As one of the largest female-owned family law firms in Southern California, Felicia Meyers of Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers ...
It is unfortunate that so many articles disparage the experience of working at a global law firm, writes Kim Dunne of Sidley A...
Probate
Stranger in a Strange Land: Entering Trust and Estate Litigation
By Sharon Liangn
Civil litigators have many skills to serve them well in trust and estate litigation, but peculiar features of this practice ar...
Christine Ewell of the U.S. Attorney's Office reflects on her challenging career, fueld by luck and hard work, each in some me...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Storm Threatens 9th Circuit Nominee
By John Roemer
Before the Arizona immigration firestorm exploded, U.S. District Judge Mary Helen Murguia of Phoenix looked like a safe Obama ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Cross Case In Supreme Court Was Kagan's First-Ever Win
By Lawrence Hurleyn
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that a cross on federal land in the Mojave Desert could remain standing while low...
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, one of District Attorney Kamala Harris's fiercest critics, spared a few words of pr...
As a lifelong solo small firm lawyer, Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino gave up the comfort and security of a paycheck for control ...
Lawyers headed to trial regularly overestimate their chances of success, and men do so more than women, according to a new stu...
Read our annual list of the state's Top 100 Women Litigators.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan knows exactly what to expect when she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for...
Criticized over the leak of a "not qualified" rating given to Appellate Justice Charles Poochigian last summer, the State Bar ...
New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that the bank unlawfully seizes money from custom...
California Courts of Appeal
The Question of Liability for Manufacturers of Non-Defective Products
By Carla Pinedan
Jules Zeman and William Martin of Haight Brown & Bonesteel examine the trend of courts favoring manufacturers of non-defec...
With Elena Kagan nominated to join the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House now has another plum post to fill: solicitor genera...
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Inspector General Nicole Bershon explains the mission of the Office of the Inspector General for the Los Angeles Police Commis...
Redevelopment agencies across California began submitting $1.7 billion in supplemental tax payments to the state on Monday aft...
The man who accused local transit officials of taking him off his job in retaliation for his testimony at an upcoming trial is...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
A Missed Opportunity in Class Certification Law
By Sharon Liangn
Randall Edwards and Patricia Hsue of O'Melveny & Myers say Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will likely lead to furthe...
JM Eagle, the nation's largest plastic pipe manufacturer, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit in which six coun...
A Las Vegas prosecutor has filed criminal charges and an arrest warrant against Los Angeles film financier David Bergstein ove...
Hearings on whether to dismiss a $2.3 million verdict against Dole Food Co Inc. began Monday, with Dole lawyers calling plaint...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Lawsuits Fly Over Use Of Database For Health Treatment Costs
By Evan George
A lawsuit over a controversial database which many insurers have long used to calculate payments to providers who treat patien...
Superior Court Judge Timothy Volkmann brings his Wisconsin charm to his courtroom.
Daniel Nishigaya, who once worked as an aide to O.J. Simpson's criminal defense team, spent 14 years as a prosecutor before ta...
Richard Prince's "Nurse in Hollywood #4" (2004) is at the center of a lawsuit filed by CNET Network founder Halsey Minor again...
General Counsel of the Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles ...
Judges and Judiciary
Eastern District Announces New National Security Section
By Greg Kanen
U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner in Sacramento Friday announced the formation of a new unit to handle international and domestic ...