Preparing for the bar exam and its aftermath inflicts a lasting impression on all attorneys, Judge Ronald Tochterman (Ret.) sh...
The trial of KB Home's former chief executive for allegedly padding his income with backdated stock options moved into witness...
Even as 14 states teed off high-profile lawsuits seeking to overturn the historic, nearly trillion-dollar health care reform b...
Margaret "Midge" Costanza, presidential adviser, and social and political activist, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. S...
Google Inc. can sell keyword advertising with brand names in Europe, according to a Tuesday ruling by the European Court of Ju...
An SEIU local branch and a splinter union fighting for representation of California health care workers faced off in San Franc...
At a time when ethnic and specialty bar groups are legion, the brand new Orange County Jewish Bar Association is unique in Cal...
The city of Hermosa Beach has asked the California Supreme Court to intervene in its long running legal battle with a company ...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial Candidates' Coffers Swell
By Dhyana Levey And Amy Yarbrough
San Francisco's judicial race is generating big money, with one candidate's coffers already above the $100,000 mark. ...
In a win for insurance companies, an appellate panel found that insurance carriers can take steps to protect their interests i...
Mitchell Jacobs and Patty Rabiola of the Law Office of Mitchell A. Jacobs say courts are reluctant to calculate a new spouse's...
Bryan Liang of California Western School of Law identifies key components of the new healthcare bill as well as the political ...
An FBI agent has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and resign from the agency amid accusations that he abused his author...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Simpson Thacher Complaint Amended
By Sara Randazzon
Lawyers representing a now-bankrupt Silicon Valley technology company Monday filed an amended malpractice suit against Simpson...
The U.S. Supreme Court concluded Tuesday that the failure of a debtor to show he would struggle to pay what he owed did not v...
Real Estate/Development
Are Greater Liability Risks Ahead for Real Estate Investors?
By Sharon Liangn
Ivo Keller of Buchalter Nemer and Christine Griffith of SSL Law Firm ask whether it's "unfair" to assign real estate holdings ...
About 300 lawyers, judges, students and guests attended a dinner and auction for the UCI School of Law Public Interest Law Fun...
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein partner Elizabeth Cabraser will speak Thursday at a hearing before the U.S. Judicial P...
Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco Monday filed misdemeanor driving-under-the-influence charges against Riverside'...
U.S. District Judge James Ware of San Jose granted a permanent injunction late Friday against an Internet service provider for...
The groups who campaigned against California's same-sex marriage ban must show the other side non-privileged documents related...
In a bid to solidify its statewide ranking and simultaneously wrangle big deals away from competitors, Stradling Yocca Carlson...
California Attorney General Jerry Brown Jr. Monday shut down two nationwide foreclosure assistance companies accused of defrau...
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will take up the case of a San Diego man who is seeking citizenship in order t...
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis has launched an initiative to diversify beyond its traditional concentration in...
Perspective
What Rodriguez v. Superior Court Means to Medical Malpractice Arbitration Agreements
By Andrew Blaken
Practitioner Damon Rubin calls attention to the uncertainty surrounding enforceability of medical malpractice arbitration agre...
Linda Bozung and Ryan Leaderman of DLA Piper discuss a case decision requiring mitigation fees on projects to be submitted for...
Letter to the Editor
Will the Author of This Article Please Stand Up?
By Sharon Liangn
Michael H. Artan of Los Angeles comments on a recent article addressing heath care reform. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Reverses IRS Case
By John Roemer
U.S. multinationals got a tax break Monday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel abruptly about-faced on a stock option...