The "discovery rule" may toll the statute of limitations for a defamation action against a nonmedia defendant, even though the...

Elizabeth Clark of La Jolla didn't notice that her credit card was missing, at least not until two days later when she tried t...

A decision by Orange County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey T. Glass may leave dogs reconsidering their pledge to be man's best ...

Online sweepstakes could be a boon to Web users, as well as the lawyers who counsel companies on how to stay within the law in...

Although some dot-coms hand out stock options like candy, many also ignore the tax implications.

SAN JOSE - Two San Mateo County government attorneys were appointed Wednesday to the Superior Court bench by Gov. Gray Davis. ...

Why is it, I asked casually at a judicial committee meeting a few years ago, that since becoming a judge I have waited in vain...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Manatt Phelps & Phillips has lost partner Nancy Wojtas to Palo Alto-based Cooley Godward. Wojta...

SAN FRANCISCO - A small Silicon Valley start-up firm, RoboLaw Corp., has sued publishing giant Harcourt Inc.'s BAR/BRI Bar Rev...

Property owners are caught in a catch-22 when they try to sue the government. ...

An arbitration clause contained in the covenants, conditions and restrictions applicable to a condominium project was held unc...

California is known as a land without seasons, but the climate in the deserts and mountains along the California-Mexico border...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge here seemed inclined Wednesday to let a Delaware court preside over a $1 billion merger...

Peter H. Schuck has collected his previously published works on immigration law and policy in this new book, which features s...

It should come as no surprise that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Connor wiped out the corruption convictions of ...

LOS ANGELES - Alan I. Rothenberg, former State Bar president and founder of the nation's first professional soccer league, has...

SAN DIEGO - A $94 million verdict against the city of San Diego left officials reeling this week and sent the land developer-p...

SANTA ANA - The niece of a renowned genealogist is suing Mattel in federal court, alleging that the toy maker's former subsidi...

LOS ANGELES - In what backers say could help avert another Rampart-like police corruption scandal, an initiative on the April ...

NEWPORT BEACH - The man and woman, who separated more than a year ago, sat on opposite sides of the counsel table in Judge Geo...

SAN JOSE - In a rare settlement of such a case, Stanford University has reached a confidential resolution of a lawsuit demandi...

LOS ANGELES - The civil liability for officer lawbreaking related to the Rampart police corruption scandal neared $30 million ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A trial judge who appealed his own disqualification for bias in a criminal case did not appear Wednesday to ha...

SAN FRANCISCO - Within days of bunking down in the White House for the first time as president, George W. Bush likely will hav...

SACRAMENTO - In the year 2000, more than 1,000 bills passed the California State Legislature and were signed into law by Gov. ...

LOS ANGELES - From Iceland to Munich to Hollywood, a pair of dueling lawsuits between two media companies has found intriguing...

On Sept. 30, California Gov. Gray Davis signed AB2222 (the Prudence Kay Poppink Act,) significantly broadening the definitions...

As a college student lacking direction in life, Alan R. Berkowitz turned to his career counselor for inspiration. ...

The consequences of sexual harassment suits are devastating to both sides. An understanding of juror perceptions of claims of ...

For major corporations, employment disputes are routine. And while companies implement programs with the expectation that the ...