SAN FRANCISCO - At a time when minority access to technology is a hot issue in Silicon Valley, the Bar Association of San Fran...

LITIGATOR PROFILE Leonard Novarro Jeoffrey Robinson envies his older brother Greg, who does what Jeoffrey would have preferred...

Los Angeles County Bar Association trustees on Wednesday cautiously endorsed legislation that would require lawyers to declare...

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Santa Monica Bar Association will focus on "Bais Din: A Forerunner in Altern...

SAN DIEGO - In a makeshift Carlsbad nursery, 22 children of alleged heroin distributors played while their parents were being...

Even though the plaintiffs had received hearing notices and had either received copies of the annual accountings or had access...

^^SPECIAL ISSUE: EXPERTS^^ By Richard G. Harris and Kimberly Taylor A court-appointed expert who will not testify at trial may...

A man arrested for soliciting donations for the homeless in front of a Ralphs supermarket in Venice cannot collect damages fro...

LITIGATOR PROFILE Leonard Novarro Allan F. Davis loves poring over maps, studying designs and crunching numbers. You'd think h...

SAN FRANCISCO - Charting unfamiliar legal waters, a Sonoma County judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors could retry the defend...

Forum: By William W. Funderburk Jr. and Lisa J. Morelli For at least the last century, scrap recyclers have provided a common-...

A man charged in the killing of a former deputy public defender pleaded not guilty Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court to o...

A higher standard of proof required in juvenile probation hearings before Proposition 21 was passed must be followed if the al...

Memorial services for Russell Adams Freeman, former executive vice president and general counsel of Security Pacific Corp., wi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors will have more time to gather evidence while defendants are held in custody under a California Sup...

Dicta: By Mark B. Vezzani Zany cases happen in the Beverly Hills Judicial District, which includes West Hollywood as well as B...

Dicta: Overhead Overhaul By Theda C. Snyder Although lawyers are among the biggest users of expedited delivery services, messe...

Dicta: Better Business By Barbara Lewis and Dan Otto Surveys are one of the best ways to obtain valuable information. We've al...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Madison & Sutro has hired a former partner to defend the firm against malpractice accusations. ...

Practitioner:Insurance Law By Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich California law currently allows insurers and HMOs to include arbitration c...

The Ventura County division of the 2nd District Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal Wednesday brought by a man who argued for ...

LAGUNA BEACH - The mayor of Laguna Beach has filed suit against the board of directors of the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach...

Practitioner: Insurance Law By Kirk A. Pasich Insurance is a key component of conducting business. Often, when business is con...

NEWPORT BEACH - A legal battle that began last month over a business deal between two Orange County mainstays has escalated. ...

Dicta: By Paul O'Brien The computer - love it or hate it - is likely the most genuine reflection of our age. This comes from o...

SAN FRANCISCO - A legal battle involving alleged piracy of online pornography did not make the list of cases approved for revi...

SAN DIEGO - An hour after an appellate court denied a writ seeking to keep a Union-Tribune reporter out of jail, a Superior Co...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury Wednesday awarded $15 million to a Covina couple - nearly $12 million to the husband,...

Asians are underrepresented and blacks are over represented on the new Los Angeles County civil grand jury selected at random ...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who came under fire in 1998 for zapping an unruly defendant with a 50,000-volt stun belt wa...