At a time when few firms are able to turn business away, global behemoth DLA Piper has made choosiness an official policy. ...
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Illegal activities on rental properties can be an owner's worst nightmare, raising legal issues of liability and loss, and dep...
The $6.8 billion acquisition of Brea-based Beckman Coulter Inc. reflects demand for medical device mergers and acquisitions, w...
Simpson Thacher led AOL Inc. while Huffington Post turned to Latham & Watkins to close the $315 million deal. ...
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to cut state Medicaid spending by $700 million hit a major roadblock Monday when the U.S. Supreme Cour...
Judge David Gunn prefers formal to friendly in running his family law court but says it helps with making tough calls.
A roundup of recent merger and acquisitions and financing deals.
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP announced Friday a major coup for its Los Angeles office - the addition of bankruptcy specialist Bruce...
General counsel and corporate secretary for Kyocera International Inc. San Diego ...
Perspective
Navigating the Thicket of California Law on Class Action Waivers
By Karen Natividadn
Are class action waivers soon to become extinct in California? By William K. Pao and Kelly M. Morrison of Jenner & Block. ...
Michele Hanisee writes in response to "Getting A Good Grasp on Gang Cases," by Greg Dohi and Darrell Mavis. ...
All of the partners in Howrey LLP's Northern California offices will not be accepting Winston & Strawn LLP's offers to joi...
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is criticizing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to transfer thousands of state pr...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday announced Michael H. Krimminger as its new general counsel. ...
Ever-increasing attention to electronic medical records has boosted interest by insurers in offering liability coverage to hea...
The structures of capital and ownership in many large firms are fatally flawed. By Edwin B. Reeser. ...
Lawyers are preparing to file lawsuits connected to a cluster of birth defects in Kettleman City that they blame on a hazardou...
The state Supreme Court has delayed resolution of an important tobacco litigation question, and the reason might be traced to...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
MGA Accuses Mattel of Litigating It to Death
By Jason W. Armstrong
A new federal lawsuit MGA Entertainment Inc. filed late Thursday seeks $3 billion from Mattel Inc. for allegedly flouting anti...
In an unusual case, an Altadena couple is suing Wells Fargo, accusing the bank and others of failing to properly disclose the ...
Hoping to crack the lucrative U.S. video game market, game development firms in China are taking a novel new approach - export...
A consumer group that works closely with the plaintiffs' bar has objected to a lawsuit's $545 million settlement agreement, al...
January saw a modest increase in legal sector jobs, but analysts say stagnant demand and economic hardship will have a lasting...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders will jump to Bingham McCutchen LLP in Santa Monica next month.
Lee Smalley Edmon, the new presiding judge of the Los Angeles County courts, has an affable demeanor. But lawyers who have dea...
Howrey LLP, reeling from a rash of partner defections, now faces claims it has a conflict representing two classes of plaintif...
Retired judge Mac Amos splits time between Hawaii and the mainland, making time for triathlons and working on cases. ...
The John M. Langston Bar Association celebrated the installation of its new president, Gilda Clift Breland of McBirney & C...