Russ Detrick's hard work earned him a senior prosecutor's job before he joined the bench
Litigation
Should Equitable Indemnity Apply Against Negligent Misrepresentation Claims?
By Carla Pinedan
When faced with a claim of negligent misrepresentation, courts have not yet addressed whether equitable indemnity applies to j...
Steven Clayton Stafford, chief deputy U.S. marshal for the Southern District of California, has been nominated by President Ob...
Three weeks after a UC Davis study found that most imported extra virgin olive oils aren't as virginal as their labels claim, ...
A San Francisco Superior Court Judge dropped felony burglary charges against a teen mid-trial Wednesday after his attorney, a ...
In a new survey released Tuesday that the American Medical Association says proves the need for medical malpractice tort refor...
Reaction to U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling striking down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional prompted polarized reac...
Weekly wrap up of law firm moves and real estate related transactions.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed five new judges Tuesday to Tehama and Riverside county superior courts. ...
Democracy has never been mere theory for Stephen N. Zack, the first Cuban-American elected to head the ABA. He escaped from Cu...
In a departure from two decades as a litigator, Beth McGowen now hears juvenile delinquency cases that have exposed her to a ...
Five acquisition finance partners in New York said goodbye to Latham & Watkins Tuesday to join Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &...
Adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises has selected Sol Rosenthal, counsel in Arnold & Porter's Los Angeles offic...
Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker will issue an order Wednesday in the closely-watched federal constitutional cha...
After years of effort, sentencing reformers had cause for celebration Tuesday when President Barack Obama signed into law a bi...
Jones Day welcomed two partners in California this week: Litigator Cynthia Cwik has joined the firm's product liability and to...
Adding a dot-com designation to a generic word isn't enough to attain distinctive trademark status, a federal appellate panel ...
A Los Angeles County Superior Court cannot use his judicial salary as a basis for his Los Angeles city employees' pension for ...
The stock market has been tough on life science companies this year and San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics Inc.'s initial publ...
The possiblity of insurance coverage for awards of attorney fees should not be overlooked. By Kirk A. Pasich of Dickstein Shap...
Perspective
Dozens of Plaintiffs for Every Position: Retaining Hiring-Related Documents
By Carla Pinedan
Never underestimate the importance of keeping detailed records of the screening, interviewing and hiring process, by Brianne M...
Perspective
Why the Proposed New Rules of Professional Conduct Should Be Rejected
By Carla Pinedan
The last installment of dissent to the proposed new Rules of Professional Conduct attacks its treatment of conflicts of intere...
In a landmark decision today, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker struck down Proposition 8, California's voter-app...
A Sacramento judge ruled Tuesday that the attorney general's description of a closely watched November ballot measure to suspe...
Securities
Defunct Southern California Mortgage Lender Settles With SEC, Shareholders
By Gabe Friedmann
New Century Financial Corp., struck a $150 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as sharehol...
California is edging closer to re-instituting lethal injections, but opponents have redoubled their efforts against it. ...
A bill that seeks to dismantle California's barrier preventing lawsuits against adults who knowingly provide alcohol to minors...
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Los Angeles-based Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher opened a three-attorney office in Hong Kong in a move to capitalize on an uptick...
In the latest round in a fight over licensing, a former professional football player filed a class action in San Francisco fed...