The U.S. Senate passed an amended version of the JOBS Act on Thursday, which would, among other things, ease public offerings ...
California Supreme Court
State supreme court takes up class-action waivers in the post-Concepcion era
By Laura Ernden
Less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court made it harder for consumers to file class actions, the state Supreme Court gran...
The upheaval that has rocked Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP for several weeks appears to have been abated - at least temporarily - by...
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has ordered the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the state Attorney General ...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to consider expansion of Medicaid program
By Robert Iafolla
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Congress has the power to make states broaden Medicaid eligibility as a condition...
Associate Justice Richard M. Mosk of the 2nd District Court of Appeal donated his cherished collection of game-day sports prog...
The Center for Restorative Justice at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles hosted its second annual conference, “Another Way: Imagi...
Members of the bar gathered at The City Club in San Francisco Tuesday for a reception honoring 56 lawyers selected as Californ...
Girardi Keese LLP hosted a fundraiser for the re-election of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges James D. Otto and Sanjay...
Sylvia Torres-Guillén, general counsel of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, was honored on Wednesday by the L...
Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, traveled to Los Angeles and met with local...
Former mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley visited the Los Angeles branch of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on Monday to discuss the...
No pinches were reported at The Irish American Bar Association’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon and Celebration as all atte...
The uncomfortable resurgence of the responsible corporate officer doctrine. By Mike Emmick of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Ha...
John Zebrowski of ADR Services Inc. dislikes group meetings to begin mediations, comparing them to the fractious political gri...
Entertainment & Sports
Photographers embroiled in legal fights over fair use
By Erica E. Phillips
The artist behind the "Hope" poster, an icon from President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, is now the poster child for a growin...
Vice President, Intellectual Property LS9 South San Francisco ...
Paul Abrams, a volunteer soccer referee, doesn't put up with foul play in court. ...
State Supreme Court decision reaffirms special relationship between students and school district. By Mark Kitabayashi and Andr...
Workers suing a major logistics company in Mira Loma should receive wages similar to what they were paid before filing their l...
Government
LA Housing Authority overcharged residents, lawsuit says
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
Advocates filed a proposed class action Wednesday on behalf of more than 6,000 residents who claim the Housing Authority of th...
The iPad 3 offers new advantages, but there's no need to run out to replace your iPad2. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher &a...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court extends 6th Amendment protections in plea bargaining context
By Robert Iafolla
A divided U.S. Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions Wednesday embracing the central role that plea bargaining plays i...
Attorneys for the Cargill Inc. and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. argued they should not be liable for a national ad campaign abou...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday appointed Steven G. Kalar to be the next Federal Public Defender in San Fra...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court rules couple can file civil suit against EPA
By Robert Iafolla
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held Wednesday that an Idaho couple can file suit to fight an Environmental Protection Agency o...
A proposed wage-and-hour class action has been filed in California against online auto seller Virginia-based CarMax Inc. ...
Advocacy groups are asking a dozen California cities to undo ordinances banning day laborers from soliciting work in public ar...
Health Care & Hospital Law
Animal control: No dogs on the table, please
By Sharon Liangn
Are there any limits to where your favorite celebrities (and you) can bring their pets? By Sofia Aguilar of Greenberg Glusker ...
Law Practice
ABA backs away fromdisclosure of law school graduate salary data
By Don Debenedictisn
The American Bar Association has said schools don't have to report salary data for graduates as part of the accreditation proc...