State Bar & Bar Associations
Task Force Revamps State Bar Governance
By Don Debenedictisn
Under orders from the Legislature, the State Bar has begun to explore how lawyers govern themselves and even whether they shou...
Former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz was sentenced Wednesday to serve eight months' home detention and five years of probation, and...
Labor/Employment
Complaints About English-Only Workplace Policies Are on the Rise
By Cat Ho
A discrimination lawsuit brewing against a California hospital is highlighting a growing problem for employers and employees: ...
Natalie Prescott, a litigation associate in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins was, received the Outstanding Young L...
More than 650 people gathered at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s annual Foundat...
On November 6, Procopio partner Patrick W. Martin received the V. Judson Kelin Award from the Taxation Section of the Californ...
Loyola Law School hosted its annual Alumni Grand Reunion Nov. 4 at the Montage Beverly Hills Hotel. More than 500 Loyola grad...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips received the Community Hero Award from New Directions, a non-profit serving formerly homeless ve...
A direct jobs program is imperative to our crumbling economy. By Jeanne Mirer of the International Association of Democratic L...
Two prominent members of the Los Angeles criminal bar make debut Supreme Court appearances in case. ...
The disappearing middle class is a crisis we cannot afford to ignore. By Los Angeles attorney Jeffrey A. Lowe. ...
A federal grand jury on Tuesday charged three people with conspiring to fix the prices of color display tubes, which are a typ...
Hilton Worldwide Inc. has agreed to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice claiming that the hotel chain violate...
Former County Assessor Bill Postmus, once a rising star in local Republican politics, will be tried on a string of felony char...
Perspective
Your April 15, 2011 Tax Return: It's Not Too Late to Plan
By Sharon Liangn
There are still many ways to reduce your tax burden before Tax Day arrives. By Bruce Givner and Owen Kaye of Givner & Kaye...
Former Sun Microsystems Inc. General Counsel Michael Dillon found a new home at smart grid technology maker Silver Spring Netw...
China's threat to the U.S. economy has been greatly exaggerated. By James Wong of the Chinney Alliance Group. ...
Law Practice
Sheppard Mullin Beefs Up Labor Practice With Group From Littler
By Erica E. Phillips
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has expanded its labor and employment practice by bringing on five attorneys from Little...
A tentative agreement between the country's largest actors' unions and the major studios leaves unanswered pressing questions ...
Employers should be cautious about enforcing English-only policies in the workplace. ...
The Charles Schwab Corp.'s decision Monday to withdraw from two settlements totaling $235 million can be traced to a six-page ...
In a case that could remake the playing field for consumer and employment disputes, a divided U.S. Supreme Court considered Tu...
With mega mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. rising from the ashes Tuesday, legal observers said the structure of the p...
New and increased marijuana taxes raise potential legal issues for California cities trying to raise needed income. ...
A judge has delayed first settlement in the hotly watched litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. over unintended acceleration a...
As a federal judge considers whether to sentence the former CEO of KB Home to prison time or home confinement, the U.S. Probat...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Blue Coat Systems Inc. Sunnyvale ...
Cleveland-based Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and British law firm Hammonds have officially tied the knot, voting to join forc...