Column - By Garry Abrams - The House of Mickey Mouse, arguably the most litigious rodent domicile in Hollywood, did something ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Fee fights need ground rules, and the California Supreme Court set one Monday. The state law governing clashe...
INDUSTRIAL BURBANK - First Industrial Realty Trust purchased a 135,000-square-foot industrial building at 2980 San Fernando Ro...
Focus Column - Tax Law - By Jordan Stanzler - The continued revelations about illegal tax shelters promoted by blue chip accou...
Judges and Judiciary
'San Remo Hotel': When The Ship Comes In -- But Only Passes By
By Columnist
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - Twenty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court established a "ripeness" hurdle for property ow...
Entertainment & Sports
Reality Producers File Overtime Class Action
By Draeger Martinez
LOS ANGELES - The world of reality television has generated dozens of shows in recent years, ranging from "The Apprentice" to...
SAN DIEGO - Intellectual property litigator Stephen Swinton will start today at Latham & Watkins in San Diego after biddi...
SAN DIEGO - The lawyer for a San Diego city councilman who faces public corruption charges told jurors Friday that federal la...
SAN FRANCISCO - Stuart Lipton was exhausted when he announced he would step down later this year as managing partner of Howar...
LOS ANGELES - A Brinks security guard who stole $1.5 million in one heist was sentenced to more than 40 years in state prison ...
LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed several attorneys to help reform the state's prison system. Sacramento...
LOS ANGELES - From federal prison, convicted felon and suspended lawyer Rex DeGeorge, who is doing time for sinking his luxur...
SAN BERNARDINO - A high-ranking San Bernardino prosecutor who was fired last year for allegedly leaking a confidential memo o...
Administrative/Regulatory
Job Candidates Need to Be Very Well-Prepared
By Kenneth Davis
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys interview job candidates an average of four times before making an offer, according to a new survey by...
Appellate Practice
9th Circuit May Be Inching to Right, Scorecard Implies
By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON - Critics of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who point to Supreme Court reversals as evid...
Firm Watch
Veteran Prosecutor Leaves City Attorney for Howrey in L.A.
By Lorelei Laird
LOS ANGELES - Respected prosecutor Terree Bowers will join the Los Angeles office of Howrey in early August. Previously secon...
SAN FRANCISCO - Donald and Lynn Klug's family lawyer helped Donald hide $2.4 million from Lynn, sending the cash to banks on ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Last week's federal roundup of suspects in an international sex slave ring operating in San Francisco and Los...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Says Presiding at Drug Court Transformed Her
By Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES - Superior Court Judge Marcelita V. Haynes minces no words when sentencing defendants. "You're going to kill your...
LOS ANGELES - The last two partners from the shuttered Los Angeles office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen hav...
SAN FRANCISCO - A judge refused Friday to disqualify the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco from prosecuting a former Si...
WASHINGTON - Thanks to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's unexpected retirement, the 2004-05 term will be remembered primarily as t...
Sonoma Judge Retires, Signs On With JAMS Retired Sonoma Superior Court Judge Laurence K. Sawyer has joined JAMS. Sawyer, 62, r...
Loeb & Loeb announced July 7 that five attorneys had joined the firm as partners. They are William Hawkins, Eugene Licker,...
INDUSTRIAL IRVINE - Menlo Equities sold the 251,585-square-foot Irvine Technology Center I & II research-and-development ...
Real Estate/Development
Bankruptcy Act Brings New Changes to Real Estate Law
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Focus Column - Real Estate - By James Tiemstra - While initially proposed to address perceived abuses by consumer debtors, the...
Employment Column - By Michael Alexander Gregg - In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 209, which amended the Consti...
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite caps on attorney fees in malpractice claims, a Fresno Superior Court judge recently awarded a lawyer ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
No Waterboy, Neutral Brings All Sides Together
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - A young female passenger died when a Ford Explorer rolled over. Retired San Diego Superior Court Judge Arthur W....
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Judge Says He's Likely to OK Arbitrator's Award
By Eron Yehuda
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Gutman said at a hearing Thursday that he's inclined to confirm an award ...