Awards shows like the Golden Globes tend to broadcast the entertainment industry through rose-colored lenses. But a lawsuit fi...
President Barack Obama has nominated Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John A. Kronstadt to the federal judiciary. If confirmed...
The No. 2 theater chain in the country, AMC Entertainment Inc., settled a decade-long legal dispute by agreeing to provide mor...
Perspective
The Power of a Positive Relationship With Opposing Counsel
By Seena Nikravann
Working towards a positive relationship with opposing counsel will only benefits attorneys and clients. By Paul Fisher of the ...
Employees who are not paid on their last day have as long as three years to sue their former bosses for penalties, according t...
Litigation
$235 Million Schwab Investor Settlement Faces Additional Scrutiny
By Rebecca Beyer
A federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a last-minute save of a $235 million settlement between the Charles Schwab Corp...
The San Francisco City Attorney and a leading local firm have filed parallel lawsuits against a former lawyer accused of preyi...
Perspective
Will the Supreme Court Heed Calls to Lower the Standard of Proof for Patent Validity Challenges?
By Alexander Phersonn
A case on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court could bolster defenses against patent infringement claims. By Ilana S. Rubel of Fen...
Under current rules, Major League Baseball is guilty of "reverse" national origin discrimination. By Daniel Hauptman of Loyola...
Government
A Call for Attorney Involvement To Ensure Fair Districts
By Alexander Phersonn
Lawyers can help the state commission navigate the complexity of redistricting. By Deanna Kitamura and Eugene Lee of the Asian...
The city of Vallejo posted a five-year business plan on its website Tuesday for public perusal, laying out how the city expect...
Food service has always played a large role in the world of franchised businesses. Now, the food truck fad presents new opport...
Child-care advocates who sued to halt the immediate cancellation of a child care program for low-income parents announced a se...
The Department of Justice will now have a tribal justice office. ...
Prosecutors in seven Northern California counties say Overstock.com makes misleading claims about prices. ...
Historic preservationists and indigenous groups sued the U.S. military Wednesday over its plans to build several firing ranges...
As Walt Disney Co.'s second largest franchise, "Winnie the Pooh" continues to be quite the honey pot for the company. The same...
Several food retailers, including Vons and Trader Joe's, have agreed to settle a public health lawsuit in a deal that would re...
Lawyers for a student Christian group claiming discrimination by UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco struck out We...
Asian lawyers convention in Los Angeles will focus on the growing amount of work for U.S. lawyers in Asia. ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Allen Matkins Sues Client For $2 Million
By Sara Randazzon
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis is suing a former client, Burlingame Capital Partners, to reclaim nearly $2 mil...
On the eve of a hearing in which a federal judge was to consider whether to allow Charles Schwab Corp. to back out of a $235 m...
Judge Samuel McAdam gave up his successful labor defense practice for public service, which he performs with empathy even in t...
Gordon & Rees signed a lease to remain in the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles for another 10 years.
Environmental
Environmental Groups Finding New Ways to Sue for Violations
By Fiona Smith
Environmentalists are still smarting from the passage of a proposition several years ago that stymied their ability to sue com...
Judge Charles Sheldon sometimes has to take a time-out when he gets frustrated. But lawyers say he is efficient, even if they ...
San Diego lawyers know how to clean up more than just a legal mess. To prove it, they took to the beaches, scouring them for t...
Over 300 members of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) ditched the suits, ties, and stilettos for leis and Hawaiian shir...
They say nobody's perfect, but Fish & Richardson recently proved otherwise when the Human Rights Campaign gave them a perf...
Rutan & Tucker has a new lucky number: nine. That’s how many partners from the firm will appear in the 2011 edition of Be...