A businessman who claims he was attacked in jail after he wrongly was arrested on an expired or false warrant has sued the ci...

A lawsuit against the now-defunct Solish, Jordan, Arbiter & Weiner and one of its former senior partners, who was accused...

Several divisions of Woodland Hills-based Litton Industries agreed Wednesday to pay $18.5 million after pleading guilty to ch...

Ruling that any failure by prosecutors to present the grand jury with exculpatory evidence was not prejudicial to the defendan...

SAN FRANCISCO - A former Thai lawmaker extradited in 1996 to face marijuana smuggling charges in the United States is now fre...

It's hard to say what corporate lawyers would be doing today had Intel not invented the microprocessor in the 1970s. One thin...

SAN FRANCISCO - Removing a possible roadblock toward the mediation of Proposition 187, the California Supreme Court on Wednes...

CHICO - About 18 months ago, when Barbara Roberts donned her black robe, took her wooden gavel and ascended to the bench, she...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge echoed jurors' sentiments and sentenced serial killer Charles Ng to death W...

In a case that has sparked a district attorney's investigation into allegations of widespread theft by Los Angeles Municipal ...

By Karl E. Geier On May 18, the 1st District Court of Appeal refused to follow the 4th District's decade-old decision in Famil...

Prosecutors have charged 45 people, including two Los Angeles attorneys, in what State Insurance Commissioner Charles Quacken...

By Joseph R. Giannini The California Supreme Court's decision in Warden v. State Bar, S060702 (argued June 2, 1999), will be ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A highly critical report on the first stage of San Francisco's 2-year-old effort to reform the city's embattl...

Who says a tough 15-year-old gang member in Juvenile Hall for some serious offenses doesn't enjoy reading "Old Yeller" or "Ch...

After years of planning, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved funding Tuesday to build a new courthouse in Ch...

SANTA ANA - An Orange County gang prosecutor, accused of using confidential information obtained through his office to aid a ...

SACRAMENTO - California police officers and their chiefs are waging a quiet but high-stakes Capitol battle that could have br...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ford Motor Co. misled regulators in two federal inquiries of widespread stalling problems affecting millions ...

The Los Angeles City Council approved spending more than $1 million Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed by a city resident who ...

Despite an attorney's claims that Kaiser's arbitration system is corrupt, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Tuesday ...

SAN DIEGO - It doesn't surprise Bill Dysart that maritime law has less appeal for lawyers than when he started practicing abo...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis signed a fiscal 1990-2000 state budget Tuesday that gives the judiciary money for new judges, co...

SACRAMENTO - Unions are always keen on winning more due-process protection for employees accused of wrongdoing. The police lo...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - More than 17 years ago, a federal prosecutor warned other law enforcement officials that Joseph E. Laurice...

SAN FRANCISCO - Major League Baseball owners paid $280 million in 1990 to put behind them allegations that they colluded to d...

SAN FRANCISCO - Making it tougher to prove race or sex discrimination in jury selection, a federal appeals panel ruled Monday...

Hate E-Mail Sends College Grad to Jail Frustrated by his Hispanic-American partner's failure to work on a college project, a ...

WASHINGTON - Although the Supreme Court in its 1998-99 term generated a paltry number of decisions, it dramatically affected ...

Taking advantage of technology, Los Angeles City Attorney James K. Hahn announced Monday he is planning to use his office's W...