Firm Watch
Quinn Emanuel Expands L.A. Office Space With New 10-Year Lease
By Staff Writer
Litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges brushed up on its real estate when it signed a new lease for...
Judges and Judiciary
Davis Names Two Superior Court Commissioners to the L.A. Bench
By Leslie Simmons
Longtime Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioners Robert A. Schnider and David Sotelo were appointed judges by Gov. Gr...
Litigation
Lawyers Group Lauds Woman With Attorney of the Year Award
By Stefanie Knapp
The Orange County Women Lawyers Association has honored Jennifer Keller with its Attorney of the Year Award. The association ...
By Andrew Dunn Bloomberg News Vinson & Elkins, Baker & McKenzie and other U.S. law firms have won permission from the...
Entertainment & Sports
Attorney Bullds Reputation For Representing Dead Stars
By Stefanie Knapp
By Stefanie Knapp The most memorable moment of Bill Wegner's career came when the litigator put Marilyn Monroe on the witness...
Just as renditions of "Auld Lang Syne" wrap up, New Year's resolutions and traditions come out of the woodwork. In the weeks ...
Focus Column - Environmental Law - By William D. Wick - Years after chemicals are spilled or leaked, they continue to passivel...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether California can require foreign insurance companies who do ...
FAIRFIELD - Even though Judge Luis Villarreal celebrated his 20th year on the bench in November, he's still a long way from re...
SAN FRANCISCO - Phoenix attorney Mark Scheehle got the last word in his battle over the Arizona practice of dragooning lawyer...
SAN FRANCISCO - A human rights lawsuit against ChevronTexaco appears likely to be expanded to include a racketeering charge a...
LOS ANGELES - A judge refused Friday to bar lawyers from discussing actor Robert Blake's upcoming deposition in the civil laws...
SACRAMENTO - There's another battle under way to reform the state's unfair competition law. Small-business owners say they ar...
Take the best law firm leaders, the state’s longest-sitting jurist and trailblazers in race, gender and sexuality. Add a few...
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Bradley Weinreb - It has been estimated that a sex offender commits about 300 offenses in his...
Government
Lawyer Warns Angry Alleged 'Extortion' Victims of Slow Change
By Mark Cromer
SANTA ANA - Any financial relief from the state Legislature will probably come too late for thousands of businesses currently...
Judges and Judiciary
Pasadena Judge Follows in Familial Footsteps
By Christina Landers
LOS ANGELES - When he was still in college, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jan A. Pluim thought he'd tempt fate - or ...
Criminal
Legal Woes Continue for Jurist Arrested for Drunken Driving
By Matthew Heller
SANTA MARIA - It was bad enough for Superior Court Judge Diana R. Hall when she was arrested at gunpoint last month for drunke...
SAN FRANCISCO - A dozen witnesses who would exonerate a defendant accused of acting as a guide or leader in an alien smugglin...
By Toni Vranjes Dole Food Co. Inc. has embraced the going-private trend. The fruit and vegetable producer, based in Westlake ...
Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - The separation of powers doctrine is something with which most people have a glancing co...
Judges and Judiciary
Devotion to Poor Earned Defender Respect
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - J. Dean Allen Jr., a longtime supervisor in the Orange County public defender's office and namesake of an award ho...
LOS ANGELES - The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles will bestow its highest honor on a lawyer with a medical degre...
SAN FRANCISCO - What a difference 11 months makes. In January 2002, Gov. Gray Davis did his standard thing and vetoed a Stockt...
Civil Rights
Federal Judge Refuses to Block Immigration Service Arrests
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by a coalition of immigrant advocacy groups to temporarily bar the ...
Labor/Employment
Court Steps Into Minefield of Wage-and-Hour Appeal Costs
By Columnist
Focus Column - Employment Law - By Clint Robison - On Dec. 2, the California Supreme Court issued its ruling in Smith v. Ra...
Forum Column - By Kenneth J. Theisen - On Dec. 11, 2002, the Treasury Department proposed regulations that would allow compani...
SAN FRANCISCO - Tax collectors take heed: If you ignore a refund claim, it could come back to haunt you years later. That's th...
SAN FRANCISCO - Dechert, a 750-lawyer Philadelphia firm, opened its second West Coast office Thursday - a modest, three-lawye...
LOS ANGELES - They're political activists who fight for social justice and don't pull any punches. And they're determined to ...