Ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is expected to testify at the trial that begins today to defend charges he retaliated aga...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that makes California the first state in the nation to establish a right...
Lawrence H. Midler General Counsel, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.Los Angeles ...
Jose Allen, Kenneth Berlin, Don Frost and Stacy Kray of Skadden write on the 2nd Circuit's decision to allow nuisance claims i...
Jeffrey Lowe, former chair of the LA County Bar Association, believes that the prosecution of Roman Polanski is a perverse for...
The wife of a slain man lost a bid to make motions in an Amador County murder case, despite a ballot measure that gave victims...
In eight months, Douglas Winthrop has brought a clear strategy and strong management style to Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Fa...
Virginia-based SPH America accused the law firm of misappropriation of trade secrets by disclosing the company's ownership of ...
Public defenders Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo provide pre-trial tips on what to do with a witness who plans on invoking the...
James Martin and Wendy Albers of Reed Smith apply Rosemere Neighborhood Association v. EPA to the mootness exception of volunt...
Patrick Jewik of Townsend and Townsend and Crew lays out the new 'count' system that will measure patent examiner productivity...
Letter to the Editor
Court Majority Rejected Justice O'Connor's 'Takings' Analysis in Eastern Enterprises
By Sharon Liangn
Glenn Sugameli of Judging the Environment Defenders of Wildlife says courts have rejected Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel's take ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Lawyers Accused Of Wrongdoing Will Plead Case
By Laura Ernden
Two lawyers involved in a fraudulent appeal will get a chance to plead for mercy before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Chief Justice Ronald M. George this weekend blasted California's money-driven ballot measure system, blaming it for creating a...
The Defunct San Francisco firm expects to be able to pay its bank lenders and certain employee claims in full as it liquidates...
San Diego Judge Polly Shamoon says her life as a Chaldean, an immigrant, a victim of violent crime and a prosecutor inform her...
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...
With U.S. attorney Joseph P. Russoniello still in place five months after the official search for his replacement began, North...
Barry G. Silverman, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge ...
Nathaniel Bruno of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton explains how pro bono service is the dessert of the legal profession....
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...