She jokes that she is just trailer trash. But Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White - who does work out of a...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a long-awaited victory for disabled workers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that employees who ...

Recent modifications to a California Penal Code section have created confusion in the state's courtrooms as to whether defend...

OXNARD - For Jimmi Juma Shua, midnight was far more than the turn of another day. It also marked his birthday - and the differ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Pete Wilson filled the last two empty spots on the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday, elevating t...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ruled that three 15-year-olds charged with murder in the death of a 12-...

Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke, who ordered the arrest of dozens of defendants for perjury and filing fa...

WASHINGTON - When Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986, many observers predicted the conservat...

RIVERSIDE - A gay man who claimed he was "mercilessly" harassed by co-workers at a flashlight manufacturing company has won a...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge here has coordinated 12 lawsuits filed against tobacco companies by union pension fund...

WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court announced June 22 it would not review a case from San Francisco, the denial stood out fro...

SAN FRANCISCO - Over the objections of the San Mateo county counsel, a judge Wednesday appointed prominent criminal defense l...

If you're going to jump onto the frontage road alongside I-215 just north of Perris to take a shortcut while traffic on the f...

SACRAMENTO - As this year's lawmaking season winds down, the Legislature has once again opted to spend money on prevention pr...

A disapproving state appeal court has sanctioned a Santa Paula lawyer for refusing to take its hint and filing an appeal the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Extending new rights to Medicare patients, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that health maintenance or...

SACRAMENTO - Trial courts received a mixed bag - no money for new judges, court-employee salary hikes or high-tech upgrades, ...

SACRAMENTO - The Senate Judiciary Committee decided Tuesday to give further study to the workload of the California Supreme C...

On the same day Kevin Silvas was sentenced for murdering his estranged wife Carolina, Gov. Pete Wilson signed a bill under wh...

A coalition of consumer advocacy groups and elected officials asked Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush Tuesday to enfor...

The Los Angeles City Council approved a $215,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was falsely ...

Los Angeles County would not be able to spend money to build new courthouses until it completes a needs assessment under legi...

Some of them sighed animatedly; others grumbled and shook their heads. One walked out of the court hearing in disgust, mumbli...

SANTA ANA - The Court Affiliated Civil Mediation Program was in the planning stages for about two years and finally took off i...

SAN FRANCISCO - No one disputes the fact that Eric B. Simon was the prevailing attorney in Meyer v. California International ...

SAN DIEGO - A clerk wheeled two carts into prosecutor Gary W. Schons' office, stacked with a dozen accordion files chronicling...

SACRAMENTO - Voter enactment of Proposition 51, the 1986 ballot measure that limited "deep pockets" liability, remains a pain...

State Bar leaders have refused to make public the names of law firms and corporations that have contributed as much as $10,00...

A Riverside company won a $64 million verdict Monday in an antitrust suit charging that electronics giant Raychem Corp. of Me...

SAN JOSE - Los Angeles lawyer Daniel M. Shapiro thought it would be a simple process to post the county's criminal jury instr...