Practitioner James Moneer explains why use of expert declarations in SLAPP fee motions can boost your chances of securing the ...
Michale Callahan, a former Illinois State police officer, writes about the unsolved murders of Dyke and Karen Rhoads, and why ...
The California Newspaper Publishers Association and the American Civil Liberties Union may be joining efforts by a state lawma...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court Facilitates Removal of Class Actions to Federal Court
By Lawrence Hurleyn
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. justices made it easier for companies to remove lawsuits to federal court, which are often p...
HERNDON, Va. - NAIOP launched The Center for Education to help commercial real estate professionals stay current on industry f...
BrightSource Energy, Inc. landed a $1.37 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy Monday, the largest award so far...
In the latest evidence of the recession's pressure on the legal sector, Munger, Tolles & Olson on Monday reported 4.5 perc...
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The lone Orange County Superior Court judge being challenged for re-election in June faces a lawyer who is best known for devi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Pilot With HIV Can Sue Agency
By John Roemer
A San Francisco man who failed to disclose his HIV status when he obtained a pilot's license but acknowledged his disease to g...
Democratic lawmakers may call a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge and a California law professor to Capitol Hill to test...
Judge Eugene Hyman of the San Jose County Superior Court says lack of training for participants in the delinquency and depende...
K.J. Greene of Thomas Jefferson School of Law asks whether he is a suitable candidate for admittance into the Tea Party moveme...
Practitioner Andrew Love says limitations on federal review have done nothing to cure the delay in adjudicating death penalty ...
A new prosecutors' union won a skirmish against District Attorney Steve Cooley on Monday when a federal judge signaled that he...
A prosecutor and defense attorney each painted an entirely different picture of former Brocade chief executive Gregory L. Reye...
Practitioner Steven Andre says courts have applied a muddled approach over whether a "costs only" judgment is subject to the u...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Health Reform Takes Center Stage at Opening of Trial
By Evan George
Lawyers representing a Malibu man who was denied a costly liver transplant by his insurer told the jury in opening statements ...
After nearly four decades at the helm, Ramona Ripston has announced she will step down next year to make way for a new generat...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court Weighs L.A. Role in Child Abusers List
By Lawrence Hurleyn
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide under what circumstances a couple could sue Los Angeles County for not taking t...
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jerome Nadler likens his job to working in an emergency room: chaotic, fast-moving, an...
SAN DIEGO - Pasadena-based OneWest Bank FSB has assumed all of he deposits of La Jolla Bank FSB, which was shut down by federa...
Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University distinguishes the winners from the losers in the fight to secure a petition for writ.
Earn one hour of MCLE credit by reading "Nuts and Bolts of Determinate Sentencing" and answering the questions that follow. ...
The selection of Deputy District Attorney David Walgren to prosecute Michael Jackson's doctor signals that the Los Angeles Cou...
General Counsel and Secretary of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.La Jolla ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Abducted Child Is Ordered Returned
By John Roemer
A Montana college professor must immediately return his young daughter to her Panamanian mother, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Contra Costa County Superior Court officials sent layoff notices to 16 employees last week as the court struggles to deal with...