SANTA ANA - An Orange County judge Friday granted a request by the district attorney's office to release twice-convicted kill...

SAN FRANCISCO - Imagine receiving an e-mail from the Court of Appeal, notifying you that the justices have just filed an opini...

SAN FRANCISCO - The attorney for a San Francisco tax lawyer whose professional accounts were looted by his executive assistan...

In 1999, the United States Congress had a problem in that it had failed to take meaningful action on the Y2K computer issue. T...

Overturning a lower court decision, the California Supreme Court recently refused to impose liability on premises' owners, bas...

Gibson Dunn Promotes 13 Lawyers to Partner Los Angeles' Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher raised 13 lawyers to partner, effective Ja...

The U.S. Supreme Court in City of Chicago v. Morales , 119 S.Ct. 1849 (1999), blew away the Windy City's anti-gang law. The co...

Attorney Held to Answer for Heists A Los Angeles attorney has been ordered to stand trial for bank robberies allegedly committ...

On 'Family Law,' a client known only as Justin, hairdresser to the stars, is sued for refusing to "do" a homely woman's hair. ...

On this week's 'Law and Order,' a modern-day Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed, homeless lovers in need of psychiatric care. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The feisty sparring for lucrative lead counsel status in the Network Associates securities litigation was reso...

In this week's 'Judging Amy,' the presiding judge gives Amy a case that pits the Catholic church against the Constitution. ...

This week's repeat features 'The Practice' lawyers being filmed by a documentary crew as they attempt to get a stay of executi...

A condominium owners' association is not responsible for the health ailments of a condo owner that allegedly were caused by br...

A woman has sued her brother and their family's law firm, Magasinn & Magasinn, for $20 million, claiming they helped devis...

All judicial proceedings involving children should collect and resolve in a single court system under a judge who has the pers...

In Valladoli , the California Supreme Court faced the issue of whether a post-verdict amendment of an information is permissib...

VENTURA - A marathon legal battle between a Simi Valley homeowners' association and a contractor has been resolved with a set...

John N. Schwartz suffered from dementia, was diabetic and had a single kidney when he underwent surgery for a fractured hip at...

SAN FRANCISCO - More Bay area law firms have jumped onto the associate salary bandwagon, and in doing so, some are expressing ...

While California's largest law firms have been busy one-upping associate salaries, Los Angeles public interest law firms Bet T...

On this week's re-run of 'Ally McBeal,' a group called Mothers Opposed to Pornographic Material tries to shut down a female mu...

FORUM In our litigious society, creative legal defenses are becoming standard operating procedure. Page 6. By Marianne Means D...

After more than a year of allowing 100 elementary school students to be housed in an auditorium, it took less than two weeks ...

Taxing Torment Proposed Act Re-establishes Exempt Status for Emotional-Distress Claims Not Based on Physical Injury. ...

DICTA Lawyers face the daily challenge of determining which bias-free references to use in addressing delicate issues. ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Fans of fictional gumshoe Archibald McNally have followed the detective through "McNally's Secret," "McNally's...

DICTA For attorneys who once enjoyed the practice of law but have now become dissatisfied, Steven Keeva's new book can help in...

Two would-be law students were sentenced Wednesday to one year in custody and ordered to help pay $96,000 in restitution for ...

FORUM Not since the wave's introduction at a Notre Dame-USC football game has the world been so crazed about an invention - un...