SAN DIEGO - The former assistant general manager of a San Diego County water district must stand trial on charges arising from...
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Pillsbury Winthrop is banking on the recovery of Japan's slumping markets. The firm has added ...
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors in the attempted-murder case against former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson on Wed...
LOS ANGELES - In a case that could test the use of scent evidence, prosecutors in the double-murder case against a La Crescent...
LOS ANGELES - Services will take place today for Michael D. Hiller, real estate attorney, businessman and former president of ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Following the murder and manslaughter indictments against the two San Francisco attorneys whose dogs fatally ...
Just as the brief can (and usually does) make or break the appeal, the statement of facts can make or break the brief.
"Taking into view the reputation, character and professional career of Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, he is not a fit person to be a m...
Public-school students have a right to a safe learning environment. See California Education Code Section 200 et seq. This rig...
Arbitration and mediation require some psychology, a dose of public relations, the ability to walk a tightrope balanced betwee...
In a summary judgment proceeding, objections to evidence not made at or before the hearing on the motion are waived. Code Civ....
What! No Green Beer? Here's one for Ripley's ... Believe It Or Not! There wasn't a drop of green beer for the asking at either...
Amy Ellington, a 31-year-old wife and mother of three, lost control of her car on a remote mountain road in Ventura County and...
Mediators should not ignore new online communications methods when conducting a mediation. ...
Although enacted in 1982, California's elder abuse laws, Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 15600 et seq., have only recen...
LOS ANGELES - The attorney for a Miami surgeon who says he recently suffered debilitating nerve damage to his hands after Los ...
Matthew B.F. Biren of Biren & Katzman in Los Angeles won a $3.8 million settlement in November in a confidential case invo...
COSTA MESA - John A. FitzRandolph, who served nearly two decades as dean of Whittier Law School, died of cancer Thursday in La...
LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Bill Lockyer has defended a new state law extending the limitations period on Northridge earthq...
LOS ANGELES - A legal investigator who leaked confidential records to a TV reporter showing that the Los Angeles Police Depart...
Former amateur baseball pitcher Geoffrey S. Wells learned a valuable lesson about practicing law from Hall of Famer Frank Robi...
Q: What happens to mediation confidentiality when, during a joint session, it appears that the human resources director obstru...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed charges of grand theft against the wife of a once-promin...
SAN FRANCISCO - These days, most law firms will admit that growing by merger or acquisition is part of their strategy. Not at ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Takes Controversial Case Into His Own Hands
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES - After failing four times to place the case in other courtrooms, Van Nuys Supervising Judge Paul Gutman announced...
SACRAMENTO - As a plaintiffs' lawyer who has fought his share of corporate giants, state Sen. Joe Dunn may be uniquely qualifi...
SAN FRANCISCO - Two San Francisco attorneys were indicted Tuesday in the dog mauling death of their neighbor Diane Whipple, an...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Palo Alto investor on Tuesday admitted lying to securities officials about a "slip of the tongue" by a forme...
LOS ANGELES - Two former Los Angeles police officers have pleaded no contest and one has pleaded not guilty in response to the...
The genius of the American constitutional system is its recognition that mixing church and state damages both religion and dem...