The Los Angeles City Council on Friday rejected $10.35 million in settlement demands brought by seven people who have filed ci...

Founded for fund raising, departments in educational and charitable institutions now guide potential contributors and their co...

SAN JOSE -- A Santa Clara County judge has dismissed criminal charges against a San Jose attorney who had been swept up in a ...

THE ADVISER Achieving the due-diligence objective - gathering and disclosing all germane information so both parties understa...

The Public Eye: By Ross Johnson The next time you channel zap between local news shows in your thirsty quest for live, breakin...

Practitioner: Intellectual Property Law By Mitchell Zimmerman The Internet has given rise to myriad novel copyright issues, to...

SANTA ANA - His birthday is today, but Charles Jaramillo already received the best gift he could ask for. On June 5, a state a...

SAN DIEGO - Win some, lose some. That's the situation in which the city of San Diego finds itself. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Environmental regulators Thursday praised a federal appellate court decision that may boost significantly the ...

^^AT ISSUE^^ By Leonard Novarro Road design - or lack of it - played a key role in three accident cases that cost the state of...

^^LITIGATOR PROFILE^^ By Leonard Novarro As William Streitfeld was building his personal injury claim on behalf of Kelly Reed,...

Practitioner: Intellectual Property Law By Vernon M. Winters To be named as a defendant in a high-stakes patent-infringement s...

SAN FRANCISCO - At a time when minority access to technology is a hot issue in Silicon Valley, the Bar Association of San Fran...

LITIGATOR PROFILE Leonard Novarro Jeoffrey Robinson envies his older brother Greg, who does what Jeoffrey would have preferred...

Los Angeles County Bar Association trustees on Wednesday cautiously endorsed legislation that would require lawyers to declare...

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Santa Monica Bar Association will focus on "Bais Din: A Forerunner in Altern...

SAN DIEGO - In a makeshift Carlsbad nursery, 22 children of alleged heroin distributors played while their parents were being...

Even though the plaintiffs had received hearing notices and had either received copies of the annual accountings or had access...

^^SPECIAL ISSUE: EXPERTS^^ By Richard G. Harris and Kimberly Taylor A court-appointed expert who will not testify at trial may...

A man arrested for soliciting donations for the homeless in front of a Ralphs supermarket in Venice cannot collect damages fro...

LITIGATOR PROFILE Leonard Novarro Allan F. Davis loves poring over maps, studying designs and crunching numbers. You'd think h...

SAN FRANCISCO - Charting unfamiliar legal waters, a Sonoma County judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors could retry the defend...

Forum: By William W. Funderburk Jr. and Lisa J. Morelli For at least the last century, scrap recyclers have provided a common-...

A man charged in the killing of a former deputy public defender pleaded not guilty Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court to o...

A higher standard of proof required in juvenile probation hearings before Proposition 21 was passed must be followed if the al...

Memorial services for Russell Adams Freeman, former executive vice president and general counsel of Security Pacific Corp., wi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors will have more time to gather evidence while defendants are held in custody under a California Sup...

Dicta: By Mark B. Vezzani Zany cases happen in the Beverly Hills Judicial District, which includes West Hollywood as well as B...

Dicta: Overhead Overhaul By Theda C. Snyder Although lawyers are among the biggest users of expedited delivery services, messe...

Dicta: Better Business By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto Surveys are one of the best ways to obtain valuable information. We've al...