Yoji Maeda and Mangyo Kinoshita of O'Melveny & Myers address the change in Japan's political scene and its impact on merge...
Heller Ehrman's bankruptcy lawyers hurriedly put the finishing touches on their proposed repayment plan Thursday, which they e...
Immigration
U.S. Wants L.A. Sheriffs to Head Local Immigration Enforcement
By Greg Katzn
A new agreement sought by federal immigration authorities would make the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department the county's ...
Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School comments on the U.S. Supreme Court Justices' attitudes toward oral argument. ...
Trademark attorney Rami Yanni and media consultant Jerod Partin talk about Google's effort to create a massive online library....
Eight individuals and a half-dozen businesses are accused of operating scams targeting small business owners. ...
NEW YORK - Appraisal reductions jumped significantly in September, when 219 loans had first-time appraisal cuts. These loans r...
Clariza C. Garcia, who still practices law, has broken into the mediation world with no judicial experience. ...
Hadar Aviram of UC Hastings College of Law examines the issues underlying the BART police's shooting of an unarmed man. ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit Thursday brought by Modesto-area Latinos who claim that the government...
Child advocates are seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the state from enacting a 10 percent cut in reimbursement...
Judges and Judiciary
Cost of Court Case Management System Grows By a Third
By Amy Yarbroughn
The Administrative Office of the Court's statewide computer system is expected to cost $1.75 billion to develop and implement,...
John D. Vandevelde dips his bicycle wheel into the Pacific before embarking on 3,160-mile ride across America to raise money f...
Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a judge to dismiss a racketeering suit filed by a former in-house counsel accusing the automaker ...
An appeals court has ruled the U.S. government breached its water supply contract with two Central Valley water districts. ...
Steven E. Otto of the Law Offices of Steven Edward Otto instructs on the complexities of recording foreign documents. ...
Civil rights attorney Donald Kilmer looks beneath the surface of McDonald v. City of Chicago, recently accepted for review by ...
A watchdog legislative committee will hold a hearing on the Administrative Office of the Courts' budget, staff growth and info...
In what may be a record, Santa Clara County has paid $500,000 in attorney fees as the result of losing a public records battle...
A cross built on federal land in the Mojave Desert violates the First Amendment, according to the ACLU. ...
Keith Bishop of Allen Matkins warns that California's failure to reserve the power to repeal or amend certain corporate laws m...
The complaint filed in San Francisco alleges the collection of DNA samples from arrestees is an unlawful search. ...
Democratic lawmakers are trying to undo a recent high court that makes it harder for workers to win discrimination claims. ...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has until Sunday to sign bills aimed at resolving a fight between Southern California air regulator...
The lawsuit filed by CB Legal Search is just the latest spat over a placement deal to reach the courts this year. ...
Federal officials vowed Tuesday to review every contract and consider new agreements to overhaul the nation's immigration dete...
Walter Bean Scott of Pillsbury Winthrop in San Diego says he was inspired to act after realizing there isn't a veterans bar. ...
The California Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to balance the rights of children who have been abused or neglected with their ...
Isaac Gradman of Howard Rice says the 'Servicer Safe Harbor,' intended to encourage loan modification, violates the Takings Cl...
Frank Loo of the San Bernardino Public Defender's Office says People v. Strider upholds privacy rights for gang members in pos...