Latham & Watkins antitrust partners Karen Silverman and Al Pfeiffer scored a win for client Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. l...
A U.S. District Court judge late Thursday issued a ruling overturning the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" pol...
Food safety and organic farming interests sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday in an ongoing dispute over the plan...
A Los Angeles jury awarded $405,000 Thursday to a former Twin Towers inmate who claims three jail deputies beat him and pepper...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California released a scathing report Thursday accusing Los Angeles County Sher...
JAMS family law specialist Thomas R. Murphy is known for creating charts to help clarify the issue in complex disputes.
Craigslist Inc. and minority shareholder eBay Inc. are stuck with each other, according to a ruling Thursday by a Delaware judge.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Rejects Tattoo Parlor Ban
By John Roemer
Tattooing is purely expressive activity that is fully protected by the First Amendment and so the City of Hermosa Beach cannot...
A long-shot bid to force Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend Proposition 8 in federal court met a quick demise at the Calif...
The legal roller coaster ride continued for scientists this week as two different courts weighed in on a preliminary injunctio...
When mediating elder abuse cases, dialog is far more sensitive to human and emotional issues than traditional negotiation, by ...
Asset protection has gained prominence during tough economic times. The McCourts used one such method to protect their assets ...
As U.S. television audiences contemplate replacing their traditional cable programs with online surfing, there is much legal w...
Reports of violence and drug cartels have become a daily aspect of the U.S. and Mexico border, but this region is much more th...
Former Superior Court Commissioner Antonio Luna has been indicted for depositing tens of thousands of dollars in cash as part ...
Mainland China and Taiwan unanimously passed a landmark trade agreement that will open up new market entry opportunities for U...
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles, in conjunction with relief foundation Kids In Need of Defense (KIND...
Law Practice
Third Party Funding of Lawsuits Gains Ground But Raises Eyebrows
By Sara Randazzon
Australia's been at it for more than a decade. British lawyers have been involved for years. But when it's mentioned around th...
Attorneys who specialize in property tax assessment appeals are busier than they've been in nearly two decades. That does not ...
Associate pay levels did not take as much of a hit from the recession as many originally anticipated, a new report says.
Workers who recently sued a Fullerton-based lab equipment manufacturer have highlighted an increasingly chaotic maze for emplo...
The Bush administration's extraordinary rendition program cannot be examined in a U.S. courtroom as backdrop to a lawsuit by f...
Matthew Fawcett, the longtime general counsel at JDS Uniphase Corp., has joined Sunnyvale-based computer storage and data mana...
Jones Day counseled Sunnyvale-based software and chipmaker Zoran Corp. in its agreement to purchase Plano, TX-based Microtune ...
Water advocacy groups upset over the continued ecological decline of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta are wielding a rar...
A showdown is set for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals next month over challenges to the city of San Diego's campaign finance ...
A U.S. magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to hold onto two bombs while he decides wheth...
An appeals court ruled that a man who confessed to killing his girlfriend in 1998 during an extensive police interrogation sho...
Arguments against gay marriage show a long-standing tradition of discrimination. Is America undergoing a change in attitude? B...
Entertainment & Sports
Judge Doubles Actor's Award for Past Profits
By Jean Luc Renault
A judge on Wednesday awarded actor Don Johnson $28.5 million in pre-judgment interest, more than doubling a jury awardfrom Jul...