Litigation
Parsons Prevails in Dispute Over Iraq Reconstruction Case
By Cortney Fieldingn
A jury has quashed a Dubai company's attempt to collect more than $11 million from Pasadena-based Parsons Corp. for backing ou...
Verdicts
Class Actions Are on the Rise In California, Federal Courts
By Cortney Fieldingn
Los Angeles County Superior Court class action filings have increased nearly 105 percent over the last five years. At the stat...
Aviva Bobb, best known for presiding over the McMartin preschool molestation trial, will join Alternative Resolution Centers t...
As confidential information today is largely stored electronically, companies have turned to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act....
Latin American countries are leapfrogging the United States in the fight for LGBT rights. ...
The value of a securities class action settlement took a nosedive in 2008, dropping by more than 50 percent, according to a ne...
In an effort to protect immigrants from exploitation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced legislation Thursday that wo...
Haley J. Fromholz likes to mix it up every dozen years or so. He spent the first 12 years after graduating from Duke law scho...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Here's an Idea: Why Not Mediate That Discovery Dispute?
By Sara Libbyn
Resolving discovery disputes through mediation may be a springboard to settling the case. ...
Employment (Focus & Forum)
When Laying Off Workers, Being Gentle Could Make the Difference
By Sara Libbyn
A little consideration before layoffs are made costs very little, requires no lawyer and can make all the difference. ...
California Courts of Appeal
Sheppard Mullin Conflict of Interest Lawsuit to Continue
By Laura Ernden
A state appellate court Thursday rejected Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton's attempt to get out of a conflict of interest...
Real Estate/Development
Oakland Sues Banks and Agents Over Evictions
By Amy Yarbroughn
The city of Oakland has filed five lawsuits - and threatened more - against major banks and local real estate companies and a...
A slew of lawsuits blaming a diabetes medication for patients' heart failures, strokes and deaths are pouring into California ...
Judge James R. Lambden's methodical mountaineering and unflappable style on the trail translates into careful deliberation whe...
Law clinic for Pro Se litigants in downtown L.A. federal court aims to make life easier for plaintiffs and lighten load on jud...
Litigation
Entertainment Litigator Helped Discover the Lost City of Ubar
By Sara Randazzon
George R. Hedges, entertainment litigator, archeologist, musician and all-around Renaissance man, who, in addition to his thri...
Columnist Martin Berg find the Land of the Living Dead -- a.k.a. Fresno, where borrowers live in the shadow of predatory lendi...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
During Trying Times, Companies Might Bring More Lawyers In House
By Sara Libbyn
Hiring in-house counsel during tough economic times can provide benefits beyond just the financial aspects. ...
The owners of a North Hollywood extreme pornography company pleaded guilty Wednesday to producing and distributing obscene mat...
Government
L.A. County's Top Lawyer to Retire After Wave of Controversies
By Evan George
Raymond G. Fortner Jr. leaves a legacy of near record-high litigation costs and top-dollar settlements, though he has contende...
A recent international arbitration case highlights a trend - the EU is desperate to be one unified force, yet insistent that ...
Perspective
SEC's Scrutiny of Environmental Disclosures Will Only Increase
By Sara Libbyn
Viewed as a whole, the SEC's enforcement actions provide important insights into how to craft environmental disclosures. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Liberal Wing of 9th Circuit Lashes Out at Snarky Conservative Dissents
By John Roemer
The dissents in question are conservative protests against getting outvoted when the full court declines to reconsider a liber...
Recently released Justice Department memos prove that Bush's lawyers envisioned America as a police state. ...
MoFo's James Brosnahan joins an all-star cast of lawyers on former Broadcom CEO Henry T. Nicholas's defense team. ...
San Diego's federal courthouse project can start in earnest with $110 million in additional funding provided for it in the spe...
California Chief Justice Ronald M. George delivered his annual state of the judiciary speech to the Legislature late Tuesday w...
Consultants say firms across the nation are asking equity and non-equity partners alike to leave their partnerships at a pace ...
A San Francisco civil attorney is among four men charged in an alleged plot to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars and sell...
The renewable energy industry is about to be boosted by another kind of green - stimulus bill funds.