SAN BERNARDINO - A self-styled government watchdog has begun serving an 18-month jail sentence after the judge - who earlier ...
Appellate Practice
Public Has Right to Disclosure of Mental Reports
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In the first ruling of its kind, a federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a common-law right of public acce...
WASHINGTON - The president has testified, verified and skipped town, leaving the media and its ever-revolving roster of pundi...
SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer for California Rural Legal Assistance said Tuesday he will attempt to persuade a Sonoma County judge...
A legal secretary says she was forced to quit her job with a Van Nuys law firm because of ongoing harassment by one of the fi...
SANTA ANA --- Thanks to a program that operates without any help from taxpayers, the Orange County district attorney's office...
A former high-ranking Los Angeles County law enforcement official trying to unseat Sheriff Sherman Block is being investigate...
ALTA LOMA - For sale: a 1997 Chevrolet Z-71 aqua-blue extended cab truck with leather interior loaded with gadgets and gizmos...
Courtroom day-care facilities that can keep restless children occupied while their parents appear as litigants, witnesses or j...
SACRAMENTO - This year's major legislative proposals to strengthen consumers' ability to fight health maintenance organizatio...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Censured For Lying About Childhood Event
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In its first public reprimand, the Judicial Council of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals openly censured ...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday summarily dismissed an important "environmental racism" case it had agreed to review...
SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Counsel Ann M. Ravel has asked the state attorney general's office for a written opinion to cle...
Rio Hondo Municipal Court Judge Peter J. Meeka spent Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court defending his seat on the bench fro...
Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation int...
Criminal
Federal Prosecutor's Departure Does Not Mean End to Duties
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - A day after his resignation takes effect Aug. 24, U.S. Attorney Michael Yamaguchi faces a head-on confrontati...
A state appeal court on Monday allowed insurers to deny coverage to people who have even minor symptoms of serious illnesses ...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Monday unsealed an 11-week-old indictment charging three 15-year-old boys with th...
Judges and Judiciary
Ex-Civil Attorney Enjoys Working in New Areas of Law
By Cassandra Smith
She jokes that she is just trailer trash. But Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White - who does work out of a...
Appellate Practice
Disabled Workers Win Right to Seek Higher Damages
By Philip Carizosa
SAN FRANCISCO - In a long-awaited victory for disabled workers, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that employees who ...
Judges and Judiciary
Confusion Over Prior Convictions Envelops Courts
By Michael Harris
Recent modifications to a California Penal Code section have created confusion in the state's courtrooms as to whether defend...
OXNARD - For Jimmi Juma Shua, midnight was far more than the turn of another day. It also marked his birthday - and the differ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Pete Wilson filled the last two empty spots on the 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday, elevating t...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Superior Court judge Thursday ruled that three 15-year-olds charged with murder in the death of a 12-...
Glendale Judicial District Commissioner Dona Bracke, who ordered the arrest of dozens of defendants for perjury and filing fa...
WASHINGTON - When Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986, many observers predicted the conservat...
RIVERSIDE - A gay man who claimed he was "mercilessly" harassed by co-workers at a flashlight manufacturing company has won a...
Personal Injury & Torts
Ruling on Tobacco Suits Said to 'Split the Baby'
By Joanne Debort
SAN FRANCISCO - A Superior Court judge here has coordinated 12 lawsuits filed against tobacco companies by union pension fund...
WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court announced June 22 it would not review a case from San Francisco, the denial stood out fro...
SAN FRANCISCO - Over the objections of the San Mateo county counsel, a judge Wednesday appointed prominent criminal defense l...