RIVERSIDE - A 77-year-old man who chained his emaciated granddaughter to a bed may avoid state prison after pleading guilty to...
SANTA ANA - Orange County officials will have to abide by voter-approved Measure H and spend most of the county's millions in ...
LOS ANGELES - In a symposium Wednesday evening with Elian Gonzalez's lawyers about U.S. asylum laws, Rabbi Harold Schulweis su...
SAN FRANCISCO - Public hospitals can't sue the tobacco industry to recoup the costs of treating smokers' illnesses, the 9th U...
LOS ANGELES - Reyna Maria Luis-Aquino was in bed when the house began to shake. The 16-year-old student thought it was an eart...
Entertainment & Sports
Popular Doll From 1980s Reappears in 'Legal Land'
By Marisa Navarro
LOS ANGELES - Once upon a time in Rainbow Land, a cheerful little sprite named Rainbow Brite donned colorful outfits and main...
SACRAMENTO - If pride goes before a fall, it seems reasonable to infer that vanity plates reading "TRU LIEZ" can go before a ...
The clich of the skateboard-riding, bubble-gum-chewing, barely shaving dot-commer is not dead. Case in point: 16-year-olds And...
The great majority of attorneys come to the negotiation table without solid negotiation training or experience. As a result, s...
LOS ANGELES - Charlre-L Jackson would do just about anything to play in the WNBA - even move 120 miles to play at a new high s...
For most of the past decade, startup and emerging-growth companies rode an unprecedented wave of expansion. Amid almost daily ...
LOS ANGELES - Chicago's Sidley & Austin and New York's Brown & Wood announced Wednesday that they will combine forces....
SACRAMENTO - Attorneys working for state government should not risk losing their jobs and their licenses to practice law when ...
I often hear people say that they find jobs by being at the right place at the right time or that sometimes everything just se...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick Couwenberg lied about his background and about receiving a Purple Heart because he s...
SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors contended for the first time Wednesday that a conspiracy to raise and sell attack dogs existed bet...
SACRAMENTO - A consortium of homeowners and consumer groups urged the Legislature Wednesday to overturn a recent state Supreme...
SAN FRANCISCO - The elevator stopped at the 16th floor and out marched a scruffy band of protesters. They pushed through the d...
California is one of nine states that abide by the community property system, derived from Spanish civil law. In California, a...
The 'D'Sa' decision provides clear guidance and should be carefully followed by California employers. ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge refused to dismiss 19-year-old murder allegations against former Hollywood nightclub owner Eddie...
Construction
Judge Rules Toll-Lane Lawsuit May Proceed
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SAN BERNARDINO - A lawsuit aimed at giving drivers free access to the state Route 91 express lanes may proceed, a San Bernardi...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a nearly $1.7 million-a-year increase in police-related expen...
LOS ANGELES - With a stroke of a pen, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans deprived Americans of their right to know accurate censu...
Media
Yale Law Professor Reaches Book Moola Heaven With $4 Million Deal
By Garry Abrams
LOS ANGELES - California lawyers who write novels are amazed, confounded and perhaps a little envious that a Yale law professo...
SANTA ANA - Employees of the Orange County district attorney's office have relaunched a rogue Web site for themselves, creatin...
SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area associate compensation competition - which erupted into the so-called "salary war" this time last yea...
Judges and Judiciary
Embattled L.A. Jurist's Defense: He's a Pathological Liar
By Staff Writer
PASADENA - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patrick Couwenberg lied about his background and about receiving a Purple Heart be...
LOS ANGELES - A flooring manufacturer must pay an additional $170,000 in post-judgment interest on a wrongful-death award to ...
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's in-house office for disciplining its attorneys may not be doing its job thoroughly, seve...