SAN FRANCISCO - Judges: If you're going to cite attorneys for contempt of court, be sure to warn them first. ...

Forum: Justice For All By Tom Weathered One of the unintended consequences of welfare reform has been an increase in the numbe...

Two more people convicted because of alleged misconduct by rogue Rampart Division police officers have filed federal civil rig...

Memorial services for Noah Baum will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Berkeley Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St., B...

Gloria Allred said Thursday she will appeal a ruling giving joint custody of the toddler daughter of an American woman killed ...

INDIO - Deborah Sorrells-Klang claimed that an Indio Superior Court commissioner "took my life from me" by awarding custody o...

Public Eye: By Ross Johnson Memo from Hollywood Libel Lawyers: Re: If you don't want folks to read "The Insane Clown Posse," d...

When the members of the State Bar Board of Governors sit down Saturday morning to elect the next president of the bar, they wi...

Dicta: Court Jesters In In Re Robin E. Love , 61 B.R. 558 (S.D. Fl. 1968), Judge A. Jay Cristol wrote the following for the co...

SAN DIEGO - A man authorities believe is connected to an alleged revenge triple-murder plot against a judge, prosecutor and in...

Practitioner: Employment Law By Mark A. Romeo and Barrett K. Green In a watershed case, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Dicta: Ethics Matter By JoAnne Earls Robbins There are many tricky issues regarding what an attorney should do with a client's...

RIVERSIDE - A brain-damaged woman, who was charged with three felonies for stealing candy and a Pepsi from a gift shop and the...

The Mexican American Bar Foundation will honor attorneys Andrea Sheridan Ordin and Guy Rounsaville Jr. at its scholarship and ...

Practitioner: Employment Law By Joseph Posner Employees who have worked in the private sector and wish to file a claim for dis...

SAN FRANCISCO - Rebuffed by the state's highest court, the League of Women Voters and several youth advocacy groups went to Su...

Forum: By Vincent J. O'Neill Jr. Charles Dickerson blended into the crowd when U.S. v. Dickerson, 166 F.3d 667 (1999), was arg...

Dicta: On the Courthouse Steps: The Daily Journal asks women attorneys whether womanhood has helped or hurt their careers. ...

Rampart scandal whistle-blower Rafael A. Perez on Wednesday lost his bid to have attorney Paul DePasquale disqualified , becau...

WASHINGTON - For the fifth consecutive year, a House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to slash by more than half the ...

In the tradition of one of its Frankenstein movies, Universal Studios is having a waking legal nightmare about an escaped mons...

The California 2nd District Court of Appeal has overturned what remained of one of the largest toxic-tort judgments , tossing ...

A federal judge on Wednesday extended the custody stay of a Thai toddler in the United States with his temporary guardians, de...

SANTA ANA - A state appellate court has dealt a blow to drunken drivers challenging their suspensions on grounds that the repo...

Daily Journal staff writer Cheryl Romo has captured one of the Los Angeles Press Club's most prestigious honors. Romo, who wri...

Forum: By Steve Baughman Two years ago, a young Chinese couple contacted my office to discuss their desire to obtain legal imm...

SAN DIEGO - The deputy district attorney who first learned about alleged prosecutorial misconduct in a 1996 murder trial testi...

San Diego Watch: Barry Lander, the clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Diego, will be honored this summer during the 9th...

SAN DIEGO - Lynn McDougal, city attorney for El Cajon since 1968, recently announced his retirement. He is a partner at McDoug...

SAN DIEGO - A contract that will increase the pay of San Diego County court employees to match the median wages of California'...