Whatever may come to mind when looking back on 2009, law business observers agree the year will prove to be a pivotal point in...
A rising stock market and growing optimism about future economic prospects fueled a modest revival of mergers and acquisitions...
Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal James D. Ward writes about the legal profession from a poetic point of view. ...
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...
First of Five Parts. Attorneys Kevin B. McDermott, left, and Joseph M. Preis, say taking military cases pro bono is a way of r...
A federal judge blasted Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley's lawyers in an order Wednesday, concluding they "wa...
Justice Barton C. Gaut of the 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside announced Wednesday that he'll retire at the end of Fe...
San Francisco law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has agreed to pay now-defunct Heller Erhman $1.5 million for work al...
Federal prosecutor Laura Duffy is rumored to be the front runner for U.S. attorney for the Southern District. ...
Attorney Andrew D. Skale is self-taught, amateur magician and member in good standing at the prestigious Magic Castle in Los A...
A Bay Area real estate attorney has created an opportunity for an audience to vote on the guilt of a murder suspect. And the v...
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Taking someone's DNA upon arrest for a felony is no more invasive than taking fingerprints, a U.S. judge ruled Tuesday, denyin...
Two real estate attorneys can't be sued for filing court papers that scuttled the purchase of downtown Los Angeles' historic O...
The showdown escalated this week between Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and the Obama administration over health care benefits for ...
Daniel M. Hanlon was a lousy liar, which made him bad at dice games but great at being a judge. Now he's bringing his even-han...
Big verdicts grab the headlines, but the biggest battles often begin after the trial's conclusion. So-called "post-trial rescu...
Katie Pratt of Loyola Law School says more holiday gift-givers should instead honor their family, friends, and business contac...
John Browning of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons shows how courts deal with their fair share of Christmas Scrooges during t...
Law Practice
Birotte Nominated As Next US Attorney for Central District
By Riley Guerin
Los Angeles Police Department Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr. has been nominated by President Obama to be U.S. attorney fo...
Elinor Roberts of Swords to Plowshares addresses the legal barriers veterans must endure to obtain benefits and says it's time...
With more stock option backdating trials slated for 2010, the dismissal of the Broadcom case is likely to gain traction in the...
Attorney Edward Chang writes about his experience serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...
Adam Siegler of the Siegler Law Group says efforts to provide veterans with legal assistance must be brought together under on...
Litigation
Trial Lawyer Says Internal Toyota Records Are Worthless
By Christian Berthelsenn
A plaintiff lawyer has concluded that internal Toyota Motor Corp. documents provided to him by a disgruntled former company co...
Supermarket mogul George Torres, whose racketeering case disintegrated amid discovery violations, quietly pleaded guilty Monda...
Two weeks after the murder of attorney Jeffrey Tidus in his driveway in the city of Rolling Hills Estates, sheriff's investiga...
California's toxics warning law Proposition 65 does not apply to meat that may contain harmful substances, as it is preempted ...
The California Department of Motor Vehicles must pay a national medical marijuana advocacy organization $69,400 in attorneys' ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Gay Couple to Receive Benefits
By John Roemer
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that time has run out for a federal agency to appeal ...