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Depraved indifference toward another is easy to recognize but hard to understand. A mother and father who let their baby starv...

A controversy over the American Bar Association's commitment to rights for gays and lesbians erupted Thursday as the associati...

Most of the nation's major environmental laws were adopted or significantly overhauled during the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1970...

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SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Thursday proposed expanding the reach of the state's DNA databank by comparin...

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Abraham Lincoln's rise from humble beginnings to become one of American's greatest presidents provides a lesson in the individ...

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Two attorneys for the city of West Covina were ousted earlier this week by a three-member quorum that reportedly cited the han...

Javier Ovando, the first man freed from prison in the wake of the Rampart corruption scandal, expanded the scope of his lawsui...

Patrick Murphy Shows Up for Oath It's official. Former Citrus Municipal Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy is now a Los Angeles Sup...

By Alan M. Dershowitz Despite the common myth that we can say anything we please in this country, the fact is that our Bill of...

Three black and two Hispanic motorists who claim Los Angeles police officers stopped them solely because of their race filed a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Clark Pearson concedes it may not have been the wisest legal strategy to threaten to sue a federal judge. But...

Sometimes, it's really tough to figure out who's behind door number three. Take the case of Lea Purwin D'Agostino. She's the L...

SAN FRANCISCO - Expanding the "fair use" doctrine in the field of reverse engineering, a federal appeals court lifted an injun...

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SAN DIEGO - A respected domestic and family lawyer who three years ago turned to corporate representation has died from compl...

Multiple Motivation Court Gives Fired Machinist Chance to Prove Pretextual Discharge The accommodations Deschene needed for hi...

SACRAMENTO - The California Supreme Court frowned Wednesday at a widely used farming industry practice of forcing workers to ...

Fair Fee 'Weeks' May Discourage Attorneys From Taking FEHA Cases By Sean McGee The "American Rule" holds that litigants are re...

RIVERSIDE - Judges and lawyers consider Riverside County Commissioner Martin H. Swanson better qualified to be a judge than Su...

Six months ago, the governing body of the American Bar Association decided it needed more time to figure out what to do about ...

With the incumbent again a no-show, Los Angeles County district attorney candidates Barry Groveman and Steve Cooley faced off ...

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