The intent standard used in equal protection jurisprudence has failed to protect African Americans from subtler forms of discr...
Government
Underground Regulations: Fighting Against Government by Decree
By Alexander Phersonn
Legal options the public can take to challenge unlawful government decrees. By Sanford L. Michelman and Bill Gausewitz of Mich...
Labor/Employment
True Grit: The New Wild West of Employee Benefits
By Alexander Phersonn
The technological and social changes affecting today’s workforce have opened up a whole new world for employers. By David McFa...
Public-law attorney Brett L. Price is the new president of the Kern County Bar Association. ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a prosecutor's discretion to file prior convictions to increase a mandatory mini...
Environmental justice groups appear to have notched two significant wins against government agencies in just over a week's tim...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Wednesday she would like to see the governor choose a Latino from Southern California t...
Dan Saunders, a federal prosecutor who helped lead the criminal investigation of private detective Anthony J. Pellicano, is th...
Cooley lawyers took two clients public in another sign that the floodgates for initial public offerings have opened for the fi...
In a major win for a developer, an appellate court affirmed a $30 million judgment for a company that spent millions of dollar...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she's willing to consider hiring annual clerks at the state Supreme Court, potentially ...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Deborah J. Chuang, who spent most of her early career handling appeals, got her first expos...
A controversial nominee to a Northern District judgeship cannot be disciplined for remarks he made as a magistrate judge, the ...
Real Estate/Development
Real Estate Movers & Dealmakers
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win
In one of Los Angeles's largest commercial real estate transactions in recent years, JPMorgan Chase paid $300 million for a 50...
Money helps companies bring cases against competitors but some lawyers worry it erodes client privilege. ...
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, Business Development for Alien Technology Corp. Morgan Hill ...
General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources for McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Inc. Portland, OR<...
Clarence Darrow once said that the only real lawyer is a trial lawyer. How this changed one litigator's career. By Vance A. Wo...
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP grew its Los Angeles office by two on Tuesday with the hiring of Jan E. Dodd and Jennifer Ilestin...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher filed a civil racketeering suit Tuesday on behalf of Chevron Corp. against the lawyers behind a ma...
U.C. Berkeley School of Law Students will square off today in the school's annual moot court contest, a portion of which will ...
A federal judge has dismissed the last remaining lawsuit challenging the Terrorist Surveillance Program undertaken by Presiden...
Perspective
Going for the Money: Insurance Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions
By Alexander Phersonn
Why companies acquiring or merging with other companies should never ignore the subject of insurance. By Linda Klamm and Walte...
Los Angeles County's participation in the controversial 287(g) immigration enforcement program is unique in that it mostly tar...
New statistics shed more light on the Obama administration's immigration policy while raising unanswered questions. ...
Letter to the Editor
Disappointment Over Coverage of Listserv Dispute
By Karen Natividadn
Lee R. Feldman responds to the Daily Journal's coverage on the CELA listserve dispute. ...
When it comes to generic drug labeling, should federal labeling requirements trump state tort laws? By Brian Kabateck and Payv...
A 3rd District Court of Appeal ruling stops the state Legislature from dictating how ballot initiatives are presented to voter...
A massive federal plan to amplify the nation's electric grid and avoid future power brownouts and blackouts is fatally flawed ...
A proposed settlement agreement filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco Tuesday could be a boon to the tiny longfin smel...