Though he didn't work for the company, a private contractor recently won a nearly $4 million verdict against Union Pacific Rai...
A well-known Los Angeles immigration attorney has been barred from practicing law for one year after immigrants filed complain...
Allen Wilkinson and Reza Torkzadeh say tort reform affects the most seriously injured victims, those most in need of and deser...
Even if you have a good handle on employee characterization issues, there's always more to learn. 10 tips that you should know...
After 10 years, D. Stephen Antion returned to private practice to help Katten Muchin Rosenman grow its corporate business in L...
While bankruptcy is a stark reality for some, many troubled companies have the option to execute a general assignment for the ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Campaign Finance Law Undercut
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Citing January's blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Friday ...
While the state tries to appeal a prison population reduction order to the U.S. Supreme Court, it lost a separate but related ...
A case that could bring billions of dollars to school districts across the state is heading back to Los Angeles Superior Court...
As Friday's deadline approached for positions on the steering committee guiding the consolidated litigation stemming from Toyo...
The trustee of a bankrupt real estate development company has accused O'Melveny & Myers and one of its top partners of hel...
Find who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings at the state's law firms, legal organizations and...
Former defense attorney Mark E. Johnson disarms with his fair and folksy demeanor as a busy Riverside County Superior Court J...
With near-record demand for patent-related services, patent prosecutors may be in demand but movement between firms is limited...
An iPhone prototype found in a Silicon Valley bar is providing work for a growing number of Bay Area attorneys. ...
Los Angeles County illegally discharged pollutants into waters in and around Surfrider Beach, a federal district court judge r...
Another legal battle over whether Google's AdWords advertising program infringes trademarks has come out in the Mountain View-...
Patent holding company Parallel Networks LLC scored a victory against Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle Corp. in a federa...
Less than two years after launching his own litigation boutique focusing on arbitration and regulatory enforcement law, Brando...
San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is discussing a merger with the elite London-based "silver circle" law ...
An appellate court justice scolded attorneys at Dechert Thursday for filing a massive 8,000-page appendix to their civil appea...
Steven Pearl of The Pearl Law Firm considers what it is that allows parties to reach agreement when they do not know each othe...
Perspective
Class Certification: Wave of Stricter Standards Reaches Ninth Circuit Shores
By Sharon Liangn
Patrick Ryan and Sean Meenan of Winston & Strawn believe the 9th Circuit's ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores will lessen ...
The Supreme Court's wrong-headed decision on animal cruelty videos puts Congress between the proverbial rock and hard place, w...
Daniel Garrie and Bill Spernow conclude their article on how courts may be ill equipped to handle matters involving digital ev...
During his first two years as an ADR neutral at Judicate West, Michael Brenner said he's learned two important lessons. First,...
Steve Huntley of Huntley, Mullaney, Spargo & Sullivan explains three main solutions to stop foreclosures. ...
Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Thomas J. Griego's ballot designation as a "criminal prosecutor" was challenged by an opponen...
Civil Rights
DOJ Making Progress With Financial Rights, Top Official Says
By Jason W. Armstrong
Several major banks recently agreed to settle accusations of saddling minority borrowers with higher home loan rates than simi...