Under fire for allegedly aiding shady online drug sales, Google Inc. has pledged to tighten its rules for verifying that pharm...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Government
San Bernardino Officials Charged With Taking Developer's Bribes
By Jason W. Armstrong
A $102 million settlement between San Bernardino County and a high profile developer could be on the verge of collapse as a re...
Associates at San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe received a memo Wednesday announcing 2009 bonus ranges as...
In a rare insurance win for victims of floods, attorneys from Irell & Manella landed a $24.3 million settlement from insur...
Memory chip manufacturer Micron Inc. has bought a Geneva-based joint venture co-owned by Intel Corp. in an all-stock transacti...
Michael Fox of Sedgewick Detert takes a bite out of Dr. Siegal's lawsuit against Kim Kardashian for alleged defamatory cookie ...
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With Valentine's Day approaching, Carl Shusterman, a former INS prosecutor, quizzes married couples on how well they know each...
Federal prosecutors have yet again asked U.S. District Judge George H. Wu to issue a sentencing ruling that was expected last ...
Keith Paul Bishop of Allen Matkins says the SEC's new reporting requirement is baseless and will increase shareholder cost. ...
New U.S. Attorney Named For Los Angeles ...
NEWPORT BEACH - JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Steadfast Investment Properties Inc. are among the large companies that have sign...
David Howard of Hoge, Fenton Jones & appel provides five common counter intuitive tax planning mistakes to avoid when a pr...
Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago writes about the American politics of sexual orientation in her new book "From Di...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Judges Spar Over Moral Turpitude, Laying Bare an Ideological Split
By Laura Ernden
It's not often that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals discusses nude dancing, but the topic became a major sticking point ...
A judge approved a contentious sale of the rights to the "Terminator" franchise to a hedge fund Wednesday, ending a multi-mill...
Water pumping out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is expected to be cut beginning today to protect the delta smelt f...
As more companies market their businesses to take advantage of growing consumer demand for earth-friendly products, legal batt...
The Lecturer
Although attorneys for the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians were able to convince a Sacramento Superior Court judge recently th...
The city of San Diego's curfew, prohibiting minors from being out and about between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. - with a f...
The Obama administration tapped California attorney Matthew Bogoshian as the Environmental Protection Agency's new deputy assi...
Entertainment & Sports
Hedge Fund Wins Rights to Storied 'Terminator' Franchise
By Jean Luc Renault
In a surprise outcome, a hedge fund won the rights to the "Terminator" franchise in a bankruptcy auction Monday night, beating...
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. filed five separate lawsuits in one day against defendants who allegedly sold pirated version...
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Proposals to reform the nation's overworked immigration system were among the highlights of the American Bar Association House...
The former chief financial officer of an Orange County hospital pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying illegal kickbacks for homeles...
The state's judicial watchdog agency has launched disciplinary proceedings against a Placer County Superior Court judge, accus...