The Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities will honor two Los Angeles attorneys at its upcoming 9th annual Access Award...

By Paul O'Brien. Those great conventions of the past that are so fondly remembered by political hacks were actually blood baths.

By Richard L. Antognini and Kenneth C. Feldman. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that "the life of the law has not been logic; it h...

Services will be held today for Pasadena attorney Elmer Low, a pioneer in personal injury law. Low died Aug. 9 at his Pasadena...

The approximately 177 people arrested by Wednesday afternoon in Democratic National Convention-related protests and unrest inc...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block temporarily a San Francisco federal judge's ...

SACRAMENTO - It was Karen Pomer, the victim of a brutal rape, who first suggested to legislative aides the idea of linking two...

On Tuesday night, a small, somewhat forlorn group assembled at the Dome Village for homeless people in downtown Los Angeles. B...

Al Crespo made it through the war in Kosovo without a scratch, but the 59-year-old Miami photojournalist got shot three times ...

Even with the Hollywood red carpet treatment and actor Sean Penn by his side, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was up...

By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto. Firms whose culture and philosophy are miles apart should think twice before merging.

By Kirk A. Pasich. A carrier must consider the adverse consequences that its insured might suffer if it does not timely affect...

Despite the seemingly endless demonstrations, Los Angeles County Courthouse workers say business has been pretty much as usual...

Sally Field take note: Los Angeles County service employees love you. They really love you if their deafening cheers to your c...

By Steve Dasbach. You don't need to be a criminal to be spied on by the FBI. All you need is an e-mail account. In fact, thank...

Vowing to replace Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" battle cry with "Just Say Know," Republicans and Democrats joined policy expert...

By Carole Wagner Vallianos. In any democracy worth its salt, there are two important components: the presence of a strong civi...

By Bernard S. Kamine. The 'Amelco' case totally discredited a misreading of case law arising from an unfortunate choice of wor...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two of the media companies involved in the highly publicized, politically charged trial over ownership of San ...

Roy M. Pugh, a 28-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Marshal's Department, has been promoted ...

Complex business and environmental litigator David Peterson has left Century City's Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey f...

By Jonathan Tilove. The 2000 Democratic National Convention here is being held in the 33rd Congressional District. It is the p...

In December, Katz will succeed Stephanie Sontag as president of the 7,000-member San Diego County Bar Association. He was ele...

It appears that O.J. Simpson, former football legend and acquitted murder defendant, is back in court - this time as a plainti...

SAN FRANCISCO - The outcry against Judge W. Jackson Willoughby III increased Monday when 10 of his colleagues on the Placer Co...

A Los Angeles attorney admitted Tuesday he twice robbed two Pasadena banks. In an agreement with prosecutors, Steven Hyun Kim,...

Nonlethal police weapons really do work. In unexpected and unpredictable ways. Evidence of the strange political consequences ...

The first family - Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton - received an "Oscar" on Monday night at Gov. Gray Davis' California Welc...

State Sen. Hilda L. Solis, D-El Monte, an unopposed candidate for a congressional seat, got a prestige push for her environmen...

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is expanding the capability of its 5-year-old Singapore office with a new government-sanctio...