Senior judges will have to share their courtrooms to save money, the U.S. Judicial Conference decided Tuesday.
While the scandals reported last week are particularly prurient and pathetic, they are not the first to poison the air at Bush...
Law Practice
Heller Confirms More Departures to Covington & Burling
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho
Alan H. Blankenheimer, a patent litigator in Heller Ehrman’s San Diego office, and several other San Diego partners in Heller’...
Alston & Bird has hired two new partners in the firm's intellectual property group.
The ongoing financial meltdown has prompted calls for stronger regulation. That may bring more business for attorneys working ...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Confusing Tax System Encourages Businesses to Move Jobs Elsewhere
By Sara Libbyn
What few economists and almost no ordinary Americans understand is that our own Internal Revenue Code actually encourages busi...
One of the longest-serving general counsel at a Hollywood studio, Warner Bros. Entertainment's John Schulman, announced Tuesda...
Justice Rick Sims, writing for a panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal, said California's practice of granting in-state tu...
TORRANCE - TA Associates Realty acquired a portfolio of 13 industrial properties from Storm Properties Inc. for more than $52 ...
After a year of talks initiated by the San Francisco-based firm, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has merged with 55-attorne...
California Courts of Appeal
New Financial Reporting for Drug Officers Halted
By Peter Matuszakn
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted new LAPD financial disclosure rules for gang and narcotics officers who routine...
Judges and Judiciary
GAO Report Blasts Skyrocketing Costs of Los Angeles' Federal Courthouse
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
Judges expressed frustration Monday with the slow pace and surging costs of building a new federal courthouse in downtown Los ...
Law Practice
Governor Won't Have to Testify In Prison Health Care Litigation
By Rebecca Beyer
If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has personal knowledge about the state's efforts to ease overcrowding in its prisons, he can't b...
O'Melveny & Myers and Latham & Watkins teamed up to aid digital music provider Napster Inc. as it was acquired by cons...
The EEOC’s most recent Fact Sheet joins a growing body of informal guidance the agency has issued to the public seeking to bet...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Congress Should Address Patent Reform Act's Venue Provision
By Sara Libbyn
Venue reform, part of the Patent Reform Act, would restore credibility and eminence to federal court patent litigation, writes...
Law Practice
Real Estate Mogul Settles Civil, not Criminal Probe into Backdating
By Gabe Friedmann
Web Exclusive - The former CEO of KB Home resolved federal civil allegations that he backdated stock options on Monday, but hi...
Latham & Watkins has snagged an Ernst & Young partner for its Bay Area tax department.
Law Practice
Heller Ehrman, Mayer Brown Merger Is Off
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho
Merger talks between Heller Ehrman and Mayer Brown dissolved over the weekend after as many as 40 attorneys, including two key...
Despite early indications that Metrolink was responsible for the deadliest train crash in 15 years, plaintiffs' attorneys expe...
Though John McCain constantly derides earmarks as evil, many earmark originate with an ordinary group of citizens seeking to f...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
South L.A. Clinics May Lose Tobacco Settlement Funds
By Evan George
County supervisors today will consider how much tobacco settlement money they should give to the county's free clinics, or whe...
M&A Confidential: The Role of Nondisclosure Agreements ...
Corporate Counsel
A Q&A With M&A's Lady of Steel ... and Aluminum and Alloy
By Jonathan Vaniann
"We believe that we can enhance shareholder value by growing the company through acquisitions," said Kay Rustand, vice preside...
Attorney Steve Spitz found an antidote to his stressful life of turmoil - train for a triathlon. Now he's dropped 90 pounds, w...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre charged former Centre City Development Corp. president Nancy Graham with thre...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Joint Mediation Can Help Reconcile Those Torn Apart by Litigation
By Sara Libbyn
Joint mediation sessions allow parties to collaborate to resolve the problem they share — the litigation itself — without the ...
A federal judge said Friday he would not dismiss a class action against Apple Inc. over allegations the company violated feder...
A tumultuous path to the O'Melveny & Myers chairmanship ended for A.B. Culvahouse Jr. last week, with the confirmation of ...
It's amazing how much legal work you can actually accomplish when you stop checking your e-mail every 30 seconds, writer Nora ...