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In order to justify a billing, the activities of an attorney should be authorized, appropriate and reasonable. By Alexander S....

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This Saturday, actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen and Kevin Bacon will lend their talents to a staged reading of "...

Just as a slow economy has been a boon for certain restaurateurs, it's also infused the work of lawyers who represent them. ...

Attorneys with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's Orange County office are leading an effort by Edison Mission Energy to set up a jo...

A criminal defendant's challenge to Orange County federal jury panels may turn into protracted civil litigation now that the...

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a nominee for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, despite some lingerin...

Death penalty foes turned in 800,000 signatures Thursday toward a ballot initiative asking voters to repeal capital punishment...

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Three major cosmetics companies falsely advertised their products as being "cruelty free" when in fact they tested their goods...

The Obama administration issues guidance on how it will approach - and enforce - online and mobile privacy. By Dominique R. Sh...

A federal judge in Manhattan late Wednesday rejected an effort by a Menlo Park hedge fund manager to get his criminal insider ...

A proposed class action has been lodged against Internet behemoth Google Inc., which was accused last month of producing code...

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday filed his opposition to a request that the Prop. 8 case be re-heard in ...

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A physician assistant who alleged sexual harassment and retaliation against her former hospital, Mercy General in Sacramento, ...

DLA Piper hosted its first free legal clinic at C.K. McClatchy High School on Feb. 16 in Sacramento. The clinic is intended to...

The San Diego County Bar Association and the Tom Homann LGBT Law Association, in cooperation with the Association of Corporate...

The Philippine American Bar Association of Los Angeles awarded Vince Verde, co-managing shareholder of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash...

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Federal authorities are cracking down harder on foreclosure auction bid rigging and are seeing big results from a pair of swee...

Companies communicating with their customer base now face a higher risk of litigation. By Chet Kronenberg and Colin Rolfs of S...

The 1st District frowns upon a plaintiff's attempt to challenge an instruction on appeal that it had previously exploited. By ...

Palmer, Lombardi & Donohue LLP, a 25-attorney law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, will officially open a new office in ...

An attorney from Farella Braun & Martel LLP has been elected president of the American College of Construction Lawyers - t...

The city of Compton has settled a lawsuit filed by two women who allege the city's at-large voting system discriminates agains...

Why the right approach to resolving a dispute takes team effort. By Wayne D. Brazil of JAMS ...

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a medicinal marijuana collective against the federal government, rul...