The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday threw out the 1996 political influence-peddling conviction of lawyer, former hi...

In a potentially far-reaching win for insurance companies, a state appeal court has ruled that an insurer cannot be forced to...

SAN FRANCISCO - Another precedent established by the Rose Bird court was toppled Monday, as the California Supreme Court rule...

SAN FRANCISCO - The plan by Oakland Mayor-Elect Jerry Brown to bulldoze the city's political landscape and build from the rub...

VENTURA - A Southern California attorney's defense two years ago of a Ventura man sentenced to life in prison for a gang-rela...

A former county jail inmate who claims inadequate in-custody medical treatment led to permanent health problems has sued Los ...

The Los Angeles County district attorney's frequently criticized family support bureau is instituting several organizational ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside jury is expected to begin deliberating Wednesday to determine whether a Whitewater man intended to sh...

SACRAMENTO - Although the State Bar reform-dues proposal was reported dead early Monday afternoon by Assemblyman Robert Hertzb...

SACRAMENTO - In a surprising development, a two-bill package to increase state funding of trial courts by $113.1 million in f...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a major shift in employment law, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that an employee may sue for wr...

SAN FRANCISCO - Following through on a warning it gave two years ago, the California Supreme Court declared Thursday that the...

SACRAMENTO - Siding with prosecutors, Gov. Pete Wilson has insisted that new state funding to expand drug courts in Californi...

WASHINGTON - New statistics show the number of personal bankruptcies continues to soar - particularly in Southern California....

Want to avoid prosecution for obstruction of justice? You might want to refrain from sitting around your local donut shop cha...

The Beverly Hills Bar Association has sued a former manager of its Personnel Referral Service for allegedly stealing confiden...

REDDING - Sitting on the bench is more than just a job or a profession for James Ruggiero. It's a privilege. That's how the 45...

A former case manager for the now-defunct Chase & Miller claims in a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he was wrong...

SACRAMENTO - Environmentalists, industry groups and state regulators have struck a deal on reforming California's Superfund l...

During a recent walk along Glendon Avenue in Westwood, an upscale area of Los Angeles adjacent to the UCLA campus, Allan Absh...

Sheriff's deputies on patrol in some areas will start wearing small video cameras in an attempt to provide neutral informatio...

SANTA ANA --- Eleutero O'Campo looked like the picture of sympathy as he stood outside a courtroom Wednesday, eyeing the juro...

SACRAMENTO - A bill to reform the Commission on Judicial Performance will be stripped of provisions that would restrict its p...

After hearing an eyewitness testify Wednesday she had mistakenly identified two teen-agers as assailants in the stabbing deat...

A $10 million jury verdict has been awarded in Los Angeles Superior Court to a woman who was critically injured when the chur...

SACRAMENTO - It's official: Dave Stirling has won his legal battle to put his full job title on the November ballot in his bi...

The California Commission on Judicial Performance announced Wednesday it has opened a formal investigation into the Long Beac...

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite pleas from trial attorneys, tort reformers and a prominent appellate lawyer, the California Supreme Co...

A roller skater who fell on an allegedly cracked alleyway is barred from suing the city for negligence, a state appeal panel ...

In negotiations to reduce at least one of its contracts, the State Bar of California has claimed to be insolvent, according t...