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...
A new business model centered on social responsibility recently debuted in California to a modest reception . ...
Criminal
Lawyer's local suspension could imperil trials out of state
By Gabe Friedmann
Attorney Pierce O'Donnell is appealing his suspension from the Central District bar as part of a broader effort to maintain h...
A federal judge said Wednesday that she would require two classes of plaintiffs to bring their civil price-fixing claims again...
Not only will any inherent ambiguity in an employee handbook be interpreted against the employer, but so will any mistake or (...
Los Angeles Suprerior Court is calling 10,000 fewer prospective jurors each week in the latest cost-saving move, although some...
U.S. Supreme Court
California fighting to defend health care law before the Supreme Court
By Robert Iafolla
California took a lead role for the states supporting the health care law at the U.S Supreme Court, arguing that the bulk of t...
Judge ...
A reader responds to "Contraceptive coverage: Whose religious freedom is it anyway?" ...
A roundup of recent real estate deals and the attorneys involved
Chinese solar panel makers must shoulder the burden of tariffs following a much-anticipated trade case decision Tuesday but th...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to consider whether injunction law bars healthcare challenge
By Robert Iafolla
The justices will begin its three days of arguments over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act next Monday by weigh...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme court rejects patents for diagnostic medical tests
By Robert Iafolla
In a unanimous decision that could send shock waves through California's personalized medicine industry, the U.S. Supreme Cour...
After China-based companies spent a bruising year in U.S. capital markets brought on mainly by fallout over reverse mergers, t...
A reader responds to "Class actions - a device for the greater good?" ...
Perspective
Order opening dependency courts: Nothing new except procedure
By Sharon Liangn
It's time to clarify some myths that have lead well-intentioned people to oppose the order. By Robert Fellmeth and Ed Howard o...
Explosion of counterfeit electronic parts catches federal government unprepared. By Keith Gregory of Snell & Wilmer LLP ...
A basic scorecard of the key players and contests in the fight over our health care reform law. By Glenn C. Smith of the Calif...
Opponents to approved exempt projects may be gaining a significant advantage. By Brian J. Bergman of Bergman Dacey Goldsmith P...
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down decisions Tuesday protecting prisoners' rights to effective habeas lawyers, guarding states...
Huntington Beach this week became the latest in a growing number of cities to consider banning the commercial sale of dogs and...
In a report, the ACLU slams the state for allowing its criminal justice realignment plan to operate with little oversight and ...
Solo and Small Firms
SF deputy city attorney and Latham lawyer set up litigation boutique
By Kevin Lee
A former San Francisco deputy city attorney and former Latham & Watkins LLP associate have joined forces and founded a new...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is helping Mongolia modernize and grow its stock exchange at a time when the country's economy...
The race to set up shop in South Korea is on, with several U.S. law firms applying for licenses to open offices in Seoul, incl...
Less than two weeks after settling claims that it refused to pay MGA Entertainment Inc.'s legal fees in the Bratz doll war, Ev...
A Carlsbad company that makes a product which allows people to "personalize" their Facebook page layout with their own images ...