Thomas A. Saenz, counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has been selected to head the U.S. Department of Justice's...
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to intervene in a long-running religious dispute over a cross in the Mojave Desert that ...
California Courts of Appeal
Court Throws Out Malpractice Verdict Against Seyfarth Shaw
By Laura Ernden
Seyfarth Shaw managed to avoid a body blow from celebrity karate instructor Billy Blanks at least in the first match. A state ...
LAPD assistant inspector general Nicole Bershon examines the extent to which internal police investigations are accessible to ...
Pillsbury Winthrop and one of its clients, a biotech startup, have found a mutually beneficial arrangement: the startup is get...
For too long, there has been virtually no relationship between fair housing advocacy and the real property practice at the bar...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Tough Times Mean More Opportunities for Pro Bono Work
By Sara Libbyn
With the recent economic downturn, many law firms find themselves with more lawyers available to work on pro bono matters, wri...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit Zaps Video Game Law
By Laura Ernden
A California law intended to keep violent video games out of the hands of minors is unconstitutional, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou...
A Los Angeles immigration judge has tossed a Mexican immigrant's deportation case, ruling federal agents illegally obtained ke...
In June 2006, two Irell & Manella partners questioned Broadcom Corp.’s chief financial officer for half an hour in his off...
Litigation
MGA Tried to Collect Fees On Bratz Dolls
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win
MGA Entertainment Inc.’s rights to the Bratz dolls may be in limbo, but that didn’t keep the Van Nuys-based company from tryin...
As library subscription costs soar, it behooves firms to reconsider their library expenditures, writes Cookie Lewis.
Earn one hour of MCLE credit with this self-assessment test written by Hon. Alex Ricciardulli.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether people who unwittingly present other people’s identification numbers as proof that ...
Public Interest
Nonprofits Receive Bounty of Out-of-Work Lawyer Volunteers
By Dhyana Levey
Nonprofit legal groups are taking in many out-of-work lawyer volunteers as the bleak economy diminishes the job prospects of m...
The 5th Amendment doesn't protect public employees from having to answer their boss' questions regarding possible misconduct o...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
An Offhand Remark Lands One Attorney in a Life-Altering Mess
By Sara Libbyn
Cursing his bad luck at ending up before a hated judge, a lawyer makes an offhand remark that changes the course of his life i...
The state Supreme Court has erected some formidable barriers protecting property owners from suits by injured employees of con...
Applying to law school is hard enough, but the Law School Admissions Council is making the process unnecessarily difficult for...
In "Monkey Girl," author Edward Humes reminds us that Darwin’s thinking “remains as provocative today” as it was when he firs...
We will be immeasurably poorer if artists like Shepard Fairey find their creativity stifled by outdated notions of the proper ...
Though the dust had not yet settled on the state budget Thursday, it appeared the judicial branch will face painful cuts, whil...
Former federal judge Fern Smith adds a dose of understanding to resolve complex issues.
San Francisco's Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin rejiggered its management structure this week by naming Dougla...
Judges and Judiciary
Legislature Passes Bill Letting Judges Receive Extra County Perks
By Amy Yarbroughn
Even as state lawmakers' epic stalemate over the budget continued, they were able to resolve at least one legal issue this wee...
Global companies are often caught in a Catch 22 in situations where U.S. whistleblower laws conflict with local policies, writ...
The city of Ontario has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit brought by its police officers who claimed their priva...
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a pair of bipartisan bills last week aiming to fix tax issues ...
A case involving deeply sensitive issues showed Judicate West's Rubin Fields just how tricky it can be for a mediator to balan...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Scandal Serves as a Wake-Up Call About the State of Juvenile Justice
By Sara Libbyn
The case of two judges who allegedly took kickbacks for sending hundreds of kids to two private detention centers should serve...