In the wake of a recent ruling that declared the Los Angeles municipal code governing demonstrations unconstitutional, city an...

A federal judge's decision to allow the Los Angeles Police Department to be sued under a racketeering statute is likely to pus...

Like any good businessman, Keng Liang "Anson" Wong seemed concerned about minimizing his risks, but he also looked to be willi...

Attorneys for medical marijuana advocates contend that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday barring distribution of the dru...

You can't take your staff with you. An Orange County man and the insurance adjusting firm he works for are liable for inciting...

Not only do Los Angeles judges fervently believe they deserve more income than the Legislature gives them, so does the state's...

By Wickson R. Woolpert. Jury duty. The summons orders your presence. You aren't too old and have no medical excuse. Show up yo...

Recent volatility in the share price of publicly traded dot-com stocks has fed speculation that the dot-com "bubble" is about ...

A federal judge has granted a summary judgment by Los Angeles city attorneys, ending a Los Angeles police officer's claim of r...

By Julie Hofius. The 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act is upon us, and the occasion warrants thinking ab...

A retired Orange County judge accused of abusing his authority to benefit friends and relatives admitted during a San Francisc...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego high-tech firm filed suit Wednesday contending that some people conspired to drive the company's stock...

A man accused of tossing bottles at Los Angeles police officers during the Democratic National Convention was ordered Wednesda...

A homeless man with two previous robbery convictions will stand trial on eight felony charges stemming from a carjacking and p...

Taylor Hancock, former general counsel and senior vice president for Global Marine Corp., has died. Hancock suffered a stroke ...

By Patrick T. Murphy. The surprise for me in the statistics reported earlier this month on child abuse was not the national de...

By Thomas D. Elias. When state legislators and Gov. Gray Davis hustled at midsummer to put a new campaign-finance law before t...

By Sylvester Salcedo and Jerry Epstein. The latest bull to be released in the china shop is Plan Colombia, more than a billion...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved convening a task force to develop guidelines for c...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Madeleine Iris Flier was the target of a murder-for-hire scheme allegedly planned by a disgru...

Services were held Sunday for Los Angeles litigator Stephen D. Drushall, a sole practitioner. Drushall died Friday of cancer. ...

Former Beverly Hills attorney Manny Kreitenberg, 45, a one-time government informant convicted of fraud and conspiracy to comm...

San Francisco liability and commercial disputes boutique Roeca Haas Hager opened its doors Aug. 15. The firm's three founders,...

By Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich. More than a third of all Americans receive their health care through employer-sponsored managed-care...

Attorney-client privilege does not apply to a public prosecutor's work, the Court of Appeal in San Diego ruled Tuesday, orderi...

Services will take place Thursday for George Moore, a highly regarded plaintiffs' attorney known for his strong sense of ethic...

Trespassing and conspiracy charges were reduced to misdemeanors Tuesday for three women who were arrested just before the Demo...

Nothing stops crime, not even a presidential motorcade. Following President Clinton's speech the first night of the Democratic...

Behind the unusual use of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in a civil rights lawsuit against a p...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a boon for Indian tribes in states that have blocked most tribal gambling, a federal appellate court declar...