The Los Angeles County public defender's office is attempting to establish a legal precedent that would provide court-appoint...

Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali agreed this week to pay $100 million to honor Holocaust-era life insurance policies pur...

Last week, New York's Wit Capital Corp. was named "e-manager" for an initial public offering by EarthWeb Inc., a New York com...

VENTURA - A Santa Barbara judge has rejected a defense attempt to disqualify four Ventura County judges from hearing certain ...

A state appeal panel has ruled that a plaintiff who files a meritless strategic lawsuit against public participation suit and...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant victory for insurers, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a policyholder -- not...

SANTA ANA - While the attorney general's office has found that the Orange County district attorney's investigation into alleg...

SAN BERNARDINO - A self-styled government watchdog has begun serving an 18-month jail sentence after the judge - who earlier ...

SAN FRANCISCO - In the first ruling of its kind, a federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a common-law right of public acce...

WASHINGTON - The president has testified, verified and skipped town, leaving the media and its ever-revolving roster of pundi...

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer for California Rural Legal Assistance said Tuesday he will attempt to persuade a Sonoma County judge...

A legal secretary says she was forced to quit her job with a Van Nuys law firm because of ongoing harassment by one of the fi...

SANTA ANA --- Thanks to a program that operates without any help from taxpayers, the Orange County district attorney's office...

A former high-ranking Los Angeles County law enforcement official trying to unseat Sheriff Sherman Block is being investigate...

ALTA LOMA - For sale: a 1997 Chevrolet Z-71 aqua-blue extended cab truck with leather interior loaded with gadgets and gizmos...

Courtroom day-care facilities that can keep restless children occupied while their parents appear as litigants, witnesses or j...

SACRAMENTO - This year's major legislative proposals to strengthen consumers' ability to fight health maintenance organizatio...

SAN FRANCISCO - In its first public reprimand, the Judicial Council of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals openly censured ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday summarily dismissed an important "environmental racism" case it had agreed to review...

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Counsel Ann M. Ravel has asked the state attorney general's office for a written opinion to cle...

Rio Hondo Municipal Court Judge Peter J. Meeka spent Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court defending his seat on the bench fro...

Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation int...

SAN FRANCISCO - A day after his resignation takes effect Aug. 24, U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi faces a head-on confrontati...

A state appeal court on Monday allowed insurers to deny coverage to people who have even minor symptoms of serious illnesses ...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Monday unsealed an 11-week-old indictment charging three 15-year-old boys with th...

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...