The firm added Kevin A. Corbett to its Los Angeles office, the fifth addition to its real estate practice in Los Angeles this ...
Switching from litigator to ADR neutral took years of careful planning, diligence and hard work. But it's paid off in a new ca...
Los Angeles-based For People of Color Inc. hosted its 3rd annual A Night Out with FPOC event on July 6 at Mas Malo Restaurant ...
The Oakland attorney who took Wal-Mart to the U.S. Supreme Court in the largest sex discrimination class action in history - a...
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of San Francisco was assigned Thursday to a class action against Facebook Inc. in which a ...
The top-performing law school on the most recent California bar exam was Western State College of Law, according to figures re...
Law Practice
Salaries for recent law school grads continue to fall
By Andrew Mc Intyre
The median starting salary for members of the class of 2011 has fallen to $60,000. ...
A new slate of companies is preparing to wade into the public markets, following a temporary public offering slowdown prompted...
Wells Fargo & Co., which has been dogged by lending discrimination lawsuits following the boom and bust of the nation's re...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Two lawyers elected to bar's Board of Trustees
By Don Debenedictisn
A criminal defense lawyer from Bakersfield and a civil litigator from San Diego were elected to the State Bar Board of Trustee...
The Mexican American Bar Foundation held its 21st Anniversary Scholarship and Awards Gala on June 16 at the Millennium Biltmor...
Now that settlements totaling more than $1 billion have been revealed in an antitrust class action alleging the price fixing ...
Judges and Judiciary
Law barring retired judges from public service challenged
By Emily Green
A sitting appellate court justice has filed a lawsuit against the State Controller, challenging a rule that bars judges from s...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Circuit cancels 2013 conference
By John Roemer
The cost-cutting move followed blistering criticism from two prominent lawmakers. ...
A sitting appellate court justice has filed a lawsuit against the State Controller, challenging a rule that bars judges from s...
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary RM Opco LLC (Real Mex Restaurants) Cypress ...
The U.S. Supreme Court reformed elements the criminal justice system in a series of 5-4 decisions last term, but the pro-defen...
Law Practice
Suing for unpaid fees: the pitfalls, the pitfalls and the pitfalls
By Karen Natividadn
I have a very strong bias towards walking away because there are simply too many pitfalls. By Richard Hamar of Hamar & Ham...
Litigation
Cochran firm's internal struggle heats up with trademark suit
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
The latest internal battle facing the law firm founded by the late Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. pits the national office against its...
Hewitt Wolensky LLP has hired former assistant general counsel of Nissan North America Inc. Nicholas J. Wittner as of counsel,...
All classes at the California Desert Trial Academy College of Law will be taught by two professors, who will present alternate...
Dewey partners would each pay between $25,000 and $3 million in exchange for avoiding possible future lawsuits brought by the ...
Insurance
Should your company require arbitration in its insurance contracts?
By Michael Leen
Most often the matter is left to risk management personnel responsible for buying the company's insurance, who may pay little ...
Private equity investment for the second quarter was the lowest for any quarter since 2009, a Pitchbook report showed. ...
Technology & Science
Regulators warn Congress about patent 'hold ups'
By Robert Iafolla
Federal regulators decried Wednesday the misuse of U.S. International Trade Commission's exclusion orders to block patent-infr...
Product Liability
Circuit court says no duty to provide bilingual warning labels
By Ben Armisteadn
An 11th Circuit decision provides some guidance for manufacturers and distributors. By Janine Schwerter of Snell & Wilmer ...
Real Estate/Development
New theories for a lender’s recovery following foreclosure
By Ben Armisteadn
A recent decision creates new worries for commercial mortgagors, and new opportunities for secured lenders with commercial mor...
When the San Bernardino City Council voted to pursue bankruptcy on Tuesday - becoming the third California municipality to op...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Bucking trend toward immunity, circuit allows case to proceed
By John Roemer
Bucking a trend set by the U.S. Supreme Court toward immunity from civil liability for government officials, a federal appella...
Litigation
Plaintiffs net additional $571 million in settlements in price-fixing case
By Saul Sugarman
A class of indirect purchasers of LCD panels has reached settlement agreements totaling $571 with three defendants. ...