In "The Legal Profession: What Is Wrong and How to Fix It," author Sheldon Krantz discusses the looming crisis the legal indus...
Labor/Employment
Labor Department investigation of baseball internship program aims at system-wide change
By Laura Hautalan
As scrutiny over unpaid internships in the media and entertainment industries intensifies, the U.S. Department of Labor is qui...
Transportation
Rulings on high speed rail project a blow to state
By Paul Jones / Ben Adlin
Sacramento Judge Michael Kenny on Monday ruled against the state's rail project in two cases, affirming opponents' arguments t...
Amid several ongoing probes into accusations of inmate abuse in the country's largest jail system, a battle over Los Angeles C...
Perspective
Don't let confidentiality agreements become deal breakers
By Ben Armisteadn
NDAs should serve the contemplated transaction, as opposed to becoming an impediment to a deal. By Demian Casey
Federal lawmakers signaled their intent to revisit patent litigation after the influential House Judiciary Committee overwhelm...
Government
Legal heavyweights, including former LA County DA, speak out on death penalty
By Chase Scheinbaum
Gil Garcetti, the former DA who once fought to repeal the death penalty, moderated a Los Angeles County Bar Association discus...
Law Practice
Best Best & Krieger nabs former prosecutor for Irvine office
By Alexandra Schwappach
Tamara Bogosian joins the firm as of counsel in its public safety group, where she will defend cities and public safety offici...
The Howrey LLP estate filed proposed settlements Thursday with a bankruptcy judge that would resolve its claims against two la...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Labor/Employment
Brinker seeks appeal of employee class certification in wage and hour suit
By Laura Hautalan
The restaurant operator is appealing the certification of a class of more than 110,000 restaurant workers in a longrunning sui...
California Supreme Court
State Supreme Court bars challenges to the accuracy of breathalyzer tests
By Emily Green
Breathalyzer tests will continue in widespread use, the state Supreme Court ensured last week by rejecting defense lawyers' ef...
Significant changes to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 governing civil subpoenas will become effective Dec. 1. By Christoph...
San Bernardino County's attorney union sued the county in June after officials imposed a contract forcing the lawyers to contr...
Judges and Judiciary
Courts face imperative to spend down some $250 million by June
By Paul Jones / Ben Adlin
Officials say a rule requiring courts to spend nearly all of their savings by June will cause layoffs and ongoing fiscal insec...
Appellate Practice
VIDEO: Complex civil appeals: making the case for settlement
By Ben Armisteadn
More than 90 percent of civil cases are settled without trial. Jerome Falk discusses why it's quite the opposite when it comes...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Can you 'win' a mediation, or is that an oxymoron?
By Ben Armisteadn
Cases that go to trial have winners and losers, but are there winners and losers when cases are settled in mediation? By Bruce...
Perspective
Clarifying the copyright infringement statute of limitations
By Ben Armisteadn
The 9th Circuit has issued a clear warning that copyright owners should heed. By Audrey A. Millemann
The "ministerial exception" is a powerful defense for certain employers. By Michael Blacher and David Urban
Community News
Winston secures victory in league's softball playoff final
By Ben Adlin
Winston & Strawn emerged as the winner of the Landau Lawyers League's 2013 fall softball playoffs, beating Allen Matkins i...
Founded in 1913, Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara & Samuelian APC has weathered changes in the legal industry by focusing on c...
San Leandro-based human resources outsourcing service provider TriNet Group Inc. filed plans Wednesday to conduct a $250 milli...
Community News
Consumer Attorneys of California meets for annual convention in San Francisco
By Ben Adlin
Judge M. Lynn Duryee of Marin County Superior Court swears in the Consumer Attorneys of California's executive committee at a ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Nossaman LLP held a dinner event for the newest recipient of the University of San Francisco School of Law Women Lawyers Commi...