Swimmer Michael Phelps, gymnast Kerri Strug and track and field star Carl Lewis gained celebrity status, thanks to the Olympic...
Justice Steven Suzukawa had to learn civil quickly.
A new tort is coming to a California court near you. By Chuck Teixeira ...
An advocacy group representing law enforcement and victims' rights positions wants to remove an initiative seeking to abolish ...
John C. Rayburn Jr., a former assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles and Santa Ana who also served as a magistrate judge in th...
Tupac's recent appearance shed light on another type of artist. By Zia Modabber of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP ...
A disbarred attorney pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of felony grand theft in relation to illegal payments he took from ...
Intellectual Property
Apple wins ruling in patent battle with Samsung
By Craig Andersonn
Apple Inc. will get another chance to block the sale of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 's tablet computer because an appeals co...
A Downey-based health care company will pay $654,082 to 108 current and former nurses to settle claims it violated the Fair La...
Miller Law Group PC, one of the state's largest women-owned labor and employment groups, has opened a Los Angeles office, hiri...
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt family farmers in California a blow by ruling Monday that they're responsible for paying the capi...
Beginning today, Los Angeles County Superior Court no longer will provide stenographic court reporters for civil trials in an ...
What happens to the contents of a safety deposit box when the owner is gone? By Mark J. Phillips of Goldfarb, Sturman & A...
Intellectual Ventures LLC and Nvidia Corp. announced Monday they had partnered to purchase approximately 500 mobile technology...
Judges and Judiciary
Obama nominates LA magistrate for Central District
By Robert Iafolla
The Obama administration nominated Los Angeles-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Fernando M. Olguin on Monday to be a federal judge ...
Silicon Valley-based network traffic management company Gigamon Systems LLC has appointed its first general counsel, the compa...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Keeping arbitration disputes 'under the radar’
By Michael Leen
Don't take "private" arbitrations for granted: confidentiality is not required by law. By Hon. Robert A. Baines (Ret.) of JAMS...
Bruce Bennett, a prized get when Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP set about luring rainmakers to the law firm with outsized compensatio...
Gov. Jerry Brown called for cutting the judiciary's budget by $544 million, a worst-case scenario for the branch that if enact...
The Houston-based firm already has an office in Palo Alto. The San Francisco office is expected to focus on litigation. ...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
In discipline charges filed late Tuesday, the State Bar accused Jon M. Alexander, the district attorney of Del Norte County, o...
As courtrooms shutter, contingency fee lawyers fear case delays. ...
Contrasting Wal-Mart's response to alleged FCPA violations with other cases provides guidance for general counsel. By Terree B...
Intellectual Property
Judge will allow Oracle to present damages case
By Craig Andersonn
Attorneys for Oracle Corp. told a federal judge Friday they would not accept statutory damages of $150,000 or less for copyri...
Taken together, a recent acquittal of a witness and a hearing today before a county commission could give attorneys new tracti...
U.S. Supreme Court
What’s behind the sinking Supreme Court approval ratings?
By Ben Armisteadn
The percentage of American's with a favorable view of the Court has reached a 25-year low. Why? By Vikram David Amar of UC Dav...
As California voters ponder ending capital punishment in a November ballot initiative, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Coo...
A Sacramento medical clinic has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged violations of the Americ...
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. ...