U.S. Attorney Melinda L. Haag made good on offers extended before the Department of Justice implemented a hiring freeze. ...
Perspective
Should the Courts Help Los Angeles Commit Fiscal Suicide?
By Alexander Phersonn
Courts should put a stop to shameless waste of public funds. By Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School. ...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into the politically charged battle over the health care reform law, which woul...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to strike down a lower court rule that made it more difficult for shareholders t...
When is it legal to fire a disabled employee for misbehavior? By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Karen Pazzani of Bingham McCutchen L...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyers Cleared of Witness Tampering
By Gabe Friedmann
A federal judge overseeing the case of a former prisoner whose eye ruptured in prison found no witness tampering by attorneys ...
Sheri N. Pym, chief of the Riverside branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office, has been sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate judge for th...
Perspective
Whistle-blower Program: Justice for Taxpayers or Reward for Rats?
By Alexander Phersonn
The Internal Revenue Service's new whistle-blower program creates controversy with its cash reward incentive. By Matthew Zandi...
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC returned its associates' base salaries to their pre-recession levels. ...
How should law firms balance their own values with those of their clients? That question reared its head Monday when King &...
Irvine lawyer Gerald L. Wolfe goes on trial today for allegedly pocketing $2 million by buying 30 homes using falsified mortga...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises EBay on Purchase of Mobile App Company Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP advised eBay Inc. in yet another a...
Readers comment on "A Merry-Go-Around With No Beginning and No End," by Quentin L. Kopp.
Vice President of Legal Affairs for NexTag Inc.San Mateo ...
The U.S. Supreme Court weighs on Monday whether to make it harder for shareholders to sue companies as a class as it considers...
Two new bills would enable socially conscious entrepreneurs to form companies tailored to specific causes. By Yuliya A. Oryol,...
Patients and patient safety are not to be played as a chip in a political game. By Bryan A. Liang, California Western School o...
Alienating the gay community is not good for business. By Ara Babaian of Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP. ...
Defense lawyers spent hours grilling the lead FBI agent as prosecutors came close to finishing their case against two executiv...
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, dean of the McGeorge School of Law since 2002, announced Friday that she will step down next year ...
Congress and President Barack Obama eagerly embraced the idea of allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to keep its own...
A federal judge in Santa Ana has refused to allow Stanford Law School Dean Larry D. Kramer to represent Toyota in a high-profi...
Mega residential developer SunCal Companies won nearly $5 million in damages against a pair of entities it accused of reneging...
Already battling a flurry of lawsuits over one type of artificial hip it manufactured, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. is now under fi...
State Controller John Chiang's office announced a settlement Friday with John Hancock Life Insurance Co. that requires the com...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. tapped Mark C. Easton as its deputy general counsel. Currently a partner at O'Melveny & My...
David R. Fields keeps a 'tome-like' binder on his cases, a structured approach to hearings and a kind disposition that have wo...