Marking a minor shift in the panel's composition, Chief Justice Ronald M. George appointed two Superior Court judges to the s...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a case that could spell out the dividing line between mere legal error and misconduct in judicial discipli...

SAN FRANCISCO - Justice Department protocols for seeking the federal death penalty leave such broad discretion to local U.S. ...

Roughly two months ago, Sen. Adam Schiff introduced a piece of legislation that will in all probability set California lawyer...

WASHINGTON - Handing a major victory to the insurance industry, the Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, Wednesday that workers may not ...

A personal injury attorney's former office manager, tried for her alleged involvement in a fatal auto insurance fraud ring mas...

SACRAMENTO - Legislative overhaul of California's child support system formally began Tuesday with bipartisan committee appro...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Kalin is calling it quits. After 20 years on the bench, he has decided to pursue his ...

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from an officer-involved ...

SACRAMENTO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Tuesday issued a call for judges to buck popular political tides when the law ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison has announced a two-office expansion on the East Coast. The firm opened a Was...

RIVERSIDE - Denying the legal challenge of animal welfare activists, a judge has allowed wildlife officials to continue trapp...

Services will be conducted Friday for retired entertainment attorney Deane F. Johnson, former chair of O'Melveny & Myers i...

RIVERSIDE - Death came quickly for 10-year-old Anthony Tourdot. Last February he was shot in the head at close range in his Id...

For Richard McLain, becoming a judge was the product not of his ambition but of his gratitude. It's an obligation McLain has ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to soundly reject the contention of Independent Counsel Donald C. Smalt...

Los Angeles prosecutors can continue pursuing a death penalty case against a murder defendant who allegedly tried to have the...

SACRAMENTO - Renewing his bid for court modernization funds, Chief Justice Ronald M. George on Monday indicated that he will ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Pickus, a partner at Venture Law Group in Menlo Park, is leaving the firm to become a general partner ...

A judge Monday refused to bar a former Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard employee from using information the law firm c...

For the second time in a year, Tulare County Superior Judge Howard R. Broadman has been reprimanded by the state's judicial d...

SANTA BARBARA - In a case in which a father was held responsible for a reckless act by his adult son, a Santa Barbara Superio...

SAN FRANCISCO - The pain in his shoulders stung so badly, Steve Iacovino could no longer pull on his clothes, shave his face ...

Retired San Francisco police officer William Parenti was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison Monday and ordered...

Americans say they believe in the jury system - but large numbers of them, in California and elsewhere, routinely avoid jury ...

Overcoming strong opposition, Los Angeles County Bar Association members voted Saturday to let nonlawyers join the organizati...

SACRAMENTO - Who sits on juries in California? That's the question on the minds of a number of lawmakers, including Sen. Adam...

Debra Reid's emotional battle with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services to regain custody of her...

Lending a potential boost to the State Bar of California's prospects in Sacramento, Steven A. Nissen announced Monday that he...

WASHINGTON - Continuing its fine-tuning of employment-discrimination law, the Supreme Court today will consider the standard ...