A bill that would allow farm workers to organize by submitting a petition to the state instead of holding a secret ballot elec...
Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Intellectual Property
California Garment Industry Says Bill Hurts Fashion
By Erica E. Phillips
A new legislative effort could provide significant copyright protection to fashion designers for the first time since the 1930...
Glimpse inside a legal system where information about public affairs travels by word of mouth only. By Genaro Lara ...
An attorney reflects on lessons learned as his 50th birthday approaches. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm ...
Criminal
Paying for the Costs of Crime: Criminal Defendants, Insurance and Restitution
By Seena Nikravann
Should courts credit criminal defendants for payments made to victims by insurers? By Antonio R. Sarabia II ...
Perspective
Despite Victories, Same-Sex Couples Still Cannot Get Married
By Genevieve Knollen
We should fight Proposition 8 every way that we can, both in the courts and at the ballot. By Tom Watson of Love Honor Cherish...
Perspective
Defending Against a Customs and Export Control Penalty Action
By Karen Natividadn
In trouble with U.S. Customs and Border Protection? Tips on how to defend yourself in a penalty action. By F. Gordon Lee of No...
An attorney representing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. accused Apple Inc. of using a "double standard" during a Friday hearing,...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
L.A. Lawyers Hit With $10 Million Malpractice Verdict
By Anna Scott
A jury found a former managing partner and a senior partner at the Los Angeles business litigation and commercial law firm Rut...
In his first public appearance since a ruling upholding his decision in the Prop. 8 case, former U.S. District Judge Vaughn R....
Oaktree Capital Group LLC turned to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for its proposed $100 million initial public offering. ...
Dar-Sav Inc., a marketing company that operates a chain of 40 haircutting stores throughout the state, is suing former Bryan C...
Federal and state authorities sued a Santa Maria-based oil company Friday, alleging it broke the law by polluting Santa Barbar...
Judge dismisses suit against San Mateo County over Lehman Brothers investments. ...
Juniper Networks Inc.'s former general counsel, Lisa C. Berry, lied about the stock options grant process she oversaw, the Sec...
The U.S. Supreme Court will announce as early as Monday whether they'll consider a San Francico pilot's lawsuit against the go...
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Retirement Housing Foundation ...
The Public Law Center, the major public interest pro bono firm in Orange County, which handles more than 4,500 cases a year f...
Members of the State Bar Board of Governors voted Friday to support legislation that would reduce the number of lawyers on the...
Dolly Gee was inspired by watching her immigrant mother struggle to get paid fairly
A roundup of law firm moves and changes.
Superior Court Judge Reva G. Goetz cuts to the chase whether the parties before her are shoplifting minors or pop culture su...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
As city attorneys from Los Angeles to Sacramento struggle to adjust to slashed municipal budgets, their offices are becoming l...
In demand for his mix of legal savvy and technology know-how, Daniel B. Garrie, a neutral and electronic discovery expert, ave...
Readers comment on Robert Abiri's article "Dodging the Effects of Proposition 51." ...
A review of two films that delve into our psyches on the issues of mortality, morality and the inhumane capacities among us. B...