A state appellate court ruling Tuesday protects investment advisers from being sued for rescission when a venture doesn't pan ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Budget Cuts to Medi-Cal Risk Legal Battle
By Emma Gallegosn
Although Gov. Jerry Brown has appealed to voters and lawmakers this week hoping to persuade them brazen budget cuts are virtua...
Despite the market downturn, most California lawyers at law firms are satisfied with their compensation, according to a new st...
Job discrimination claims in the private sector reached an all-time high during the last fiscal year, according to a new gover...
A jury Tuesday hit a San Diego Ford dealership with a $14.5 million judgment for performing a shoddy tire repair that caused a...
Two Charles Schwab Corp. subsidiaries have agreed to pay $119 million to settle civil charges related to the YieldPlus Fund's ...
Personal Injury & Torts
Firms Complain of Interloper in Bracelet Suits
By Don Debenedictisn
Plaintiffs' firms in Los Angeles and Chicago are complaining that a New York firm is trying to horn in on clients for potentia...
A state appellate panel tossed out a lawsuit by court reporters who claimed administrators refused to pay them the legal preva...
Pondering his career options, Kevin J. Lombardo, a rough, tough, high-school football player, thought that being a doctor wou...
The more complex the transaction, the better for Deborah Festa. ...
Caine Moss fits the mold of an up-and-coming Silicon Valley corporate attorney, with a long list of technology company clients...
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Mark H. Kim says he's both a generalist and a specialist. ...
Long before taking his place among star lawyers, Brian Henri nearly took a place among the stars of television. ...
Christopher Calfee describes the California Environmental Quality Act, one of the most notoriously complicated laws in the sta...
One might say Jeffrey B. Greenberg's legal muscle is powered by solar, wind and every other conceivable source of renewable en...
When Casey Fleck was a senior at Arizona State, he decided to enroll in a real estate law class - an unlikely choice for a fin...
Growing up with 11 aunts and uncles, a dozen cousins and a social butterfly of a sister, Jon Daryanani always knew he'd make a...
It's tough in the financial services industry to combat wage-and-hour claims by financial advisors seeking class certification...
Dan Miller came close to never trying a case. After law school, Miller joined Latham & Watkins with an eye toward making p...
Seth M. Gerber remembers the dates well. Nov. 9, 2004 was the day he filed a massive lawsuit against the Russian government se...
Natalie Bridgeman Fields is not afraid of the courtroom - through her own law practice, she is co-lead counsel representing th...
Before he became an attorney, Ellisen S. Turner enjoyed sparring in the boxing ring. His colleagues say that in his seven year...
In the first judicial opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan at any level, the U.S. Supreme Court held Tuesday that debtors in...
The war over Facebook, launched in 2004 in a Harvard dorm, reached a federal appellate court here on Tuesday and went badly fo...
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with questions about state court jurisdiction over foreign companies in personal injury lawsui...
Some 3,400 attorneys, hearing officers and administrative law judges who work for the state government could see their take-ho...
U.S. District Judge Gary Feess Suffers No Fools, on or Off the Bench
Our annual list of the top 20 under 40 attorneys in California, plus five associates to watch.
Despite becoming a partner five years ago, Aaron Moss, 38, still feels that some clients don't take him as seriously as they d...