The California voter-approved measure intended to speed up executions survived a state Supreme Court challenge Thursday but the court rejected the mandatory five-year deadline for
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Former Cal Supreme Ct Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas Dies
Conservative former California Supreme Court Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer at the age

California May Try Plavix Liability Cases
Pharmaceutical giant, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., must face nearly 700 personal injury claims related to blood-clotting drug Plavix in California, even though a majority of the

Gold Dredging Ban Upheld
Gold miners in California cannot escape the state’s moratorium on suction dredge mining riverbeds for gold simply because the mining is done on federal land,

Homeowners Protected in ‘Short Sales’
Good news for California former homeowners caught short and forced to sell homes for less than the amount of their mortgage during the great Recession

CA Citizens Get to Vote on ‘Citizens United’
California voters will finally get to tell Congress how they feel about the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling allowing unlimited independent campaign contributions.