Insurance
Dancing naked in the spinach field — food contamination and insurance coverage
By Seena Nikravann
A player in the food chain can never have too much of the right kind of insurance. By Richard P. Edwards of the Law Offices of...
Insurance
What you need to know about lawsuits involving underwriting fraud
By Sharon Liangn
Despite recent progress in combating insurance fraud, it remains one of California's largest criminal enterprises. By Joseph E...
Perspective
Europe’s highest court delivers blow to rights holders
By Karen Natividadn
Hollywood's largest offshore market may be in significant jeopardy. By Bill Grantham of Rufus-Isaacs, Acland & Grantham LL...
Immigration
Rise of the U-visa: protecting noncitizens in labor-related criminal investigations
By Genevieve Knollen
The U-visa gives immigrant workers much-needed relief and power. By Charlotte Noss of The Legal Aid Society-Employment Center ...
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will open a professional services center in Nashville, Tenn,, following a handful of oth...
Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge Mary Walrath on Monday denied a Department of Justice request that a Chapter 11 trustee be app...
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, looking to build its expanding intellectual property litigation practice, has hir...
One of the country's biggest shipping and warehousing companies got hit with a lawsuit Tuesday for allegedly committing a stri...
A mass-action lawsuit alleging fraud and negligence against the National Football League and helmet manufacturer Easton-Bell S...
Internal investigations and corporate regulatory actions are on the rise while business litigation has slightly decreased, acc...
Mountain View-based Conceptus Inc. won an $18.8 million jury award in its patent infringement lawsuit against Hologic Inc. ove...
A reader responds to "Just don't do it: Prosecutors should avoid partnering with plaintiffs' lawyers." ...
A longtime in-house attorney in the freight industry has recently switched paths to the technology field as general counsel fo...
Litigation
Out-of-state attorneys sue over ban on practicing in California
By Jill Redhage
Seven lawyers not licensed to practice in California have sued the California Supreme Court and its justices, seeking to chang...
California Courts of Appeal
Panel decertifies class action against Honda
By John Roemer
Honda Acura owners cannot sue the manufacturer as a class over allegations of a faulty transmission in 2002 to 2008 models, a ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
DOJ hires Munger Tolles partner to help with AT&T merger suit
By Craig Andersonn
The U.S. Department of Justice has hired Glenn D. Pomerantz, a Los Angeles-based partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, ...
Government
Obama adminstration deports record number of illegal immigrants
By Robert Iafolla
The Obama administration set a new record by deporting nearly 400,000 people who were in the country illegally during fiscal y...
Neutral, JAMS San Francisco ...
Civil Rights
Equal access axed: Brown limits viability of small discrimination claims
By Karen Natividadn
The governor's veto of the Equal Access to Justice Act will discourage low-wage workers from pursuing their legal rights. By B...
Intellectual Property
Naked licensing: Not as rare as one might think
By Genevieve Knollen
Clear quality control provisions are key to protecting your license. By Antonio R. Sarabia II ...
It is our duty as lawyers to sound the alarm for all citizens. By Eric Webber of the Los Angeles County Bar Association ...
Corporate
Suppliers are not banks: What to do when companies refuse to pay their bills
By Karen Natividadn
The fight against large companies engaged in abusive trade practices. By Richard G. Reinis of Steptoe & Johnson LLP ...
The wife of a former Deloitte Tax LLP partner has agreed to pay a $1 million civil fine to resolve civil insider trading alleg...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court mulls whether to protect lies over medals
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Constitution protects the right to lie about earning medals for m...
Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, Inc., recently announced its intention to build a 750 megawatt solar thermal project in Riv...
A Newport Beach-based developer has won a $50.3 million jury verdict in a lawsuit alleging an investment fund cut them out of ...
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel on Monday ruled officers in separate incidents in Hawaii and Washing...
Rick Ross, the lawyer who helped grow the O'Melveny & Myers LLP entertainment practice from Century City, has taken his wo...
Intellectual Property
Internet retailers beat back infringement lawsuit
By Craig Anderson
City of Industry-based Newegg Inc. and Utah-based Overstock.com Inc. on Friday defeated the infringement claims of an Alcatel-...
Real Estate/Development
Newhall Ranch attorney joins law firm
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Real estate attorney and development executive Steven Zimmer is the newest addition to real estate and business law firm Gilch...