Here's a list of top deals completed in November that involved California lawyers and companies. ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Three new commissioners will be joining Riverside County's backlogged Superior Court. The trio includes two d...
Forum Column - By Matt Vespa - With the effects of global warming more pronounced than ever, it's time to hold developers of s...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a notable intellectual property case in which an online adul...
Focus Column - By John A. Sturgeon - Canceling a contract can be difficult, but it is often the best way out of a business dea...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Los Angeles County's 2004 decision to rem...
SAN FRANCISCO - Anybody looking to sue a public entity for damages must first file a claim under the California Government Cod...
Criminal
Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Abuse, Receives 10-Year Sentence
By Zack Vaneyckn
LOS ANGELES - A former Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison after pleading guilty Monday ...
LOS ANGELES - Longtime Heller Ehrman partner Gary W. Maeder has departed for San Francisco-based rival Morrison & Foerster...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Fight Over Pledge of Allegiance Wording Returns to Court
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - All hell broke loose the last time the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Michael A. Newdow to eras...
Entertainment & Sports
Los Angeles Lawyers Broker Merger of Vivendi, Activision
By Devan Mcclainen
Two Los Angeles lawyers helped negotiate an $18.9 billion deal Monday that created the world's best-selling video game maker. ...
Richard G. Vogl relishes his job as a family law commissioner because he says that, unlike during his days as a lawyer, he now...
Attorneys for a top intellectual property firm want to know whether ousted lawyer Scott Harris stands to make money from a pat...
Environmental
City Ordered to Pay for Turning Zoned Area Into a 'Bathtub'
By Rebecca Beyer
In the world of environmental law, creation of wetlands is usually considered a good thing. But a tiny Northern California co...
LOS ANGELES - It took a year, but a former Broadcom executive finally signed a federal plea agreement, offering information on...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mississippi Chooses Casinos Over the Poor in Hurricane Recovery
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Karen A. Lash and Reilly Morse - Despite the substantial damage suffered by Mississippi's poorest communitie...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury in San Francisco Friday awarded an Oakland couple $6 million in damages after finding that two ...
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - A recent 9th Circuit decision allows private-property owners to use the 14th Amendment's...
Environmental
Despite Green Light for Fighing, Lawyers Say Damages Still Owed
By Fiona Smith
SAN FRANCISCO - Fishermen suing for damages over the recent San Francisco Bay oil spill are still due big bucks despite the st...
Focus Column - By Steven B. Stokdyk - This is the only guide that outside counsel will ever need for answering the questions o...
Government
IRS Turns to Internal Probes When Looking for Tax Violations
By Dennis Pfaffn
Attorneys representing corporate clients are trying to figure out how best to protect them from a newly aggressive IRS policy ...
WASHINGTON - Twelve years after O.J. Simpson's acquittal on murder charges sparked new racial divisions around the nation, its...
In the latest move to expand its presence in the Bay Area, Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will acquire Steefe...
Industry Watch - Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's la...
In early 2008, Alex Kozinski will confront a turf threat from the U.S. Judicial Conference that would move some claims against...
Corporate
Consumer Advocates Object to Ford Explorer Settlement Offer
By Linda Rapattoni
Consumer advocates Thursday said they would try to block a proposed class-action settlement that would give owners of 1 millio...
Forum Column - By Michael Dever and Bryan Sinclair - An upcoming Supreme Court ruling may alter the royalties that inventors c...
The family of a Los Angeles woman who died in a commercial plane crash three years ago in Missouri has settled a wrongful-deat...
Judges and Judiciary
Scholar, Attorney Changed Land-Use, Redevelopment Law in California
By Peter Matuszakn
Eugene Brown Jacobs Jr., a legendary attorney who changed the face of California's land use and redevelopment law, died Nov. 2...
Arbitrator Ann Kough is willing to sidestep certain formalities if there's a cheaper and easier way to get something done. ...