Presiding Judge Charles W. McCoy, Jr. says with the budget cut likely to be over $2 billion, preserving daily court operations...
Family law specialists Mitchell Jacobs and Robert Burch analyze In re Marriage of Blazer, a case of first impression on spousa...
The Cleantech Group predicts investors will pour more money into clean technology than last year, competition for a green econ...
An advisory letter written by an attorney to a client is entirely privileged and cannot be disclosed even if legal advice is r...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Leans in Favor of Shareholders in Securities Fraud Case
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Showing little sympathy for pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined Monday to rule for sha...
David Nemecek Jr. of Long & Levit says Zhang v. Superior Court may subject insurers who engage in 'fraudulent conduct' to ...
Law Practice
Ranking System by Corporate Counsel Group Rankles Firm Lawyers
By Rebecca U. Cho
Barely a month after a prominent in-house counsel group debuted a website to rate the law firms that serve them, some firm law...
The California Supreme Court for the first time endorsed a cap on punitive damages Monday, saying the amount shouldn't exceed ...
The State Bar of California plans to shut down the unaccredited East Bay Law School unless it successfully pleads its case at ...
Vice President and General Counsel of Acer Group- Irvine ...
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. named Long Beach the most business-friendly city in the county...
Jennifer Taggart of Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis addresses the new disclosure rules for online reviews and r...
It may come as a surprise to some that Great Britain, the land where common law originated, did not have a Supreme Court befor...
The lawsuit is the latest move in an ongoing dispute over a series of loans the production company used to buy the rights to t...
A California trading card company is facing allegations from its estranged Japan-based business partner that its top executive...
Deputy district attorney Angela Sonico lays out the rules governing attorney voir dire in jury trials. ...
Law Practice
Justice Breyer Reflects on Great Britain's Constitutional Evolution
By Lawrence Hurleyn
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer discusses his visit to London for the opening of the United Kingdom's Supreme Co...
Defense attorneys for Broadcom's former chief financial officer begin their case Tuesday at his criminal trial for stock optio...
Managing Partner
Frequent Flier Travels the World to Pull Firm Together
By Sara Randazzon
Pillsbury Winthrop chair James Rishwain spends his weekdays on the road, rotating between the firm's 14 offices as he guides t...
Frederic Grannis and Jeffrey Ikejiri of Sedgwick Detert present a counter argument under Elsner v. Uveges for workplace incide...
Law Practice
Judge Slams Manatt's Fee Request in NFL Case As 'Excessive' and 'Bloated'
By Jean Luc Renault
A federal judge awarded lawyers from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and McKool Smith about $6.5 million in fees and expenses as...
Superior Court Referee Terry T. Truong cherishes the help her family received after emigrating to the U.S.
Governor Names Lawyers to State Posts
Carolyn M. Caietti was fresh out of law school when a trial was dropped in her lap
Activists have long clashed with Central Valley farmers over the imperiled delta smelt. But as the crisis deepens, those tradi...
Judge David C. Brougham of Los Angeles County has a quiet, studious demeanor that makes him more than just another proseuctor...
Money will go to California utilities and companies to help extend efforts to modernize the country's aging electric transmiss...
Allan Haley of Monotype Imaging says many companies do not realize that fonts are intellectual property that require software ...
Several law firms that took on Thelen partners as the firm dissolved last year won't have to pay former employees for alleged ...
John McLachlan of Fisher & Phillips explains why a solid orientation program remains essential during this economy. ...