1,000 apiece Wednesday...
LOS ANGELES - Ramona Godoy Perez, an associate justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal beloved for her easygoing demeanor ...
ORANGE - An Orange County deputy district attorney has lost his second bid for a seat on the Orange City Council, defeated by ...
Insurance
Closely Watched Case Examines Insurer's Duty to Cover Shooting
By Peter Blumberg
LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to let a homeowner's insurance company deny coverage f...
SACRAMENTO - A bill to grant new legal privileges to domestic partners was approved Wednesday by the state Assembly following ...
SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County prosecutor, hoping to get legislation passed that would make it easier to convict defendants a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Listen carefully when you leave the office tonight - the click of the lock might sound slightly different. Law...
SAN FRANCISCO - In a role reversal, the notably litigious record industry found itself on the defensive end of a lawsuit Wedne...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Riordan & McKinzie has lost three more partners from its Orange County office. The departu...