The chair of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP's intellectual property practice group is decamping her firm after 17 years and...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Tension on high in ADA litigation
By John Roemer
A 9th Circuit ruling spotlights a battle that long has raged within the circuit among judges, lawyers, plaintiffs in wheelchai...
General Counsel for JM Eagle Los Angeles ...
A reader responds to "Senate committee approves new judgeships." ...
Patricia Sturdevant and Naomi Dewey of California Women Lawyers comment on the "Top 100 Lawyers" list. ...
U.S. asylum law should accommodate, not hinder, former child soldiers seeking our protection. By Leanne Heine ...
Perspective
Proposed juvenile court order subjects youth to more harm
By Sharon Liangn
This order circumvents the legislative process, contradicts current law and disregards privacy interests. By Maureen Pacheco o...
Search warrants - the last barrier between law enforcement and an individual's privacy. By Robert J. Schuit of the L.A. County...
Investors who sued subsidiaries of UBS AG accusing them of hiding mismanagement within a technology company have settled their...
Judges and Judiciary
Commissioners, court reporters take buyouts in L.A.
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Nine court commissioners have agreed to take voluntary buyouts as part of Los Angeles County Superior Court's ongoing efforts ...
The U.S. Supreme Court hears argument today in a case that could rework standing requirements to effectively nullify a number...
A San Francisco elected official has introduced new legislation aimed at helping businesses avoid disability access suits by m...
A Virginia federal judge has ordered Verizon Communications Inc. to pay nearly $11 million per month in royalties to San Jose-...
Community activists opposed to the expansion of a waste handling facility in the San Fernando Valley saw a judge dismiss their...
In Sacramento, where relationships can prove key to getting things done, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye's friendship with t...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the State Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
James Lafferty, executive director of the local chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, is hopeful the Occupy movement sweeping...
Most federal judges do not take kindly to taking orders from litigants or lawyers. That may help explain why prosecutors saw t...
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, a Denver-based 170-attorney global law firm with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, is in...
Micrel, Inc., a company that develops, manufactures and markets semiconductor devices, promoted Colin Sturt to vice president,...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
Frederick N. Wapner, son of the famous TV judge, said his father inspired him
The prediction that corporations would rush to add class-limiting language to employment agreements in the wake of a Supreme C...
ADR neutral Michael R. Diliberto credits his unique background as a musician, world traveler and litigator who's bilingual in ...
Discover the different origins of law-related expressions. By James E. Clapp, Elizabeth G. Thornburg, Marc Galanter and Fred R...
Are designer laws merely a tool to boost politicians during times of tragedy? By Alex Landon and Elaine Halleck ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Baseball as metaphor: What we can learn from the 2011 World Series
By Karen Natividadn
The willingness to stay at the table until the game is won brings success in sports and mediation. By Robert N. Dobbins of Jud...
A San Francisco County Superior Court judge ruled last week that the Archdiocese of San Francisco would not be subject to a $2...
When Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Maryanne Gilliard brings in 60 or 65 potential jurors for a criminal trial these d...