These days, Stephen M. Lachs is one of hundreds of private judges who ordinarily don't attract much attention outside of the l...

Jurors decide cases according to their interpretation of the evidence without much regard to jury instructions. ...

SANTA ANA - The building blocks that held together the business relationship between Legoland and Ruby's Diner came apart Tues...

SAN DIEGO - Saying that utility deregulation has become a disaster for limited-income citizens and small businesses, former Sa...

SAN FRANCISCO - Thanks largely to an Eagle and a Maverick, environmentalists Wednesday were able at the last minute to meet a ...

A state appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Los Angeles police officer who claimed the city improperly r...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Roy M. Carstairs will retire Monday after 26 years on the bench. Presiding Judge Victor Chave...

RIVERSIDE - The city attorney, lawyers representing the Riverside officers fired after Tyisha Miller's 1998 shooting death and...

In a tentative ruling Thursday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said the State Allocation Board, the body that determines h...

In the wake of a federal court ruling throwing out their plan to close off 10 square blocks around the site of the Democratic ...

District Attorney Gil Garcetti still trails challenger Steve Cooley, according to a new poll, but the gap between the two has ...

SANTA ANA - Their very mention evokes almost instant revulsion. But twisting, wiggling maggots have helped save lives for cent...

Third- and higher-level domains and folders are not covered by new rules on domain names.

Should we allow California attorneys to opt out of fulfilling the mandatory continuing legal education requirement by instead ...

The lack of a fair written partner-compensation formula can eventually cause the breakdown of partner relationships. ...

The insurance industry is plagued with fraudulent claims for arson, burglary, boat sinking, auto accidents and other types of ...

If 'My Fair Lady' were written today, Eliza Doolittle would begin by speaking Ebonics and end by being appointed secretary of ...

SANTA ANA - A Culver City lawyer and a San Clemente accountant have been sentenced to federal prison for their convictions on ...

Insureds can limit the impact of deductibles and SIRs by limiting the number that they must pay and satisfying the amounts by ...

Charles E. McCormick, renowned commercial and corporate finance lawyer, died July 18 after a brief illness. He was 60. McCormi...

Attorney Hugh Manes, a lawyer many consider a gladiator in the arena of civil rights advocacy, will retire Aug. 1, after 47 y...

Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday announced the appointment of Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioners Jane L. Johnson and Diana M...

Damian Monroe "Football" Williams, the gang member whose brick assault on trucker Reginald Denny came to symbolize the deadly ...

SAN DIEGO - A prison inmate who has written dozens of abusive letters to public officials since his 1991 conviction for second...

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed suit Wednesday against the Los Angeles Unified School District ...

SAN DIEGO - Four former San Diego police officers were taken into custody Tuesday shortly after being indicted on charges tha...

San Diego has begun a neighborhood prosecution program, complete with a foot-patrolling deputy city attorney. ...

In a move likely to lead to the reversal of a number of convictions for possessing depressants without a prescription, the di...

Star View Adolescent Center, a privately run psychiatric care facility contracting with the county's Department of Children an...

Even as South Pasadena fights to keep the 710 freeway from bisecting its city, attorneys for the San Gabriel Valley suburb cla...