Three judges of the special court that disciplines lawyers asked the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down a n...

By George Koo In their zeal to force Wen Ho Lee to his knees, federal prosecutors have turned America's system of justice upsi...

By David T. DiBiase and Lisa LeNay Coplen There are instances where insurance companies misinterpret obligations or otherwise ...

Although the major media and bubbly-makers of the world believe that we have crossed that bridge to the new millennium - the q...

As the Los Angeles City Council negotiates to spend millions of dollars to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of about 6,600 poli...

Retired Whittier Municipal Court Judge Alfonso Hermo and his former bailiff were sentenced Wednesday to two years' informal p...

Los Angeles County district attorney candidate Barry C. Groveman said Wednesday that if elected, he will make a top priority t...

By Kirk A. Pasich In 1999, the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal rendered several decisions with important implica...

The optimum way to manage a firm is to establish measurement systems that will track success indicators and highlight areas fo...

The University of California does not have to pay for the legal defense of one of its fertility specialists who has been sued...

Ex-Officer Gets Life Sentence A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a former state narcotics officer convicted on drug-related c...

SANTA ANA - Orange County prosecutors Wednesday laid to rest their case in the retrial of John George Brown for the 20-year-ol...

LOS ANGELES - A settlement of a federal fraud lawsuit against Citrus Municipal Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy, his sister and s...

LOS ANGELES - Charles R. Imbrecht, a former California State Assemblyman for Ventura County and chairman of the California Ene...

A settlement of a federal fraud lawsuit against Citrus Municipal Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy, his sister and several other d...

Services have been held for Orange County legal services pioneer Marion "Chip" Mathis, who died Jan. 4 at Veteran's Hospital ...

Charles R. Imbrecht, a former California State Assembly representative for Ventura County and chair of the California Energy C...

When Raymond G. Fortner Jr. worked in the property division of the Los Angeles county counsel's office in 1973, he did not kno...

One year ago, a 21/2-year-old Los Angeles County foster child named Oei Mae, who was prenatally exposed to cocaine and other s...

The Staples Center sports palace in downtown Los Angeles could become the graveyard of the First Amendment. That was the hypot...

WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to California prosecutors, the Supreme Court Wednesday upheld, 5-4, the state's 20-year-o...

LOS ANGELES - Patent and intellectual property litigators Edward F. O'Connor and Jan P. Weir have joined Newport Beach's Strad...

Proposition 65 has allowed a wholesale change in California industries imperiling the public's health for years. ...

Cigarette Tax May Help Children The Los Angeles County Proposition 10 Commission proposes using $75 million in cigarette taxes...

It's a question that's been hotly debated for decades: How far can police go in enforcing the law, based on suspects' furtive...

Bet Tzedek Names Litigation Director Bet Tzedek has appointed Laura Streimer as director of litigation. Streimer, who earned h...

The March ballot for Los Angeles County judicial elections will be a classic case of "don't believe everything you read." Vote...

Services have been held for Robert Hoy Clark, a longtime and highly respected court reporter who is widely credited for givin...

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp is the focus of the newest legal wrinkle in the battle between Guess? Inc. and one of its co...

By Martin Kruming LORENZ SWORN IN: Although he's been hearing cases since last October, Jim Lorenz was formally sworn in last ...