Disposition of joint-tenancy property can be tricky when a party dies during a dissolution action. ...

SAN JOSE - The much-feared Y2K computer bug may seem a distant memory, but attorneys still are arguing over litigation about i...

Washington, D.C.-based Shaw Pittman, which specializes in representing purchasers of complex technology, goods and services, ...

By Dahlia Lithwick Here's a tip for everyone involved in transporting illegal drugs over interstate lines: U.S. Supreme Court ...

WASHINGTON-The Judicial Conference of the United States voted Tuesday to rescind a policy set down earlier this year by one of...

NAPA - Two Napa teens were fixing a flat tire on a hot May night in 1998 when a hail of bullets from passing cars left 18-year...

The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday rejected a Police Department proposal to spend $9 million a year on a program that w...

Ernie Hunt , a "small-town fellow from the Texas Panhandle" who became a fixture in the Northern San Diego County legal commun...

The 16-year-old San Bernardino girl who was arraigned Friday on charges of stabbing her newborn daughter to death in the bathr...

A socialite who found herself in a mile-high bind when the captain of an American Airlines flight tied her to her seat with he...

Lawyers at Girardi & Keese lied to an insurance company about the circumstances surrounding the accidental shooting of a s...

The Los Angeles city attorney's office has identified hundreds of misdemeanor cases that may be tainted by involvement of offi...

In a tentative ruling that could have widespread impact, a federal judge has stated that the daughter of a man allegedly shot ...

Prosecutors in the Los Angeles district attorney's sprawling central trials division have a bad feeling about the impact of th...

Help - I've been invited to participate in a beauty contest, though I'd rather enter a swimsuit competition than pitch my firm...

SAN FRANCISCO - A subcontractor accused in a civil suit of exploiting the city's affirmative-action contracting program may ne...

SANTA ANA - Attorneys representing groups favoring an international airport at the former El Toro Marine Base filed a lawsuit ...

SAN JOSE -- The Santa Clara County district attorney's office is dropping its fight to prevent defendants from reviewing full ...

On February 29, Gov. Gray Davis stated that his judicial appointments should follow his political lead on such issues as the d...

will have to do a pullquote or put a box at the end. By William G. Paul Recent comments by California Gov. Gray Davis undermin...

State Farm Insurance Group failed to pay the court costs arising from automobile accident litigation that is covered by its au...

SAN DIEGO - An Oceanside biology teacher who claims she was a victim of harassment because she is a lesbian should be able to ...

Over the weekend, Los Angeles became a town run by outsiders. The sale of the Los Angeles Times to a Chicago outfit and the di...

Family Law: Trial courts must explain the reasoning behind step-downs in spousal support. ...

Latham & Watkins POWERBAR NOW POWERED BY GLENDALE'S NESTLE USA Glendale-based Nestle USA Inc. entered a definitive agreem...

McCutchen Doyle LAWYER RETURNS FROM EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES Beth Parker , a former partner at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & En...

Cooley Godward QUALCOMM SNAPS ON TRACK WITH $1 BILLION PURCHASE San Diego's Qualcomm Inc. recently acquired San Jose's Snap T...

Arter & Hadden MANAGING PARTNER NAMED FOR L.A. OFFICE Public finance attorney Harriet M. Welch has been named managing pa...