A second sexual harassment lawsuit has been filed against Lynberg & Watkins and senior partner Charles A. Lynberg, who is...
Commercial Law
Hennigan Mercer Files Motion For More O.C. Bankruptcy Fees
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
SANTA ANA - Little more than a week after contending that $26.3 million was not enough to be paid for representing Orange Cou...
NORWALK - A former Orange County man has pleaded guilty to charges he threatened to kill county Superior Court Judge Mary Eri...
Government
County Unanimously Votes to Halt Deportation of Abused Child
By Cheryl Romo
In response to a 15-year-old abused girl's plea to avoid deportation to Romania, county supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday...
On first blush, Albert Tolliver would appear to be another poster child for three-strikes law reform. Tolliver on Tuesday was...
SACRAMENTO - In the wake of this summer's spate of sensational attacks on minorities, California's district attorneys are urg...
SAN FRANCISCO - Corporations are not liable to pay punitive damages for the unlawful behavior of managers solely because they ...
A coalition of business groups filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday against the city of Los Angeles, charging that a l...
Following a decade-long trend to put limits on emotional distress awards, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that home...
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gray Davis wants to bar "deep-pockets" liability when private-sector workers sue health plans over treatmen...
SACRAMENTO - Legislation to restore plaintiffs' right to sue insurers for bad-faith denial or delay of claims could exempt ca...
Intellectual Property
Oregon College Senior Convicted of Violating Internet Copyright Piracy
By Daniel Shaw
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced Monday that it had obtained the first conviction under a 1997 law designed to p...
Top law enforcement officials in Los Angeles County spoke out Monday in favor of a proposed ordinance to ban the sale of weap...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar President Promises the Start of a New Beginning
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Promising "a new beginning" for the State Bar, Andrew J. Guilford was elected Saturday to be the battered org...
Appellate Practice
Protection of Corporate Names From Cyber-Squatters Curtailed
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Seriously limiting the ability of big corporations to wrest Internet domain names from upstart rivals, a U.S....
Nearly two months have passed since a politically connected foster family agency was placed on "do not use" status by the Dep...
A dispute over the role of a justice picked to facilitate a committee of judges studying unification of Los Angeles County's ...
For the past few months, a pilot program has been under way in Los Angeles Superior Court to innovate jury service by allowin...
When it comes to multidisciplinary practices - firms in which lawyers would be affiliated with nonlawyer professionals - opin...
Large Firms
Pilllsbury Firm Increases Its Partner Ranks
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott
SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Madison & Sutro has hired two new partners, one in Palo Alto and one in Orange County. Intellect...
By Chris Ford When Q. Todd Dickinson took over as acting commissioner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January, he ...
Securities
Deals: O.C. Title Insurer to Become Nation's Largest -- Funding Found in Public Aisle for Online Grocer -- Data Transfer Made Easier in Joint Project -- Acquisition to Help Power Energy-Hungry Bay Area -- Internet Company Netopia Announces Public....
By Elizabeth Freudenthal And Jason Song
Stradling Yocca O.C. TITLE INSURER TO BECOME NATION'S LARGEST Irvine-based Fidelity National Financial Inc. will acquire riva...
Law Practice
Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest. Norman Douglas jim, no box this time. CORRECTION The Ju...
By Garry Abrams After a couple of years of relative quiet, the legal saga of Beverly Hills-based Death Row Records may be ent...
^^Entertainment Law^^ Wrong Turn Misleading Banner Ads Can Violate Trademark Rights Playboy argues that banner ads for XXX-ra...
^^International Law^^ Trading Places New regulations governing where encryption technology may be exported make it more impor...
^^Employment Law^^ By Barrett K. Green and Mark A. Romeo Before Gov. Gray Davis signed SB26, a new California age-discriminat...
SAN FRANCISCO - A little-used police tactic that became key evidence in last week's conviction of two murder suspects will be...
By Gerald G. Knapton When I was a new associate I came in early, left late and often worked weekends to stay afloat. But no m...
^^Professional Liability^^ Reasonable Calculation? A recent Court of Appeal holding that in-house attorneys may be awarded at...