U.S. Supreme Court
Justices bolster arbitrators' contract interpretations
By Ben Armisteadn
Last week's unanimous decision in Oxford Health demonstrates the difficulty of getting judicial review of an arbitrator...
Administrative/Regulatory
New protections for defense contractor whistle-blowers take effect July 1
By Ben Armisteadn
On Jan. 2, President Barack Obama signed the FY 2013 National Defense Appropriations Act, which contains new whistle-blower pr...
Currently in the spotlight over the extent of access the U.S. National Security Agency has to its data, Menlo Park-based Faceb...
Attorneys showed up in force to see equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter and several honorees speak at Equal Rights Advocates' 3...
DLA Piper's rock band Def Piper took home first place for charity fundraising at the 1st Annual Law Rocks event last week at S...
Promising the film industry's help on consumer and progressive issues, movie producer Chris Moore accepted a new award from th...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
State inmate, arguing for himself, persuades 9th Circuit to grant habeas relief
By John Roemer
A state prison inmate serving 25 years to life argued his own cause and persuaded a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to...
Home to 11 attorneys - six of them partners - BraunHagey & Borden LLP takes on both plaintiffs and defense-side matters in...
Labor/Employment
LA must arbitrate with employee union over furloughs
By Laura Hautalan
Los Angeles must arbitrate with a public employee union over the furloughs it introduced as a budget-cutting measure in 2009, ...
The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its 10th annual "ACColades: A salute to women w...
Hewlett-Packard Co. replaced Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP with Morrison & Foerster LLP as its counsel Thursday on a ser...
The Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles held its Alfred Jenkins Scholarship Awards Dinner, titled "Champions of Justi...
Delivering the keynote address at the Public Law Center's annual Volunteers for Justice Dinner on Monday, Attorney General Kam...
The Daily Journal honored California's leading in-house lawyers with receptions in Menlo Park on June 5 and in Beverly Hills o...
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers hosted a dinner Tuesday, June 18, featuring a panel that delved into recent developm...
Paul J. Dubow often handles mediations with executives and upper managers at companies in disputes that frequently involve fri...
Law school graduate employment rates dropped this year compared to last, though the average salary rose, according to a recent...
Law Practice
Mayer Brown's LA office now leads firm in profitability
By Alexandra Schwappach
Boasting 40 attorneys, the L.A. office is now the busiest and most profitable of any of the Chicago-based firm's 23 outposts. ...
Government
Court blasts state over prison population, threatens contempt
By Hamed Aleazizn
A federal demanded the state begin implementing further measures to reduce its prison population to the level the court demand...
Perspective
Justices say pay-for-delay deals with generic drug makers subject to antitrust 'rule of reason'
By Ben Armisteadn
Those expecting the Supreme Court to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to these controversial agreements were disappointed. By P...
Judges and Judiciary
Obama nominates two to fill Northern District judicial vacancies
By Hadley Robinson
President Barack Obama nominated San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman and Shearman & Sterling LLP ant...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
California Supreme Court
True or false? The best appellate court judges serve on the trial court first.
By Emily Green
The path to becoming a state appellate court justice has run through the trial courts. Compare that with the 9th U.S. Circuit ...
Perspective
IRS compliance project provides guidance for all nonprofits
By Ben Armisteadn
Using the report as a helpful guide, all tax-exempt organizations should review their activities that could give rise to UBI a...
How much time does the Internal Revenue Service have to assess taxes? This simple question is put to tax lawyers and accountan...
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits against two well-known companies claiming that their use...
Law Practice
Howrey estate reaches three more settlements with law firms
By David Ruiz
Three law firms reached settlements earlier this week with the Howrey LLP estate, resolving claims the firms wrongly kept the ...
Federal immigration officials have unlawfully held 1 million immigrants in government custody without probable cause, accordin...
If you're a Time Warner Cable subscriber, then you're unfairly being forced to pay to see every Kobe Bryant jump shot and ever...
Government
Lawmakers keen to let local government shoulder cost of public records requests
By Paul Jones
Lawmakers late Wednesday proposed a constitutional amendment to make local government pay the cost of providing government rec...