How did firms with so much capital fail? Because what was said, and what was happening, were very different things. By Edwin R...
Lawyers delivered closing arguments on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit accusing former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve...
Firm leaders say they're responding to an increased demand for tax services as the latest crop of technology companies grows m...
Six prominent members of the defense bar weighed in on the coming slashes to the Los Angeles County Superior Court budget. ...
The Alliance of California Judges' directors have picked the organization's leadership for the coming year, but some have crit...
A San Francisco jury convicted AU Optronics Corp. executive Steven Leung Tuesday for his involvement in a massive cartel that ...
Labor/Employment
Costa Mesa layoffs canceled, but outsourcing battle continues
By Laura Hautalan
After a two-year legal and political battle to outsource more than 100 city jobs, Costa Mesa rescinded the last layoff notices...
A U.S. District Court jduge found Tuesday that state law does not require seated workstations for cashiers in a Tulare Kmart. ...
Intellectual Property
Apple's failure to get injunction may make smartphone peace more likely
By Rachel Swan
Apple Inc. lost its shot at a decisive victory over smartphone adversary Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. late Monday when a San J...
Litigation
Calvo Fisher & Jacob wins nearly $1 million in fee fight with estate lawyer
By Saul Sugarman
A fee fight between lawyers in Guam and San Francisco ended Monday night with a jury awarding nearly $1 million to Calvo Fishe...
Always prepared, Judge Ronald L. Styn balances the gravity of the courtroom with a good-natured professionalism. ...
California Supreme Court
Losing plaintiff in disability suit must pay defendant's attorneys fees, state Supreme Court rules
By Emily Green
A wheelchair-bound plaintiff who brought a disabilities access lawsuit against a small grocery store and lost must pay the sto...
Perspective
Securities fraud case could impact settlement strategies
By Ben Armisteadn
What must securities fraud plaintiffs prove at the class certification stage? The answer will have far reaching consequences d...
Whereas the state high court issued two employment law decisions in 2012, including the long-awaited decision in Brinker
If the Alameda Unified School District does not petition the Supreme Court and obtain a reversal, the district will be require...
The U.S. Senate confirmed Fernando M. Olguin to fill the second of three vacant seats in the U.S. District Court for the Centr...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
State Bar judge won't sanction prosecutors
By Saul Sugarman
A State Bar judge on Monday denied a motion for sanctions filed by attorneys defending Jon M. Alexander, Del Norte County's em...
A court rules that Samsung's "Olympic Genome Project" Facebook app is free speech rather than an unauthorized use of athletes'...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sprint makes $2.2 billion purchase to grow LTE network as several firms advise
By David Ruiz
Multiple firms advisd Sprint Nextel Corp. in its acquisition of Clearwire, owner of a coveted frequency range that is more ade...
Judges and Judiciary
Chief justice discusses issues including court funding, executions
By Hannah Mitchelln
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Monday she expects executions in the state won't resume for at least another three year...
Labor/Employment
Employment firm named in assault and harassment suit
By Laura Hautalan
A gay Armenian office worker named partners and staff members from Los Angeles law firm Tobin Lucks LLP as defendants in his e...
A personal injury plaintiff who claims he was thrown from a moving ambulance will be bound by the $350,000 settlement his lawy...
Litigation
Sex offenders argue new California law will stymie their free speech
By Hadley Robinson
Civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of a newly enacted b...
Susanne Fenstermacher followed her father's footsteps into the law and on to the bench.
A roundup of recent mergers and acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
General Counsel for Sabal Financial Group LP Newport Beach ...
Litigation
Government argues wiretapping lawsuit should be dismissed
By Hadley Robinson
Government attorneys asked a federal judge Friday to toss out two lawsuits about a wiretapping and surveillance program enacte...
Intellectual Property
18th century concept meets DVRs, sex tapes and the Internet
By Ben Armisteadn
By Ken Basin ...
During litigation, parties often enter into agreements that restrict the use of information designated "confidential" - but th...
Since the film focuses on Lincoln's effort to end slavery by pushing the 13th Amendment through a sharply divided Congress, th...