Litigation
First case over Actos diabetes drug nets $6.5 million for plaintiffs
By Chase Scheinbaum
A Los Angeles jury ordered Asia's largest pharmaceutical company to hand over $6.5 million Friday to a plaintiff and his wife ...
Litigation
Chancellor: CalSTRS decision could jeopardize pension funds throughout California
By Laura Hautalan
Community college administrators throughout California may be at risk of losing their pension eligibility, according to a warn...
Silicon Valley corporate law firm Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigan LLP is hoping that new offices i...
The governing body of California's judicial branch on Friday agreed to slowly begin allocating more money to underfunded court...
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Litigation
LA plaintiffs' firm accused of ripping off clients loses bid to force arbitration
By Craig Andersonn
One of California's largest plaintiffs' firms lost its bid Friday to force arbitration in a San Francisco County Superior Cour...
Sanjay Bhandari joined Ballard Spahr LLP as a partner in San Diego. He has tried criminal cases involving charges of bribery, ...
A UK exchange program led Bunmi Awoniyi to become the first state judge of Nigerian descent.
On Sunday, more than 3,000 financial titans, policymakers and innovators from across the globe will gather in West Los Angeles...
Medicare funding is getting a booster shot by subjecting most earned and unearned income to an increased tax. By Stefanie J. L...
The recently appointed chairman of the SEC, Mary Jo White, has stated in Senate hearings that enacting rules per congressional...
The Boy Scouts have already released files relating to sexual abuse allegations that occurred between 1965 and 1985. Now a cou...
California Supreme Court
State high court looks to untangle overlapping statutes
By Ben Armisteadn
The high court will decide whether insureds can bring claims under the Unfair Competition Law when the challenged conduct also...
Community News
Los Angeles holds awareness week to highlight mediation
By John Michael
In early April, Los Angeles held its ninth annual Mediation Awareness Week. Participants highlighted the importance and value ...
A trustee to the O'Reilly & Collins bankruptcy case was elected during a disputed trustee election April 17, according to ...
Responding to an angry legislator and the demands of a 2011 statute, the bar's governing board voted Thursday to match its rul...
Community News
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens honored by Center for Civic Mediation
By John Michael
The Center for Civic Mediation posthumously awarded the Louis M. Brown Conflict Prevention Award to the late U.S. Ambassador J...
Labor/Employment
Justice Department asks for Supreme Court review of recess appointment challenges
By Laura Hautalan
The Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to review an appellate court decision that would starkly limit...
Law Practice
Heller estate settles malpractice suit against Greenberg Traurig
By Kevin Lee
The Heller Ehrman LLP estate and its former dissolution counsel, Greenberg Traurig LLP, have reached a proposed $4.9 million s...
The calm, unassuming aura James R. Trembath projects is one of his key assets as a mediator, say those who have seen him at wo...
Litigation
Creditor's bid to get share of San Francisco attorney's award dismissed
By Saul Sugarman
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a creditor's bid to nab more than $28 million that it claims San Francisco-based plainti...
On the heels of former general counsel Damien P. Eastwood's departure from Sunnyvale-based network equipment and software vend...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit takes another case away from Los Angeles judge
By John Roemer
For the second time this year, a 9th Circuit panel has taken a case away from the frequently-reversed U.S. District Judge Manu...
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court vacates indictment against city officials
By Emily Green
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office failed to reveal exculpatory evidence that could have vindicated the Irwindale city...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
9th Circuit rejects wildlife protection settlement
By Fiona Smith
A federal appellate court on Thursday threw out a settlement between the government and environmentalists over protecting impe...
Real Estate/Development
California lawyers assist in second-largest REIT stock offering
By Andrew Mc Intyre
O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Mayer Brown and Venable LLP are helping guide San Francisco-based industrial real estate giant ProL...
Nelsen, Thompson, Pegue & Thornton has established itself as a fixture in insurance coverage work - a niche area that's se...
Community News
Lawyers association holds awards banquet and installation ceremony
By John Michael
The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association held its 38th annual installation and awards banquet on April 5 at the Emp...
Gordon K. Davidson, who has led Fenwick & West LLP as its chairman since 1995 and become one of the best known corporate l...
Government
Federal prosecutors dodge furloughs, but defenders are not so fortunate
By Hadley Robinson
Federal prosecutors can keep coming to work every day for the next five months, and will not face the 10 percent cut in pay th...