Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP added Richard J. Zuromski Jr. as partner in San Francisco.
State appellate Justice Jeffrey W. Johnson makes note of the greater impact of his decisions.
Labor/Employment
9th Circuit weighs in on ERISA and Social Security offsets to income plans
By Ben Armisteadn
Learn more about what can and cannot be used to offset disability income plan payments. By Chuck Teixeira ...
Important tax rules to know when dealing with divorce, Part 2. ...
After four years as an associate justice on Palau's Supreme Court, Alexandra F. Foster is returning to American soil, this ti...
After nearly two decades helping law students get involved in public service, Lisa Mead has returned to a position where she...
Bayer CropScience's $500 million purchase of AgraQuest Inc. represents a move to strengthen its agricultural technology portfo...
The acting county counsel for Mendocino County was detained early Tuesday morning for alleged possession of a concealed firear...
Public Counsel hosted the 2012 William J. Lasarow Awards on June 21 at the Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles. The event s...
Absurd federal policies, enormous college loan debt and students' abusive behavior are suffocating education. By Betty Raskoff...
ADR Services Inc. neutral Steven Pearl uses his encyclopedic knowledge of wage-and-hour laws and his relentlessness to help pa...
Intellectual Property
Emulex to pay Broadcom $58 million in settlement
By Craig Anderson
Emulex Corp. will pay Broadcom Corp. $58 million to license three of its patents on Ethernet technology in a partial settlemen...
The Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (LGLA) and Asian Pacific City Attorney's Association (APCAA) held a welcoming receptio...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Binding mediation dealing with potential shackels after Bowers
By Ben Armisteadn
The full impact of the case is yet to be seen, but it is likely to increase the use of "binding mediations"; mediators should ...
Plaintiffs' employment lawyers at Hurwitz, Orihuela & Hayes are considering broading their practice in light of recent cou...
Discipline
Judge faces censure for interfering in wife's traffic ticket proceedings
By John Roemer
n Orange County Superior Court judge who asked a court commissioner to make his wife's $300 traffic ticket assessment go away ...
More than 50 students have been placed as interns in 51 Orange County law firms and law-related businesses through Project SEL...
Litigation
Civil suit filed against Fullerton over homeless man's death
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
The complaint filed by the father of Kelly Thomas attempts to show a widespread pattern of police misconduct, which some exper...
A cluster of cases in Southern California highlights what appears to be a growing trend: local officials allegedly accepting b...
The State Bar said it wants to reevaluate 24 discipline plea bargains the bar had previously accepted. The move comes in the w...
The acting county counsel for Mendocino County was detained early Tuesday morning for alleged possession of a concealed firear...
Even as the U.S. Supreme Court mostly backed federal primacy and executive discretion over immigration enforcement this term, ...
The state Supreme Court has given a last minute reprieve to a Sacramento man who posted to Facebook information about a trial ...
Intellectual Property
VIDEO: Record labels brace for impact of 1976 Copyright Act termination rights
By Michael Leen
Individual artists who created works after 1977 will soon be able to reclaim their works, and whittle away at record label rev...
The 2nd District recently found that Domino's Pizza went too far controlling a franchisee, resulting in a principle-agent rela...
A total absence of care is not required for a care facility to be held liable. By Denise A. Platt Maginn ...
Supporters of the Southwest Museum were dealt a setback when a judge denied their petition of mandate alleging that city commi...
The estate for defunct firm Dewey & LeBeouf LLP is trying to convince former partners to buy in to a settlement plan to av...
San Diego-based Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP will be accepting applications for the first class at its company...
U.S. Supreme Court
White House asks high court to review DOMA decision
By Robert Iafolla
The Obama administration took the extraordinary step Tuesday of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal judge's deci...