The Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its 12th annual charity golf tournament Monday ...
A state appellate court won't force Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's same-sex marriage ban. ...
An attorney for retired NFL players suing Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Dallas-based McKool Smith for legal malpractice ha...
Reid & Hellyer, one of the largest law firms in the Inland Empire, has opened an Orange County office. Partners Jim Mannin...
It is a necessity for ADR Services neutral Keith Parker's work sorting out complex insurance disputes. ...
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Orange County Superior Court judges elected Thomas J. Borris to be their new presiding judge next year, and David A. Thompson ...
A nationwide janitorial services contractor agreed to pay a $5.8 million to settle dramatic allegations of chronic sex harassm...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Immigrant Suits Over Assault OK'd
By John Roemer
Two female Chinese immigrants who were asked for bribes and sexually assaulted by a federal asylum officer can sue for inflict...
An outspoken critic of Scientology who alleges that one of its members assaulted him during a 2008 protest is suing the church...
By family law and appellate law attorney Robin Yeamans. ...
Prosecutors are refusing to seek charges against three deputies accused of pepper spaying a Twin Towers inmate's anus and geni...
Expert opinions have become an increasingly common weapon in the battle over class certification, especially in federal courts...
Perspective
Learning to Interact with Pro Bono Clients: How Close Is Too Close
By Carla Pinedan
Fear not a personal connection with your clients. Empathy will drive you to go the extra mile for a client in need, by Mathew ...
A state appellate court castigated the Irvine Unified School District for rejecting a contractor's lowest bids on a pair of sc...
Expect age discrimination complaints to rise as economic woes force baby boomers to delay retirement, by Shelline Bennett of L...
Controversial new greenhouse gas reduction targets were approved by a Southern California regional planning board Thursday.
When it comes to cameras in the courts, not all trials are created equal. That's the message Northern District Chief Judge Vau...
Litigation
Mattel Says Rival Is Hiding Assets to Avoid Judgment
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win
Further fueling the drama over one of the world's most famous doll brands, Mattel sued Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in...
Hewlett-Packard Co. will buy 3Par Inc. for roughly $2.3 billion after Dell Inc. dropped out Thursday of an intense bidding war.
Constitutional Law
Will the State's Refusal to Defend Prop. 8 Result in Wasted Efforts?
By Carla Pinedan
If the state does not discharge its duty to defend Proposition 8, heartfelt interests will be lost in the shuffle of legal and...
As state legislators frantically wrapped up their session late into the night Tuesday, they managed to pass a few key bills th...
Irvine-based Allergan Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement on Sept. 1 in which the company will pay ...
Letter to the Editor
Lowering Degree of Certainty in Burden of Proof Not Necessarily in Children's Best Interest
By Carla Pinedan
By William Wesley Patton of Whittier Law School. ...
After months of mudslinging, things quieted down for a little while after Judge Paul Zellerbach unseated Riverside County Dist...
Will the governor sign a bill that increases penalties paid by minimum wage violators or will he veto on grounds that enough i...
The USDA announced it would allow farmers to continue planting genetically modified sugar beet seeds just weeks after a judge ...
Although abuse and mistreatment in our criminal justice system are not the norm, these incidents occur more than people wish t...
Plaintiffs challenging the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines under U.S. antitrust laws took the...
California's real estate and mortgage lending industries dodged a few bullets and suffered a few minor dings in the waning day...