Government
Senate committee hearing bodes ill for courthouse project funding
By Paul Jones
A senate subcommittee hearing Thursday on judicial branch funding revealed little evidence the legislature intends to pay for ...
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Environmental
Imperial Valley water district drops attorneys and seeks settlement in river fight
By Fiona Smith
A fight over moving massive amounts of water from the rural Imperial Valley to Southern California cities has taken a dramatic...
When women earn less than their fair share, that loss not only harms women, but also weakens families, communities and our ent...
Perspective
Section 1030 'pay to play' rules a shock to some foreign clients
By Ben Armisteadn
When I tell a foreign company that it may be required to file an undertaking in an amount equal to what the defendant reasonab...
International
China restricts popular employment model used by many US companies
By Ben Armisteadn
Under labor dispatch, a company seeking to retain staff in China signs a contract with an authorized labor dispatch agency tha...
Government
Neighborhood groups plan to sue Los Angeles County Superior Court over court 'hubs'
By Connie Lopezn
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County and three other organizations plan to file a lawsuit against the Los Angeles...
Four members of the Judicial Council were announced for new terms, including three returning judges reappointed by the chief j...
San Bernardino County has given up its fight to recover losses from several government agencies after the parties reached a "w...
A bill by Assembly Republican Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, AB 1313, would authorize additional judgeships each year for courts ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Divided 9th Circuit panel affirms terrorist conviction
By John Roemer
The controversial 2006 conviction of the first man tried for al-Qaeda-linked terrorism in California got the OK Wednesday from...
Entertainment & Sports
Appeals court may unseal documents in Jackson wrongful-death suit
By Ryne Hodkowski
The move could see the release of evidence that Michael Jackson's mother and children say links a concert promoter to the sing...
Andrew Stolper, a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted the government's failed case against wireless giant Broadcom s...
Riverside County named criminal defense veteran Steven L. Harmon its new public defender late Tuesday on the heels of a tumult...
Chauncey Swalwell and Matthew Friedrich of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP assisted a portfolio lender in facilitating a...
Government
Prop. 65 reform backer's cancellation could show divided front
By Paul Jones
A last-minute cancellation by Prop. 65 reform bill author Mike Gatto, D-Burbank, from an event by tort reformers could show in...
Litigation
Prosecutors file new indictment in economic espionage case involving DuPont pigment
By Hadley Robinson
Federal prosecutors in the Northern District added charges to an economic espionage and trade secret theft case against the fo...
Three years ago, investors were abuzz over a new wave of Chinese companies joining U.S. exchanges. But that wave hit a wall la...
Fenwick & West LLP represented Redwood City-based smart grid company Silver Spring Networks Inc. and Davis Polk & Ward...
Top Firms
10 Largest Los Angeles County Firms
By MANNING & KASS ELLROD RAMIREZ TRETER LLP