Government
In about face, Assembly subcommittee votes to give courts $280M more in extra funding
By Paul Jones
The court's fortunes reversed again Friday when the subcommittee hastily met again after an Assembly floor session and voted t...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Attorneys seek $82.3 million in 'no-poach' antitrust case
By Laura Hautalan
Lawyers who settled a class action suit against Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel are asking for an award of attorney fees of up ...
Litigation
Class action seeks same amount of attorney fees after reversal
By Craig Andersonn
After the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded his approval of a class action settlement over Hewlett-Packa...
Judges and Judiciary
Rader departure from patent court's leadership raises ethical, practical issues
By Kevin Lee
The top judge of the nation's patent court announced Friday that he will vacate his leadership role in the wake of an email la...
Courts are grappling with under what circumstances public employees' have vested rights in retiree medical benefits. By Linda ...
Labor/Employment
Cosmetology lawsuits test business model for beautician training
By Laura Hautalan
The cases pit two different views of cosmetology training programs against each other - school, or scam? And it does so with l...
Critics say the legislative plan would infringe on equal government branch ...
Criminal law judge Carol Brosnahan shows new practitioners the ropes of the judicial system.
Litigation
Jurors to hear evidence in suit over man severely injured at Dodger Stadium
By Chase Scheinbaum
The saga involving Brian Stow's 2011 injuries not be over until one issue is settled: Are the former team owners responsible? ...
Is there justification for a direct action for recovery of the funds paid to independent counsel? By Joan M. Cotkin and Thomas...
A roundup of recent merger and acquisition and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California.
Judge Patrick Tondreau of San Jose has found his niche meting out justice to juvenile offenders.
Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) ...
Criminal
Seven, including lawyer, indicted in loan modification fraud scheme
By Henry Meier
Seven individuals, including a lawyer, were named Thursday in an indictment for loan modification fraud in Orange County that ...
A debate over pensions for court workers surfaced in Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget this month. ...
Entertainment & Sports
Manatt Digital Media has made waves in the last year
By Kylie Reynolds
Since launching last May, the Los Angeles-based side business of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP has offered legal counsel, ...
In "The Marriage Buyout," Cynthia Lee Starnes argues that alimony is often the only practical tool for making sure the law of ...
Legal malpractice claims often arise in a variety of circumstances, but with careful preventive planning and a few easy-to-fol...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ethics and former employee witnesses
By Katharine Malonen
Former employees who might have evidence useful to a third party present both an opportunity and a risk to lawyers. By Ragesh ...
These past several weeks, Congress has been mulling over a number of reform proposals which could determine the fate of Fannie...
French communications group Vivendi SA was represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in the latest event in the company's...
Alison A. Brunner, center, executive of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, at the organization's 40th anniversary party, wi...
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund rededicated its Washington, D.C. office last month in honor of Los Angel...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
It is possible for mediations to actually end on time
By Ben Armisteadn
It's frustrating when absolutely nothing of consequence appears to take place before 2:30 in the afternoon. By Louis M. Marlin...
Community News
Cy pres donation presented to Legal Aid Society of San Diego
By John Michael
On May 16, Brad N. Baker, a partner at Baker, Burton & Lundy in Hermosa Beach, presented a donation of $93,940 from the an...
Community News
Senior Citizens Law Center pays tribute to community leaders
By John Michael
From left, former National Senior Citizens Law Center board of directors president Bob Johnson, Mary Jane Ciccarello of The Bo...
In settling lawsuits, Beam, of Judicial Dispute Resolution in Costa Mesa, focuses on acknowledging the parties' emotions and l...
Torrance-based AgnewBrusavich tries personal injury cases all over California, but the focus of the firm - which celebrates it...
Some 125 members of the legal community gathered at the Le Ka restaurant in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate litigation small...