Forum Column - Plaintiff employment attorneys around the state were reassured last month when the Court of Appeal handed down ...
SACRAMENTO - The Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, which operates a large casino in Northern California, has dropped its general ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Trial Lawyers Reborn as American Association for Justice
By Hurley
WASHINGTON - It didn't take long for critics to pounce when the Association of Trial Lawyers of America changed its name Wedne...
Personal Injury & Torts
Panel Halves $140 Million Award to Woman Paralyzed in Crash
By Itir Yakarn
Calling a $140 million noneconomic and punitive-damages award against automobile maker Ford Motor Co. excessive, a San Diego a...
Appellate Practice
State Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal of Priest Abuse Case
By Sandra Hernandezn
The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review a lower court's decision that overturned the case of the first Cathol...
A 1978 federal law made things a lot easier for women who took time off work to have children. But nearly three decades later,...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Pillsbury, Skadden Assisted in Petco Sale to Private Equity Funds
By Anne Marie Ruff
California-based attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom helped negotiate ...
Native Americans
Advising the Tribes: Attorneys Guide California Clients to Independence
By David Houstonn
SACRAMENTO - Thirty years ago, Indian tribes set out to take control of their education and economic policies, hiring lawyers ...
LOS ANGELES - Getting help just got easier at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
Entertainment & Sports
Chain of Title Review Is a Major Hurdle for Film Investors
By David Minkown
Focus Column - Before making an investment in a motion picture, a prudent investor should perform careful due diligence of the...
Forum Column - The much-publicized Supreme Court decision in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, issued on the last day of the 200...
LOS ANGELES-A Contra Costa County jury awarded $600,000 Tuesday to a 50-year-old contractor who said he was abused by a Cathol...
LOS ANGELES - In 15 years of practicing intellectual property law, Latham & Watkins partner Roxanne Christ has drafted cou...
Focus Column - In In Re Marriage of Nelson, 139 Cal.App.4th 1546, 44 Cal.Rptr.3d 52 (2006), the 6th District Court of A...
Judges and Judiciary
Congressman's Gambit Puts Judge on Path to Impeachment
By Lawrence Hurleyn
WASHINGTON - Los Angeles-based federal Judge Manuel L. Real is now officially public enemy No. 1 in Congress' ongoing war agai...
LOS ANGELES - In a surprise move, a Los Angeles federal judge has decided to preside over the Milberg Weiss criminal case desp...
LOS ANGELES - A group of 19 Mission Viejo homeowners must pay more than $500,000 in attorney fees to a concrete supply company...
Entertainment & Sports
Adult-Industry Women Don't Worry About Feminist Cant
By David Minkown
Forum Column - The annual Erotica LA retail extravaganza that wrapped up June 25 at the Los Angeles Convention Center highligh...
SAN JOSE - A Minnesota company is trying to lift the veil on the identity of an individual who it claims revealed its trade se...
SAN JOSE - A federal judge has put Rambus Inc., a Los Altos-based company that licenses its patents to semiconductor memory ch...
SAN FRANCISCO - In Oakland, a city of 400,000 people, there are more than 900 places to buy alcohol.
Forum Column - We all live in Justice Anthony Kennedy's world now, at least those of us who practice environmental law. ...
Criminal
Racial Bias Not Factor in U.S. Seeking Death Penalty, Rand Study Finds
By John Hanusz
LOS ANGELES - Race played no part in federal prosecutors' decisions to seek the death penalty in the Clinton administration's ...
Environmental
'Rapanos' Wetlands Decision Doesn't Void State Regulations
By David Minkown
Focus Column - Approximately one month ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the consolidated cases of Rapanos v. ...
LOS ANGELES - For the first time in a long time, plaintiffs' and defense lawyers in the securities bar found a decision they b...
LOS ANGELES - After producing NFL starts such as Dante Hall and Quentin "Q" Griffin from a tiny town in Texas, high-school foo...
Government
DA Considers Reviving Plan to Break Up L.A. Central Criminal Court
By Ryan Oliver
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is considering resurrecting his proposal to break up the state...
WASHINGTON - The court conservatives love to hate will take center stage in Congress later this week.
SAN FRANCISCO - Winston & Strawn's San Francisco office reeled in yet another big catch last week, adding a prominent tax ...
SANTA ANA - One of the state's most prolific filers of suits alleging violations of handicap-access laws has lost at trial and...