In American Apparel Inc.'s first response to an unusual securities lawsuit against it, the company's lawyers argue shareholder...
There were no surprises in San Francisco-based Zynga Inc.'s long awaited initial public offering filed Friday. ...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Samuel Conti once sent draft dodgers to jail. Now, he's presiding over a landmark veterans' case.
Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas Holman rules on cases with caution and precision.
A new law that seeks to force online-based businesses like Amazon.com and Overstock.com to collect sales tax in California cou...
A Northern District judge approved $22 million in settlements Wednesday in a consolidated lawsuit against Citibank NA, Foley &...
Wendy York started out on her own as a young attorney. Now, she is a leading plaintiffs' attorney in elder abuse cases. ...
The same-sex married couple who won the right to file bankruptcy jointly have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to t...
How the Endangered Species Act is discouraging conservation on private land. By Jonathan H. Adler of Case Western Reserve Univ...
The Federal Trade Commission may face tough challenges in trying to curb Google Inc.'s search business even if the agency conc...
In an era of economic stagnation and reduced financial resources, Gibbs of JAMS Inc. tries to resolve construction disputes be...
Today's jury selection has become a tense process for all. By Brian Kabatek of Kabateck Brown Kellner ...
Entertainment & Sports
Hollywood's Dealmakers Are Playing New Roles
By Erica E. Phillips
What scholars call media convergence has compelled celebrities to develop and market their other talents and interests, from a...
As many as 12,400 federal inmates held for crack cocaine offenses could get out of prison sooner following the U.S. Sentencing...
California Supreme Court
California Overtime Laws Apply to Out-of-State Workers, Court Rules
By Laura Ernden
Out-of-state workers are covered by California's more generous overtime laws when they come here even temporarily on business,...
Despite Major League Baseball's proposed lower interest rate, lawyer Bruce Bennett said Wednesday that the Dodgers will contin...
When investment giant Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, unfinished residential developments put together by the Irvine-based ...
Perspective
Shift in Balance of Power Between Lenders and Borrowers in Bankruptcy
By Sharon Liangn
Two recent bankruptcy cases pave the way for borrowers to separately classify deficiency claims. By Paul S. Arrow of Buchalter...
Government
Lawmakers Lose Power to Customize Campaign Financing Laws
By Karen Natividadn
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down "rescue funds" provision in public campaign financing laws. By Jessica A. Levinson of Loyola L...
Perspective
Whistle-blowers Unleashed: SEC Sets Incentives With Strong Corporate Regulations
By Karen Natividadn
New SEC rules extend whistle-blower program to all securities law violations and raises the ante with bigger payoffs. By Matth...
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Tuesday night that would have allowed farm workers to organize by submitting a petition to the ...
Consumer antitrust litigation involving Apple Inc.'s iPods and iTunes only concerns the iPod now after a federal judge dismiss...
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger has rejected a consumer advocacy group’s request that he step do...
A federal judge ordered Orange County to upgrade its jails to accommodate disabled inmates and imposed a monitor to make sure ...
A Sacramento-area lawyer who was hit with a $2 million default judgment got a second chance to defend himself Wednesday. ...
Newport Beach City Attorney David R. Hunt is resigning rather than cut his staff in half and farm the work out to private law ...
Hogan Lovells advised News Corp. on sale of Myspace--for $545 million less than what the media giant bought it for. ...