U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Federal law does not pre-empt state meal and rest break laws, 9th Circuit rules
By Laura Hautalan
In a blow to the trucking industry, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Wednesday that federal law does not pre-empt st...
Law Practice
Managing partners confident in firm growth despite economic concerns
By Alex Shively
Firm leaders polled during the second quarter of 2014 were increasingly increasingly confident in their ability to grow despit...
Last week, the Supreme Court cast doubt on its own three-day-old precedent in Hobby Lobby - at least the portion of the...
Personal Injury & Torts
Stow to get about $14 million from Dodgers
By Chase Scheinbaum
By a vote of 9-3, the jurors held the former Dodgers organization liable, but failed to hold liable former team owner Frank Mc...
Several legal service organizations filed a nationwide class action suit in federal court Wednesday seeking to force the U.S. ...
A roundup of recent real estate activity and the lawyers involved.
Corporate
Regulation, investor demands spur hedge funds' need for legal services
By Salvador Mares
Squeezed between heightened regulatory scrutiny and investor-driven demands for more due diligence and accountability, hedge f...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Lohan suit an opportunity to set precedent
If there was ever a perfect opportunity for setting a new misappropriation of likeness standard in video games, the new lawsui...
The state Supreme Court will decide whether communications of local officials via their private cellphones or email accounts o...
Health care reform is insignificant in comparison to the fundamental purpose of the system it must change. By Craig B. Garner ...
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision striking down a 35-foot buffer zone around health care facilities that perform aborti...
Community News
Lawyer bikes from Glendale to San Diego to help cancer patients
By John Michael
Artin N. Shaverdian, of counsel at Best Best & Krieger LLP, stops for a photo at Crystal Cove State Park in Long Beach. He...
From left: Miller Starr Regalia associates Allison K. Wopschall and Katie R. Jones enjoyed some prime real estate at the O.co ...
Citing concern over mass bee deaths in recent years, environmentalists are challenging state approval of neonicotinoid pestici...
The longtime Los Angeles criminal defense attorney spent much of his legal career representing clients in high-profile felony ...
The school - with the help of the Association of Corporate Counsel - has tailored a new executive MBA program to in-house coun...
Linda Curtis, new president of LA County Bar Association, aims to address court funding and focus on retaining women in the le...
Litigation
Litigation giants join forces in suit over flood damage to their homes
By Katie Lucia
Skadden's Thomas J. Nolan and A. William "Bill" Urquhart of Quinn Emanuel are among homeowners embroiled in litigation with ...
A Thursday hearing may be Apple's final attempt to convince U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose that the court should ...
LA County Judge Beverly Bourne has thrived due to tenacity, and is praised for her compassion.
Litigation
Water Wars: Conflicts arise over water transfers in the Central Valley
By Fiona Smith
Some farmers in the parched Central Valley are hoping a deal to buy water from their brethren near Sacramento will keep their ...
June 13 was the deadline to implement the EU's Consumer Rights Directive, which boosts consumer rights across the EU - and app...
It has been a record year for intellectual property decisions at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the court deciding nine intellec...
A belief that campus assaults encompass only a few circumstances and can be handled as other legal problems is a recipe for di...
Last week, GM announced the establishment of its "victim compensation fund" - a pool of money that it will offer to the scores...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit: Arizona can issue driver's licenses to select undocumented immigrants
By Kibkabe Arayan
A panel of 9th Circuit judges rule against Gov. Jan Brewer to halt a state policy that prevents immigrant children from obtain...
Legislation in Sacramento would bump the annual licensing fee from the $420 that most bar members paid this year to $435 for 2...
Venable has acquired Los Angeles litigation boutique Weingarten Brown LLP, the latest move in the Washington-based firm's effo...
New Association of Business Trial Lawyers leaders: from left, Vice President Bryan Merryman of White & Case LLP; ABTL Trea...
Government
Appellate court appointee Therese Stewart named in whistleblower claim
By John Roemer
A fresh appointee to the state appellate bench has been named as a key figure in a whistleblower retaliation claim against Cit...