A state appeal panel Tuesday upheld a $1.2 million inverse condemnation verdict against the city of Los Angeles for taking a y...

Although no one can tell for certain, it's unlikely that a San Diego grand jury has included as many lawyers as the four who p...

In a decision curtailing undercover journalistic techniques, a federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated an invasion of priv...

LOS ANGELES - An assistant public defender failed to inform her client of the consequences of pleading no contest to armed ro...

An assistant public defender failed to inform her client of the consequences of pleading no contest to armed robbery, includi...

SAN DIEGO - Hugh Hefner marched up to court at the head of his legal legions and then, as in the nursery rhyme, marched down a...

SANTA ANA - The election campaign for an Orange County judgeship between the former district attorney and a deputy is deterior...

Old campaign buttons recall the ugly, uneven 1986 judicial retention war between Rose Bird and her foes. Supporters of the ov...

Child advocates, judges, social workers and foster parents all say they are hopeful that attorney Anita Bock, the new director...

Long before it became the title of a John Grisham novel, "rainmaker" had become the hot designation among law firm lawyers. D...

RIVERSIDE - The battle over the controversial and unpopular toll lanes on the 91 freeway appears a step closer to court. Both ...

SANTA ANA - The election campaign for an Orange County judgeship between the former district attorney and a deputy is deterior...

Marketing is a key weapon in helping firms face the increased competition for clients and qualified lawyers. ...

The class-action mania going on around the country is a little like Regis Philbin's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Just as t...

DICTA In his new book, Stephen J. Schulhofer proposes recognizing sexual autonomy as a fully protected entitlement. Page 8. Se...

The immigration laws of the last 100 years have served as a mirror on American culture and concerns. ...

A public confirmation hearing for Presiding Judge Kathleen E. O'Leary of Orange County, who was nominated last week by Gov. G...

Sheryl L. Hodges Meshack, an attorney who worked in the Los Angeles city attorney's office since 1978, has died after a length...

Never trust someone whose chief claim to fame is a part in a movie called "Porky's." Especially if the person's other claim t...

If environmentalists were to erect a monument to one hero, they could do worse than picking a middle-aged, jowly, disbarred f...

Claiming a local TV station falsely depicted them as drunks and adulterers, three Los Angeles men have sued the station and Na...

It isn't hard to inflame legendary prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi. The man who put mass-murderer Charles Manson behind bars in 1...

Arnold Laub combines a flamboyant lifestyle with a bottom-line orientation to his practice. ...

InfoSpace.com, an Internet informational services company represented by Wilson Sonsini, acquired Prio Inc., which will hopefu...

USC Law School Associate Dean Karen Lash spent the fall in Moldova, where she fought apathy to establish clinics and write man...

We are letting something destructive happen to American business in the name of helping women. Men and women are not natural e...

What better way to close the decade and welcome the new millennium than to highlight developments that forecast a more enlight...

As broadcasting over the Internet has gained in popularity, the licensing process has also expanded. ...

In the last five to 10 years, the landscape of Internet-related industries has completely changed. Southern California - and O...

Just as baby boomers remember what they were doing when President Kennedy was shot, people will likely long remember what they...