SACRAMENTO - Ronald Branson has picked a lot of fights with judges and lost. Now the vexed Los Angeles County litigant is goi...

The California Supreme Court reinstated a Los Angeles attorney to the practice of law Wednesday, 10 years after disbarring her...

A foster youth - who reportedly was sexually abused by a state employee at a facility contracting with Los Angeles County - ha...

Property Owner Settles With City The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to spend $525,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a ...

In the wake of reports that more than 15 Los Angeles County children have died since June 1, a growing sense of discontent ha...

SANTA ANA - Witnesses in a hearing Tuesday to determine the viability of charges against a man accused of killing a Garden Gr...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve spending $475,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit fil...

^^ABA Notebook// Don J. DeBenedictis^^ ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno issued a call Tuesday for the creation of s...

ATLANTA - True to expectations, the policy-making body of the American Bar Association called Tuesday for further study of a ...

Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden plans to be in court again. This time it's because he wants to be. Holden - who is sc...

A State Bar prosecutor said Tuesday it "strains credibility" to believe that an experienced litigator like Louis "Skip" Mille...

ATLANTA - The vote Tuesday by the American Bar Association's House of Delegates to defer action on so-called multidisciplinary...

^^Alternative Dispute Resolution^^ Ties That Bind Arbitration Agreements Can Be Enforced Against Some Third Parties A nonsigna...

By Ellen A. Pansky Many attorneys believe that when they are involved in a trial, they are justified in either delaying or fa...

^^ The Bookshelf ^^ CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA By Elliott Currie OWL BOOKS, $12.95, 230 PAGES By Harvey Gee In "Crime an...

By Mitchell A. Jacobs and David L. Marcus In the well-publicized case Marriage of Bonds , 71 Cal.App.4th 290 (1999), modified...

By Philip S. Anderson For 25 years, the Legal Services Corp. has been a lifeline for Americans in desperate need. For poor Am...

Ruling that the Department of Motor Vehicles has a rational reason for requiring Social Security numbers on drivers' license ...

To thunderous applause, Wayne Doss, the director of Los Angeles County's much-criticized child support agency, was honored Th...

This year's race for San Francisco district attorney is underway with five official candidates, including one who is already ...

SANTA ANA - Four years after Garden Grove police officer Howard E. Dallies Jr. died from being shot in the stomach beneath hi...

A Santa Clara County judge on Monday rejected a prosecutor's bid to force a defense jury consultant to turn over information ...

^^ABA NOTEBOOK Don J. DeBenedictis^^ ATLANTA - The president of the American Bar Association sharply criticized the Immigrati...

ATLANTA - President Clinton, welcomed by a warm and overflowing audience of the American Bar Association, called on the natio...

In an important victory for condominium and other common-interest housing associations, the California Supreme Court held Mon...

By Tom Orewyler If there was any doubt, Lucie Barron knew Action Dispute Resolution Services Inc. had begun to break from the...

Latham & Watkins SAFEWAY GOBBLES UP REGIONAL GROCERY CHAIN Continuing its plan to acquire regional grocery store chains, ...

By Jennifer Byrd This fall, like every fall, the campus of Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco will be a whirlwind o...

By Jennifer Byrd What do a minister in South-Central Los Angeles and a detective have in common with two lawyers in San Franc...

By Garry Abrams El Nio is, of course, the mysterious and dreaded periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean that triggers destruct...