Government
U.S. Attorney May Settle Race and Gender Bias Claim Against L.A. Office
By Gabe Friedmann
The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office appears close to settling a discrimination lawsuit brought by an openly gay, African-Am...
More than a century ago, the judiciary closed the door on repealing the 14th Amendment's citizenship rights. Now, debate has r...
U.S. Supreme Court
Two 9th Circuit Judges Contribute Clerks to High Court
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Once again, 9th Circuit judges Alex Kozinski and Stephen R. Reinhardt have helped secure coveted Supreme Court clerkships for ...
The Law Offices of Glenn H. Wechsler leased 3,026 square feet of office space for five years at 1646 N. California Blvd. in Wa...
A recent federal court decision awarding a game maker $85 million in copyright infringement damages puts the operators of pira...
Community News
In Fitness and In Health: Attorney Cycles Back to Cycling
By Riley Guerin
By Lisa Kestenbaum Daily Journal Staff Writer Three months ago, securities attorney Howard Caro took a close look at his d...
Nearly one year after the Station Fire devastated the foothills of northeastern Los Angeles, more than 1,000 people insured by...
Companies facing losses due to the Russian grain export ban may seek to recoup lost profits under "contingent business interru...
Perspective
Guilty Verdict, But Is the Patent Damages Award Too High?
By Carla Pinedan
Reversal of the damages award in a patent infringement case due to inconsistency between the amount and the evidence serves as...
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed court documents Monday laying out its case that former Countrywide executives dup...
A divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as unconstitutional Tuesday a 2006 law making it a crime ...
As the popularity of hybrid and electric vehicles rises in Silicon Valley, electric vehicle charging stations are becoming the...
Five more labor and employment lawyers joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton from Seyfarth Shaw in Los Angeles, follo...
Ever since leaving Cooley last year and landing at Dewey & LeBoeuf, the mergers and acquisitions team led by Rick Climan a...
Southern California grocery chains broke antitrust law when they conspired to share profits in order to bring a quick end to a...
Corporate
Bratz Dolls Litigation Now Includes Allegations of Spying
By Jason W. Armstrong
Exposing what it called "stunning" new evidence, MGA Entertainment, Inc. late Monday accused rival toymaker Mattel, Inc. of sp...
You just nailed the bar exam and are ready to hang out your shingle. But how do you find the right clients? Learn about creati...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Judge ...
Charles Black, of counsel at Luce Forward in San Diego, is managing a proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center to...
The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Justice Department agreed Monday to hold off on high profile discharge proceedings against a decor...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced Monday it has filed a new challenge to the Obama administration's efforts to regulate g...
An Apple Inc. employee pleaded not guilty Monday to four felony counts for disclosing confidential company information and acc...
Perspective
Veterans in the Justice System: Treatment of Violent Offenders
By Carla Pinedan
Violent offenders make up one quarter of veterans entering the justice system, yet the course of treatment remains unclear, by...
Home Depot, which has tried for years to win approval to build a new big-box store on land that it owns in an unincorporated a...
An Orange County lawyer involved in the so-called "birther" movement failed Monday in her attempt to persuade the U.S. Supreme...
At what point do independent contractors become company employees who can sue their employers for sex discrimination? By Franc...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrating Probate Matters, Not as Unconventional as It Sounds
By Carla Pinedan
Arbitration for probate litigation can offer tailored service, a heightened level of confidentiality and prompt settlement, by...
A federal appeals court ordered prominent southern California defense lawyer Jeffrey Benice to turn over $238,000 in attorney ...
If you're disappointed with the amount of money a relative left you, but the will states you will forfeit your inheritance if ...
Members of the legal community have the power to change the misconception that underage drinking is a harmless rite of passage...