Senior Vice President and General Counsel Falcon Waterfree Technologies LLC Los Angeles ...
Entertainment & Sports
Growth in overseas entertainment deals has law firms testing the waters
By Jean Yung
In an era of law firms boasting offices around the world, the practice of entertainment law is one that hasn't been known to s...
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Jesus G. Bernal to serve as a U.S. District Court judge in River...
Before everyone runs for the door, the most important task of the day remains: documenting the settlement. By Robert Mann of A...
American health care has morphed into many stages in recent history, yet it is still fundamentally flawed as many are denied h...
The concept of unconscious discrimination is yet to be well-understood, accepted or confronted by the law. By Elaine Elinson ...
Insurance
Insurers’ duty to settle applies to environmental claims in California
By Ben Armisteadn
Insurers' duty to settle applies to environmental claims in California. By Jordan Stanzler ...
The principals behind Greenberg & Greenberg PLC are known to finish one another's sentences. That the pair are so close is...
The firm added Kevin A. Corbett to its Los Angeles office, the fifth addition to its real estate practice in Los Angeles this ...
Switching from litigator to ADR neutral took years of careful planning, diligence and hard work. But it's paid off in a new ca...
Los Angeles-based For People of Color Inc. hosted its 3rd annual A Night Out with FPOC event on July 6 at Mas Malo Restaurant ...
The Oakland attorney who took Wal-Mart to the U.S. Supreme Court in the largest sex discrimination class action in history - a...
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of San Francisco was assigned Thursday to a class action against Facebook Inc. in which a ...
The top-performing law school on the most recent California bar exam was Western State College of Law, according to figures re...
Law Practice
Salaries for recent law school grads continue to fall
By Andrew Mc Intyre
The median starting salary for members of the class of 2011 has fallen to $60,000. ...
A new slate of companies is preparing to wade into the public markets, following a temporary public offering slowdown prompted...
Wells Fargo & Co., which has been dogged by lending discrimination lawsuits following the boom and bust of the nation's re...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Two lawyers elected to bar's Board of Trustees
By Don Debenedictisn
A criminal defense lawyer from Bakersfield and a civil litigator from San Diego were elected to the State Bar Board of Trustee...
The Mexican American Bar Foundation held its 21st Anniversary Scholarship and Awards Gala on June 16 at the Millennium Biltmor...
Now that settlements totaling more than $1 billion have been revealed in an antitrust class action alleging the price fixing ...
Judges and Judiciary
Law barring retired judges from public service challenged
By Emily Green
A sitting appellate court justice has filed a lawsuit against the State Controller, challenging a rule that bars judges from s...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit cancels 2013 conference
By John Roemer
The cost-cutting move followed blistering criticism from two prominent lawmakers. ...
A sitting appellate court justice has filed a lawsuit against the State Controller, challenging a rule that bars judges from s...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary RM Opco LLC (Real Mex Restaurants) Cypress ...
The U.S. Supreme Court reformed elements the criminal justice system in a series of 5-4 decisions last term, but the pro-defen...
Law Practice
Suing for unpaid fees: the pitfalls, the pitfalls and the pitfalls
By Karen Natividadn
I have a very strong bias towards walking away because there are simply too many pitfalls. By Richard Hamar of Hamar & Ham...
Litigation
Cochran firm's internal struggle heats up with trademark suit
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
The latest internal battle facing the law firm founded by the late Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. pits the national office against its...
Hewitt Wolensky LLP has hired former assistant general counsel of Nissan North America Inc. Nicholas J. Wittner as of counsel,...
All classes at the California Desert Trial Academy College of Law will be taught by two professors, who will present alternate...
Dewey partners would each pay between $25,000 and $3 million in exchange for avoiding possible future lawsuits brought by the ...