Letter to the Editor
Reports of Continental’s impact are greatly exaggerated
By Michael Leen
While the court allowed "stacking" of policies absent an "anti stacking" provision, it noted an insurance company's right to l...
Perspective
Non-profit legal services organizations: important ally of the courts
By Ben Armisteadn
In the midst of this financial crisis, Los Angeles is fortunate to have a number of legal services organizations that provide ...
Entertainment & Sports
Sports figures move to protect valuable trademark rights
By Michael Leen
In this day and age, professional athletes increasingly understand the value of their persona and related trademark rights. By...
Employment litigation veteran C. Edward Langhammer Jr. has joined the Los Angeles office of Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonz...
Progreso Financiero, a Menlo Park-based financial services company serving the Hispanic market, appointed its first general co...
Intellectual Property
Samsung goes on offensive in patent trial against Apple
By Craig Andersonn
After playing defense for the first two weeks of trial, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. got its turn Tuesday to accuse Apple Inc....
The Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate is negotiating a new waiver that would absolve partners who opt into the settlement agreeme...
Former Congressman Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP on Tuesday, hours after abruptly announc...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
In Maui, Justice Kennedy defends 9th Circuit conference
By John Roemer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, in Maui for the 9th Circuit's judicial conference, praised the event in opening...
Environmental groups sued the state Department of Public Health Tuesday for failing to set a safe drinking water standard for ...
An appellate court has ruled that one attorney may have libeled another in a flap over parking spaces at a posh beachfront dev...
Intellectual Property
Purloined photos of pop star's secret wedding a copyright violation, court rules
By John Roemer
Purloined photos of a Latina pop star's secret wedding, which landed on the cover of a Spanish language gossip magazine, were ...
Attorneys represent the FBI and several of its individual agents asked a Santa Ana-based federal judge to dismiss a civil righ...
Armbruster, Delvac & Goldsmith LLP Los Angeles Specialties: development, historic preservation ...
William V. Gallo, a former JAG, traveled to Iraq to help establish its new judicial system.
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP San Francisco Specialties: land use, zoning
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP San Diego Specialties: real estate acquisitions, development, energy
Alston & Bird LLP Los Angeles Specialties: development, energy, infrastructure
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP San Diego Specialties: mixed-use, leasing, finance
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Los Angeles Specialties: development, environmental, government
Goodwin Procter LLP Los Angeles Specialty: public-private development
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP San Francisco Specialties: public-private partnerships, development
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Los Angeles Specialties: Hotels, hospitality
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Associates Los Angeles Specialties: Transactions, REITs
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Los Angeles Specialties: Complex joint venture/ partnership agreements
California Courts of Appeal
Appellate court overturns landmark education settlement
By Emily Green
A state appellate court has overturned a landmark education settlement that allowed the Los Angeles Unified School District to...
State Bar & Bar Associations
LACBA Armed Forces Committee helps, serves military veterans
By Ameera Buttn
A little more than a year since its inception, the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Armed Forces committee has mobilized i...
Litigation
Muslim woman sues Disneyland, claims she lost her job for wearing headscarf
By Don Debenedictisn
A Muslim woman sued Disneyland on Monday claiming she was forced out of her job for wearing a headscarf. The suit is one of se...