Supreme Court to Hear Zelig Case The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the children of a woman who was gu...

The Tosco Corp., which operates a problem-plagued East Bay oil refinery, has issued an unusual pre-emptive strike against its...

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday forwarded to the full Senate the nomination of Paul L. Seave to serve...

SANTA ANA - Santa Ana attorney Andrew Joseph DiMarco, described as a compassionate and loving person who cared deeply about b...

After less than two hours of deliberation, a federal court jury convicted a former state narcotics officer Thursday in his re...

OAKLAND - Warren Platt, lawyer for the auto giant Ford Motor Co., stuffed his hands in his suit pockets, moved confidently to...

The ballots for election of the next Los Angeles Municipal Court assistant presiding judge were sent out this week with only ...

SANTA ANA - Judge Thomas Borris, the first of two Orange County judges arrested this year on charges of drunken driving, plea...

SAN JOSE -- An appellate court panel grappled Thursday with the question of whether Santa Clara County prosecutors are concea...

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., last week scheduled a floor vote on the noncontroversial U.S. Distri...

Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain may have died in Los Angeles last week, but as indicated by his will, his heart never roame...

An appellate court has upheld a $900,000 jury award to a former Los Angeles County doctor who was found to have been wrongful...

HEMET - Police here made a serious mistake when they arrested Robert Morris on a warrant Jan. 21. The Robert Morris they were...

WASHINGTON - Guylyn R. Cummins made it to the big dance Oct. 13, but in the end she didn't get to leave her seat. Cummins, a ...

Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown would rather go to jail than pick up roadside trash. And, by the way, the woman judge who se...

MURRIETA - Derek Boult, a first-string offensive tackle for the Murietta Valley High School Nighthawks has filed a novel laws...

Fears that unification of the Los Angeles Superior and Municipal courts would spawn lawsuits for violations of the federal Vo...

Seeing Double 9th Circuit Upholds Use of Dual Juries in Capital Cases In giving its stamp of approval to the use of dual jurie...

Setting the stage for a disciplinary hearing, a State Bar Court trial judge has issued a ruling of culpability against promin...

Voir Mire Surviving the jury-picking process requires patience and a good book By Paul O'Brien As any trial lawyer knows, jur...

Costly Breach Insured Can Recover Costs Incurred in Forcing Additional Insurers to Pay An insured would not have been forced ...

Riverside Judge to Hear S.D. Matter SAN DIEGO - Riverside Superior Court Judge Ronald R. Heumann will decide if all San Diego...

^^In the Public Interest^^ By Robert Cohen, Neal Dudovitz, Daniel Grunfeld, Bruce Iwasaki and David Lash As leaders of the la...

Drug Court Opens In Pomona Court Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina Wednesday announced the opening of the Pomona Mu...

^^The Bookshelf^^ From Complaint to Closing, Treatise Covers It All. BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION IN FEDERAL COURTS Edi...

MWD Workers Get OK to Pursue Case It took four rounds of demurrers, but workers suing the Metropolitan Water District and abo...

By Marianne Means Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr finally gave up the ghost this week, acknowledging the obvious - that he'...

ORANGE - While some people think the United States is saturated with too many lawyers, the real problem is that this country ...

The Los Angeles police inspector general has the authority to investigate anything involving the department, subject to an ov...

SANTA ANA - A Buena Park man accused of shooting and killing a high school student over the theft of a Halloween pumpkin deco...