Community News
Hollywood Raises $1.5 Million for Alliance for Children’s Rights
By Riley Guerin
The entertainment and legal industries converged on the Beverly Hilton Hotel last week to honor Ziffren Brittenham LLP partner...
Community News
Asian Pacific American Bar Association Marks 13th Anniversary
By Riley Guerin
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County, along with 300 of its closest friends, celebrated its 13th a...
The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area presented its inaugural Judicial Achievement Award to retired Justi...
Members of the Bay Area’s legal, business and nonprofit communities convened at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco Tuesday nigh...
A federal judge denied a motion to stay a Northern District case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act. ...
Rimon Law Group is a "cloud-based hybrid," operating as a blend of virtual and traditional firms. In the past three years, it'...
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Letter to the Editor
Divisive Comment Undermines Public Confidence in Judiciary
By Karen Natividadn
Kevin K. Green writes in response to "Who Really Runs the Judicial Branch." ...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward M. Chen cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday for the fourth time, but he'll need he...
A prominent federal appellate judge raised concerns here last week about former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor...
Law Practice
The Pros of Pro Bono: Why Legal Professionals Can and Should Give Back
By Alexander Phersonn
Escape the daily drill of law firm work by adding variety and inspiration through pro bono opportunities. By Jessica Klarer Pr...
Perspective
St. Thomas More: A Good or Bad Role Model for Lawyers and Judges?
By Genevieve Knollen
The truth behind the real St. Thomas More, a British lawyer who served the king. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm. ...
A judge has awarded more than $100,000 in attorney fees to a deputy DA who sued the prosecutors union for illegally canceling ...
A Los Angeles jury awarded more than $19 million in damages to a man who accused his insurer of unfairly ignoring his doctor's...
Four law school friends reunite to deal with scandal, as one of them is being considered for the U.S. Supreme Court. By Meg Wa...
Discount health plans that have been sued over allegations they're consumer rip-offs, could see more sunshine in coming months...
A decision by a Los Angeles federal judge in a foreclosure case appears to be the first to take to task a lender seeking attor...
Top pitfalls hotel owners make when seeking an operator or brand for their hotel. By Jim Butler and Robert E. Braun of Jeffer ...
Dirt will start turning today on a new, 11-story San Bernardino Justice Center that court officials say will significantly eas...
Real Estate/Development
Revised Budget Seeks to Block Redevelopment Transfers
By Anna Scott
Gov. Jerry Brown continued his power struggle with redevelopment agencies this week, as he introduced last-minute revisions to...
A judge on Wednesday denied video game publisher Electronic Arts' attempts to eject itself from a legal dispute with rival Act...
A 9th Circuit panel ruled on Wednesday that an Arizona prisoner's April 5 execution for the 1987 torture murders of two men wi...
Dell Inc. can proceed with its antitrust claims against the manufacturers of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display panel...
Brian C. Leck, managing partner and co-founder of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, has stepped down. The pa...
Two months into the job, Paul Zellerbach checked several big goals off his list, including overhauling the office's administr...
A 9th Circuit staff attorney's efforts to win health insurance for her wife fell short Wednesday when a federal judge dismisse...
While passage of the budget stalled Wednesday afternoon, legislators appeared poised to approve a $200 million cut to the judi...
Deere & Co. has been hit with a potential class action on behalf of a woman who alleges the company didn't hire her for a ...
Corporate
The Franchising Solution to the Employee-Independent Contractor Problem
By Karen Natividadn
Francising may be the key that unlocks a company's ability to classify some employees as independent contractors. By David Gur...
How one sneaky attorney got his prized possession: an iPad 2. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher & Larson. ...