VIEWPOINT: For successful mediation, attorneys must determine the mediator style most effective for the problem at hand. ...

By Ashley D'Cruz With increased trade across national borders, comes increased international commercial disputes. The North Am...

SAN FRANCISCO - Confidential communications between overseers of a trust and their attorneys are protected by the attorney-cli...

RIVERSIDE - In an unusual wrongful-death suit, a judge has ruled that the Boy Scouts of America cannot be held liable for the ...

Regularly nabbing a spot on Richard Blackwell's list of worst dressed may soon be the least of Cher's problems, thanks to a s...

A woman has filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the city, the fired officer who touched off the Rampart Division corruption s...

SAN DIEGO - A former Superior Court presiding judge testified Thursday before a federal jury that attorney Patrick Frega had ...

WASHINGTON - He was neither a lawyer nor a lawmaker, but Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. understood the power of the law as well a...

A 13-hour siege at the Children's Courthouse in Monterey Park ended peacefully just before dawn Thursday morning when a Sherif...

A small Minneapolis law firm expects to file a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californi...

Trent Ladewig went to the emergency room of Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego 61/2 years ago, after fracturing his left ...

Lawyer Basinger Arraigned in Theft SANTA ANA - An Orange County lawyer arrested last week for bilking clients of more than $25...

A "yes" vote on Proposition 30 is a vote to force insurance companies to deal fairly with legitimate claims and encourage the ...

People sometimes complain that lawyers act like salespeople, which immediately triggers their prospective client's defenses. T...

RIVERSIDE - Danuta Tuszynska, who was once the highest-ranking woman in the Riverside County district attorney's office, on Tu...

Although most movies have no business being longer than two hours, every so often movie-makers invite viewers to watch films t...

Exercising its considerable influence over local school matters, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has...

RIVERSIDE - Danuta Tuszynska, once the highest-ranking woman in the Riverside County district attorney's office, Tuesday filed...

South Bay Municipal Court Commissioner Douglas O. Carnahan can call himself "professor" on the upcoming judicial election ball...

Intentional discrimination and attempts to cover it up can result in punitive damages. ...

Olson Seeks Delay In Bombing Trial Attorneys for former reputed Symbionese Liberation Army soldier Sara Jane Olson are seeking...

Beverly Hills Municipal Court Commissioner Hugh Bobys has emerged as the leader in campaign contributions for the March judici...

LOS ANGELES - Construction of the planned Roman Catholic cathedral complex in downtown Los Angeles may continue as planned, a...

Gangs' Activities Restricted By Court A judge issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday against two gangs in the Harbor City a...

SAN DIEGO - Richard B. Ault, the youngest municipal court judge in California when appointed at age 38, and who went on to ser...

SAN FRANCISCO - The long-running battle between attorney Maureen Kallins and the local judiciary escalated Wednesday in U.S. D...

WASHINGTON - Deciding two criminal-law issues, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a person's unprovoked flight from pol...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an attorney who contended that the prominent Santa Monica law firm of Haight,...

With the primary election less than two months away, incumbent L.A. County District Attorney Gil Garcetti continues easily to ...

Recent court decisions have fleshed out the affirmative defense to sexual harassment claims. ...