SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco criminal defense attorney who was secretly tape-recorded by Contra Costa County Sheriff's depu...
LOS ANGELES - Six years ago, a man raped a 14-year-old girl in a busy area near Crenshaw Boulevard and Imperial Highway in Ing...
Mark Weidmann found himself in the unexpected position of resurrecting his case from the dead after a judge granted the defend...
A disturbing lawsuit treating a scientific disagreement as an actionable tort will meet a quick, justified end if a recent Sou...
LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica lawyer is facing charges that he helped a client accused by federal regulators of deceptive trade...
This is my first technology obituary. On Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, Metricom Corp. announced it was shutting down the Ricochet comm...
LOS ANGELES - The discovery of a suspicious package outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse led authorities to evacuate seve...
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a new five-year contract with the county bar ...
LOS ANGELES - Norman Haskell Sokolow, a retired deputy attorney general who worked on some of the most high-profile appellate ...
Q: Why do mediations with neutrals with terrific reputations turn into nightmares? A: Similar to attorneys, some mediators are...
While much hand-wringing has followed the 2000 election concerning the need for the Republican Party to attract more minority ...
Even the Roman Catholic Church can stray from the righteous path, a Los Angeles Superior Court trial concluded recently. ...
To successfully settle a case against the state for a car collision allegedly caused by a dangerous roadway, the plaintiffs' a...
The ability of participants to report on mediation conduct in support of sanctions motions prevents the Foxgate ball from bein...
LOS ANGELES - Two weeks before the immigration summit between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox, union and comm...
LOS ANGELES - Kirkland & Ellis came out expecting to win the Landau Lawyers League Coed Softball finals Sunday, and they d...
SACRAMENTO - Attorneys for injured workers will push for nearly a 15 percent increase in workers compensation benefits, the fi...
LOS ANGELES - County supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve what some called a "revolutionary" management overhaul of MacLar...
SAN FRANCISCO - Protesters can still wave signs held aloft on sticks, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a...
SAN FRANCISCO - Taking the legal-services establishment by surprise, a minority advocacy group in San Francisco on Tuesday cal...
Product Liability
Court Reviews $26.5M Award Issued Against Tobacco Firm
By Peter Blumberg
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court panel heard a lively debate Tuesday over whether to uphold a $26.5 million verdict won...
SACRAMENTO - A consumer privacy bill that would prevent financial institutions from selling their customers' personal data wit...
LOS ANGELES - When District Attorney Steve Cooley came into office eight months ago, he pledged to improve prosecution efforts...
Over the past few months, I've had the vicarious displeasure of witnessing one of the most odious types of human conflict - a ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Pioneering Black, Female Lawyer Dies of Cancer
By Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES - Zoe Wise Ross, a woman who broke down gender and racial barriers as a personal injury attorney, died of colon ca...
LOS ANGELES - Access to family-law courts will be the subject of the upcoming Journal of the Center for Families, Children and...
"Judicial restraint isn't the stuff of academic ivory towers but respect for the rule of law that honors and protects families...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Topless Dancers Have Right to Caress Themselves, Board Finds
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
RIVERSIDE - A state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control law requiring topless dancers to perform without touching themsel...