The Senate passed a spending bill last week easing restrictions on what nonprofit legal service providers can do if they take ...
A San Diego County deputy district attorney is accused of mishandling exculpatory evidence in a rape case, according to defens...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Full Ninth Circuit May Review Federal Probe Into Steroid Use
By John Roemer
A judge's request for a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals review of an important ruling on a federal probe into baseball playe...
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...
Attorney duo Andrew W. and Danielle B. Mayoras provide tips on estate planning by dissecting high-profile celebrity disputes.
Attorney and author Michael Paul Thomas tells the cautionary tale of discovery 'gamesmanship' in Clement v. Alegre.
Integrity - or Dimitrios P. Biller's conception of it - is central to the deterioration of his once-stellar law career. It is ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A Bakersfield jury awarded truck-stop operator Flying J Inc. $632,000 for a piece of the Mojave desert once appraised at $14,8...
No Doubt claims publisher Activision Blizzard is improperly using the band members' likenesses in a video game.
The firm announced Thursday the promotions of 23 associates to partner and 13 more to counsel. They include 10 California asso...
The trucking industry temporarily beat back a Port of Los Angeles requirement to hire drivers as employees but one company is ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rebuked a federal trial judge who took it upon himself to reject the plainti...
Business lawyer Edwin Reeser tells of his encounter with a mouse and how this became invaluable advice to future clients.
Michael W. Emmick, a former assistant United States attorney in Los Angeles, has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton ...
Mark Kemple of Jones Day addresses Arias v. Superior Court (Angelo Diary) and how employers can cover their bases.
Attorneys representing Toyota asked a federal judge in Texas to transfer 17 rollover suits that plaintiffs' counsel say involv...
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Monday what is patentable subject matter in a case that has many intellectual property ex...
Joseph Beachboard of Ogletree Deakins and Allan Colman of The Closers Group advise on maximizing marketing mileage.
A common courtroom practice of having a deputy stand next to a defendant on the witness stand won the endorsement of the state...
When Verifone Inc. announced an accounting restatement in 2007, the resulting stock sell-off wiped out $1.8 billion in shareho...
Former bank lawyer Nancy Warren loves helping advocates sell a settlement.
Kathleen McKee of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost shows how being an attorney has combined her passion for education and the env...
Funai Electric Co. persuaded the U.S. International Trade Commission to block the import of digital TVs made by Vizio. But U.S...
Attorneys with a yen to run for office might think they'd make perfect political candidates. But the transition can be harder ...
Meghan B. Clark of Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton writes about the nuts and bolts of Cal-OSHA's mandatory injury illness p...
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday, precluding the state from cutting funding to California group...
The criminal options backdating trial of a former Broadcom executive took a critical turn as the government's main witness rep...
A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined Wednesday to allow civil rights claims when prosecutors procure fals...
Boston-based Ropes & Gray just doubled the size of its San Francisco office at a time when other firms are trying to sloug...