British officials have confirmed they have no criminal record on file against an Englishwoman facing deportation from the Unit...

Criminal defense attorneys Friday hailed a judge's order to hold evidentiary hearings to probe the district attorney's office ...

SACRAMENTO - It was a year of mixed results for those fighting the problem of identity theft in California. For instance, a bi...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments on whether false statements or omissions in applications for sta...

California's civil-justice system has always been a major deterrent against increased job growth and economic development. Thi...

Many California employers, as well as members of the state's burgeoning alternative dispute resolution industry, breathed a co...

The State Bar should develop a scoring system whereby law firm wins are computed like baseball statistics. ...

The court rejected Whitfield's proposed new theory, concluding that it would be unwise to adopt a broad new theory of recovery...

After 14 years, litigation attorney Steven O. Kramer has defected from San Francisco's Pillsbury Madison & Sutro to join t...

Mona Thalheimer knew whom to turn to when her rights as a deaf person were violated. She contacted one of the only deaf attorn...

The movie 'Girlfight' asks the question: Do women athletes need legal protection from being forced to compete against male ath...

More than a year after a landmark settlement promised people with disabilities better access to emergency call boxes, Carol An...

Parties and counsel may expect that the arbitrator they designate will not be impartial. But if the arbitration is deemed an "...

Employment mediations traditionally follow a predictable format. The attorneys and parties typically meet the mediator for the...

Sure, mediation is a flexible process participants adapt to their particular needs at a given time. But have expectations aris...

There is an adage that if something is worth doing, it is worth doing well. Strict and consistent application of this wisdom o...

It is important for attorneys to understand the issues that exist when they are trying a medical-malpractice case. ...

History is written by the winners. When Shawn Brown, Jorg Halaby and attorney John Reiner were arrested April 26 for allegedly...

A federal jury on Monday convicted three Los Angeles-area residents of running a $42 million Ponzi scheme in Beverly Hills, pr...

PHOENIX - After 28 years in the legal field, Bruce E. Meyerson has made a change. A former appellate judge and university gene...

Don't mind giving $3 or $6 to a giant corporation every month and getting nothing in return? David and Jennifer Cundiff of Lon...

The county workers union served an unfair labor practices complaint on the county's chief administrative officer Thursday, acc...

SANTA ANA - A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order barring Sprint from pulling out of an agreement to sell ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors are increasingly willing to give away jaw-dropping punitive damage awards, according to experts and rec...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judicial election has turned sour during the last month of campaigning, and at the...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday approved a foster parent's $1.2 million settlement offer for the care of a toddler...

Reversing his position on a high-profile policy issue for the second time in less than a month, Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. R...

SAN DIEGO - From Sacramento to San Diego, California prosecutors, advocacy groups and civil rights organizations that have bee...

A market with a shoddy inspection policy was held liable for a slip-and-fall even though the plaintiff could not prove how lon...

Like the sign that says, "Ignore Dog, Beware of Owner," judges' voice-mail greetings reveal something about them. ...