The murder trial of former football star O.J. Simpson was labeled the "Trial of the Century." Maybe it was, at least for thos...

Last November, on the morning after he lost the U.S. Senate race to Barbara Boxer, Matt Fong received a phone call from his ol...

FORUM California's proposals to regulate privacy are losing propositions because nothing is sinister about the explosion of in...

It sounds simple enough now. The measure stated that "every native citizen of the United States" possessing certain basic qua...

In more than 40 years as a law professor and a justice on the California Supreme Court, the late Chief Justice Roger J. Trayn...

THE CLOSER Father of two gets a rude awakening - or does he - in Christmas Eve trial defending Santa Claus. ...

By Jonathan B. Cole and David B. Owen Attorneys, like any other businesspeople, have a right to be paid for their services. H...

IRVINE PRACTICE ADDS NEW REORGANIZATION LEADER Bankruptcy attorney Alan J. Friedman has moved to Irvine-based Marshack Shulma...

What began as a fight over school funding ended in a landmark California Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the state's chil...

DENVER - There was never any question in U.S. Attorney Thomas Strickland's mind that an 18-year-old Florida man should be trie...

SAN FRANCISCO - Opponents scornfully call it "Three Strikes for Tykes." Proposition 21, the "Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has delayed implementation of a Los Angeles city ban on the public display of alcohol beverage ...

Former Glendale Municipal Court Commissioner Dona Bracke, who was fired last December after seven years on the bench, has file...

As recent class actions against the country's largest health maintenance organizations gain national attention, a similar yet...

A federal judge Friday delayed implementation of a Los Angeles city ban on the public display of alcohol beverage advertising ...

Capitalizing on information provided by a former California Highway Patrol officer charged with money laundering, federal auth...

Services were held Friday for attorney Emil Steck Jr., who died unexpectedly last Tuesday after a brief illness and stroke. H...

SAN JOSE - Steven Y. Lee, the former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati associate who practiced law in several states withou...

SAN FRANCISCO - Underground parking garages are not "inherently dangerous" locations that automatically subject their owners t...

The 1920s roared in America, all right. They roared with conflict. Women got the vote. Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic. Specul...

Former Glendale Municipal Court Commissioner Dona Bracke, who was fired last December after seven years on the bench, has file...

Members of a new coalition formed in reaction to the Rampart Division scandal called Thursday for a special prosecutor to hand...

Individuals and companies walk a minefield when ensuring that they own what they think they ought to own. ...

RIVERSIDE - A court commissioner and a deputy district attorney will be facing each other in the March 7 primary race to repla...

With the quest for an ever-expanding universe of content, new copyright questions about old works have arisen. ...

Title VII revolutionized the employment world, expanding the opportunities available to minorities and women and changing the ...

Ally McBeal: Newman's Department Store fired Steven Maloney, its 20-year Santa Claus, because he was too fat, though Maloney t...

Drug Informant's Killers to Get Life Los Angeles prosecutors announced Thursday they will not seek to re try the penalty phas...

The Practice: Bobby Donnell tries to contain contempt for his client, a judge, jurors, the legal system and himself as he defe...