On Wednesday, the State Supreme Court seemed ready to side with Los Angeles attorney Robert A. Brown, who sued a debt collecto...
The Los Angeles City Attorney has sued the financial instution for hundreds of millions of dollars over dilapidated properties...
The Senate boosted the chances for one stalled California judicial nominee Wednesday, but the lawmakers' action did nothing to...
Criminal
Federal Prosecutors on the Defensive Again in Brocade Securities Fraud Case
By Genevieve Knollen
Federal prosecutors face the heat again in their second trial against Brocade CEO Gregory L. Reyes. By Maurice Possley and Kat...
National boutique hotel operator Morgans Hotel Group Co. sold the Mondrian Los Angeles to an affiliate of Pebblebrook Hotel Tr...
The state Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it's ready to hold public officials to a higher standard than the average person whe...
Lacking the familiarity with European languages needed for a doctorate in history, Katherine Bacal switched to law, where her ...
Attorneys for now-dissolved Howrey LLP are seeking to dismiss a petition for involuntary bankruptcy filed against the firm las...
Silicon Valley's top law firms have returned their associate salaries to pre-recession levels. On Tuesday, Gunderson Dettmer S...
Administrative/Regulatory
Leaks to Media Not Protected by Whistleblower Law
By Rebecca Beyer
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower protections do not extend to employees who disclose information to members of the media...
Treating physicians who testify as to causation in personal injury-type cases are subject to the written expert report require...
Matthew J. Jacobs, a former federal prosecutor in San Francisco, has left McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he headed the ...
An ABA commission released proposed changes this week to lawyer ethics rules involving the use of technology, use of legal pro...
Perspective
Why California’s Ban on Class Arbitration Waivers Cannot Stand
By Genevieve Knollen
What the U.S. Supreme Court justices have to say about class arbitration. By Rex S. Heinke and L. Rachel Helyar of Akin Gump S...
Trustees for a bankrupt real estate venture are suing the law firm and one of its lawyers for more than $100 million alleging ...
A group of Latham & Watkins LLP lawyers guided sports apparel company Volcom Inc.'s sale to French giant PPR S.A. for $607...
Companies seeking to build brand awareness are targeting non-traditional locations where the customers come to them. By Susan ...
As the trial of two Southern California executives accused of bribing Mexican officials draws to a close, defense attorneys ar...
The state Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to pass the controversial Trial Court Rights Act out of committee Tuesday, keepin...
State Bar Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn may be a leading candidate to replace retiring 4th District Court of Appeal Presid...
Deputy public defenders in Sacramento are suing the county on the novel legal theory that it is illegally outsourcing their wo...
Magistrate Judge Margaret Nagle works hard and expects the same from others.
Vice president, general counsel and secretary for DaVita Inc. Denver, Colo. ...
Cheri Pham, whose family had to adjust to a new culture after fleeing Vietnam, has the delicacy to handle touchy issues in dom...
Entertainment & Sports
Harbor City Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal File Sharing
By Erica E. Phillips
A 29-year-old Harbor City man pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to illegally copying and distributing copyrig...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Appeals Court Limits Class Action Transfers
By Anna Scott
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Monday could put new limits on defendants who transfer class actions from state to...
Dechert LLP picked up intellectual property litigation partner Stephen J. Akerley for its Mountain View office from O'Melveny ...
A state appellate court overturned a $540,000 attorney fees award Monday for several law firms, finding the trial judge in the...
The Century City office of Minneapolis-based Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP has absorbed local boutique real estate l...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gun Law Challenge Gets New Life
By Liz Enochsn
A 9th Circuit panel gave new life Monday to a long-running lawsuit challenging an Alameda County gun ban. ...