Its been 100 years since defining "unreasonably restrictive" became the central question in antitrust jurisprudence. By Robert...
With specific language on the table for the first time, redevelopment advocates are poring over the 27-page draft bill as they...
Corporate
Certification of Unfair Competition and False Advertising Claims: Stepping Up in Class?
By Alexander Phersonn
Why the Tobacco II case may not have a profound impact on class certification, as was previously feared by many. By Matthew Ma...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it would modify though June 30 pumping limits it placed on state and federal water age...
The Securities and Exchange Commission will impose a new definition of the term "accredited investor" that will lower the numb...
Public access to judicial records is broad, but it is not unlimited. By Theresa Jauregui of the Los Angeles County Superior Co...
Plaintiffs' lawyers leading the fight against Toyota over vehicle defects they allege caused unintended acceleration apparentl...
More investors than ever are turning to the potential for huge returns from consumer litigation and mass torts. By Brian S. Ka...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has recommended that President Barack Obama nominate Alameda County Superior Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez...
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed six attorneys in another round of nominations.
Perspective
Volunteer Attorney Program Can Alleviate Bankruptcy Court’s Massive Workload
By Karen Natividadn
In this recessionary economy, volunteer attorney programs may be the key to under-staffed and overburdened courts. By Penelope...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dole Lawyers Cleared of Wrongdoing
By Ciaran Mcevoyn
The California State Bar has decided not to file ethics charges against three attorneys for Dole Food Co. who were accused of ...
Congress has until Friday to reach some form of agreement on spending or trigger a government shutdown could disrupt the admin...
Imperial County on Friday renewed its effort to get involved in defending Proposition 8 before the 9th Circuit.
President Obama's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court is already impacting two Northern District c...
Construction
Public-Private Partnership Gets Judge's Green Light
By Jason W. Armstrong
The bitter legal war over the Presidio Parkway Project could be just a taste of the fights public-private partnerships could f...
Neutral Steven Kuhn used his skills as a magician to help him become a successful trial lawyer. Now he uses his experience han...
Approximately 80 judges from all over California assembled at the F.A.M.E. Conference and Expo Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 1...
In the spirit of its continued commitment to The San Diego Museum of Man, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP is sponsor...
Former Santa Clara County Counsel Ann Ravel will head the watchdog agency, and a Munger, Tolles & Olson partner will sit o...
Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers in Los Angeles filed civil fraud charges against a broker-dealer in Malibu, his par...
A coalition of more than 100 law professors, including 11 from California-based schools, urged Congress in a letter Wednesday ...
Lawyers may need to rethink the concept of witness credibility. By Steven G. Mehta. ...
Chapman University School of Law announces today that Tom Campbell, a former five-term member of Congress and UC Berkeley busi...
New San Francisco district attorney has eliminated the office's second-in-command position in a reshuffling. ...
Arbitration agreements requiring employees to waive their right to bring wage claims before the state labor board are unenforc...
A judge has recommended that all of the lawsuits stemming from last year's catastrophic pipeline explosion in San Bruno be hea...
The outcome of a years-long class action that accuses Wells Fargo bank of racially discriminatory mortgage lending is now in t...
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lost six of its 31 partners in Los Angeles Thursday to Indiana-based Barnes & Thorn...