We should encourage President Obama to send the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to the Senate f...
Law Practice
Rents Fall in S.F. Providing Law Firms With Opportunities for Deals
By Alexia Garamfalvin
San Francisco commercial landlords are suffering the effects of the financial crisis. With banks going belly up, financing's b...
Law Practice
Judge Approves Pellicano's Request for Sentencing Delay
By Alan Mittelstaedtn
In an 11th hour decision, jailed ex-private investigator Anthony Pellicano pulled the plug on his Wednesday sentencing hearing...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday to conclude that a town in Utah violated the First Amendment rights of a re...
A recent state Supreme Court case could have significant ramifications for determining when environmental review is necessary ...
Law Practice
Supreme Court Strikes Ban on Navy's Use of Sonar in the Pacific
By Lawrence Hurleyn
A split Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in favor of the U.S. Navy in a dispute over the environmental damage caused by the use o...
WilmerHale has landed a former Heller Ehrman attorney as counsel in its securities department.
Three electronics companies agreed to pay $585 million in criminal fines as part of a guilty plea for conspiring to fix prices...
"We're trying to be creative," Los Angeles legal recruiter Delia Swan, left, said of the slowed market for lawyers. She is pic...
The old adage “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” applies not only to everyday life, but is reflected in a time-honored ...
Although the science seems simple, the reality is that people's lives are as dependant on the accuracy and dilligent work of f...
A class of retired NFL players has won $28.1 million from its union after a jury returned a verdict awarding compensatory and ...
It is no secret that the economy has hit a big speed bump and some of the biggest law firms have taken some of the biggest hit...
While environmentalists have not always been the biggest fans of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, they are vigorously ...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Broken 'Promise': Baldwin's Book Lays Blame on Family Lawyers
By Sara Libbyn
Alec Baldwin’s book, “A Promise to Ourselves,” is anything but flattering to all of those who work within the family law commu...
Callaway Golf Co. - flush with victory in a hotly contested patent infringement case against rival Acushnet Co. - will be aski...
A retired Sacramento prosecutor accused of withholding evidence that could have helped exonerate a woman who spent 16 years in...
Law Practice
New Legal Faces Enter Round 2 Of State's Gay Marriage Battle
By Laura Ernden
Many of the lawyers who worked on the last same-sex marriage case, along with several fresh faces, have jumped into the legal ...
A federal prosecutor lambasted a probation officer's recommendation that convicted attorney Terry N. Christensen receive proba...
Litigation
Judge Hesitant to Allow Mattel's Bid to Revoke MGA's Rights to Sell Bratz Dolls
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win
A federal judge said he is struggling with Mattel's request to strip rival toymaker MGA Entertainment of rights to its success...
Jones Day's Irvine office lands a partner from Latham & Watkins.
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court hinted Monday they may look to California law to resolve a dispute over the right of defenda...
Although Prop. 8 is clearly a setback for the state Supreme Court, the damage done to the court’s authority will not be perman...
As individuals and groups continue to slough off of the dissolving firm, the lion's share of Thelen's utilities transactional ...
The nation’s first cyber-bullying MySpace case took an unexpected turn Monday when a federal judge said it is unlikely that he...
Law Practice
Supreme Court Won't Hear Victim Impact Statement Cases
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Over the objections of three justices, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from California concerning the...
The strengthened Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, with the support of the Obama administration, will likely expa...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Lawyers Who Understand the Jury System Can Make It Work for Them
By Sara Libbyn
More often than not, the jury system really does work; and the lawyers who understand why it works will inevitably do better t...
Law Practice
Los Angeles Firm Settles Malpractice Claims in Bankruptcy Case
By Craig Andersonn
A federal judge on Monday signed off on a $2.5 million settlement to be paid by a Los Angeles law firm accused of mishandling ...
Foley & Lardner has taken on three more former Heller Ehrman attorneys.