U.S. District Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank has won plaudits on the bench for her extraordinary preparation and attention to de...
Saying the U.S. will not become a "safe haven" for people who earn their money illegally, a federal judge sentenced former Ukr...
MGA Entertainment Inc. must comply with a court order to strip its famous Bratz dolls off store shelves in January, a federal ...
In his speech, Attorney General Eric Holder emphasizes the need to improve the quality of representation to the poor and power...
Howard Fulfrost of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost, a former Brooklyn public high school teacher, writes about why he became an ...
In another erosion of the state's budget cuts, a U.S. judge on Wednesday reversed a 10 percent, $16 million cut in Medi-Cal re...
A woman who claims a game company on Facebook used her personal information to charge for unwanted services filed a class acti...
Dan Knise and Eileen Garczynski of Ames & Gough explain why, in good or bad economic times, some law firms get paid more q...
Mark Blackman of Alpert, Barr & Grant says a recent appellate decision has finally addressed the issue of inconsistent lie...
In the midst of fending off a closely watched lawsuit involving environmental contamination in Ecuador, Chevron has sued the a...
A federal appeals court has ordered the public defender's office in Los Angeles County to make a cash payment to a gay lawyer ...
Chief U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins and U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford spoke with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena...
An epiphany on the battlefield in Iraq led William C. Gentry Jr. to move from a prosecutor's chair to the bench.
Donald E. Smallwood 1928—2009 ...
Brandon Saxon of Gordon & Rees says preparing an environmental impact statement is more than an exercise in compliance. ...
Mark Behrens and Phil Goldberg of Shook Hardy & Bacon believe that California is setting the stage for a surge of abusive ...
In a rare look at the 1978 California Solar Rights Act, a Los Angeles jury has ruled a homeowners association was right to ord...
A witness told a jury Tuesday that he lost tens of thousands of dollars on Broadcom stock in the naive belief the company's st...
A San Francisco proposal to establish a single department for asbestos case management looks likely to get the green light aft...
Dewey & LeBoeuf attorneys guided Santa Clara chipmaker Applied Materials purchase of Montana-based equipment manufacturer ...
Attorneys Rami Yanni and Jerod Partin present the latest development in the future of online advertising and search in the EU....
Attorneys Daniel Garrie and Daniel Gelb explain why e-discovery is a hidden risk when obtaining Director's and Officer's insur...
Two former HBO & Co. and McKesson Corp. executives were crucial participants in a securities fraud that caused $9 billion ...
Disgraced former Santa Clara County prosecutor Benjamin Field should regain his right to practice the law because he did not v...
Alex Lakatos and Carol Bilzi of Mayer Brown explore the challenges behind protecting U.S. financial systems from WMD prolifera...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Judge Orders Cash in Place of Benefits for Gay U.S. Lawyer's Spouse
By Riley Guerin
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge has ordered the public defender's office in Los Angeles to make a cash payment to a ...
The Pirate Bay, a Web site that illegally allowed millions of users to download movies, music and other media for free, says i...
Product Liability
Judge Orders Former Toyota Lawyer's Lawsuit to Arbitration
By Evelyn Larrubian
In a victory for Toyota Motor Corp., a U.S. judge said a former in-house counsel's claim that the automaker concealed evidence...
Joseph Brisco lost his bench seat in the tiny eastern outpost of Needles. Now he enjoys the bustle and anonymity of Rancho Cu...
The cases of two widows whose husbands died of asbestos exposure have taken radically different turns, creating a sharp split ...