In separate motions filed Thursday, lawyers for O'Melveny & Myers and principals of a real estate development company requ...
High-profile lawyer Kerry Steigerwalt said he gave it his all, but can no longer sustain his baby, the Pacific Law Center, bui...
French designer Christian Audigier's fends off a third lawsuit filed accusing him of infringing on tattoo artists by emblazoni...
Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is proposing a plan to use license plate scanners to help enforce a gang-injunction...
A production company that auctioned the rights to the "Terminator" franchise after filing for bankruptcy is accusing one of it...
The legal sector lost 3,900 jobs in June, marking the industry's worst month for employment since October of last year, accord...
Tesla Motors' rejection of the much-embraced franchised dealer sales system in favor of company owned stores is a historical f...
Companies who don't consider product recall insurance essential can bet on their SpaghettiOs that it's a safeguard against sig...
Senators criticized Thurgood Marshall's performance as a justice on the Supreme Court during last week's public question and a...
U.S. Supreme Court
Concerns Over Emergent Technologies Blur Patentability of Processes
By Carla Pinedan
The majority opinion in Bilski v. Kappos seems to be on the lookout for "emergent technologies" that may change the way...
Those in favor of the Supreme Court's gun control decision are wise to keep their powder dry. This won't be the Court's last w...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Reversals See Decline
By Lawrence Hurleyn
It was a good year before the U.S. Supreme Court for the much-maligned 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit, whi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Court Revives Suit Against Planned Parenthood
By John Roemer
An anti-abortion legal group backing a whistleblower suing Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles won a round last week at the 9th ...
Even as cancer has worn out his body, Judge Thomas W. Cain has kept up a full calendar and presented an unflappable face to th...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...
It's only been a few days since Apple Inc. released its newest version of the iPhone and already the popular technology compan...
Los Angeles County Judge Leland H. Tipton has a deliberative and measured approach to jurisprudence. He says that's a trait he...
Miller & Chevalier, a law firm focused on tax, employee benefits and government affairs with about 110 lawyers in Washingt...
Stephen Ferruolo, Goodwin Procter's San Diego office chair, and San Diego-based corporate associate Steven Gill represented Ta...
The California State Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill designed to strengthen civil penalties against adults who pr...
Ten months after a jury convicted Gerald and Patricia Green on several counts of foreign corruption charges for bribing a Thai...
Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich lost his bid to become the first in City Attorney in the state with the power to em...
As 3-D technology company RealD gears up to go public and offer more than 12 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange, se...
A settlement in a class action that screenwriters filed against the Writers Guild of America West over unpaid foreign distribu...
Venture capital investment in clean technology continued its recovery from the economic downturn in the second quarter of 2010...
Multidistrict litigation has spiked in response to Toyota's unintended acceleration and the Gulf oil spill. Brian Kabateck and...
Barry McDonald of Pepperdine University School of Law explores how the Supreme Court has allowed humanitarian lawyers to couns...
Criminal
A Clearer Vision: Cross-Racial Eyewitness Identification Testimony
By Carla Pinedan
New eyewitness study shines light on significant margin of error in cross-racial recognition of faces, prompting Harvey Gee of...
William J. Howatt, a JAMS mediator in San Diego, has a passion for rules of evidence and civil procedure. Lawyers say he works...