An idea theft trial over the film "The Last Samurai" came to an end Friday when a federal court jury ruled that screenwriters ...
Law Practice
Bar makes another move toward practical training for lawyers
By Don Debenedictisn
The State Bar moved a step closer Monday to requiring future California lawyers to have practical, hands-on training before t...
Judge Kendall Newman soldiers through settlement conferences until the deal is done.
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
The term "old white men" would not be inaccurate to describe the group of people comprising many civil grand juries in Califor...
General counsel for Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. El Segundo ...
Professor, I thank you. By Louis A. Lipofsky ...
Los Angeles is now the third publicly-owned utility in California to offer a so-called "feed-in tariff" program, indicating a ...
Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach is gearing up to roll out a diversion program in which low-level misdemeano...
Labor/Employment
State justices are ready to weigh in on major employment issues
By Brian Sumersn
Brinker, which will determine if employers must force workers to take breaks or only make them available, has been one of the ...
Legal sector hiring dropped in March after two consecutive months of gains, while overall nonfarm employment continued its str...
The Los Angeles District Attorney's office has denied that any conflict of interest exists in its prosecution of a former Bel...
Be wary of changes this year, and don't forget to double check your returns, even for silly typing errors that can lead to pai...
Government
Five avoidable pitfalls when making political contributions in California
By Michael Leen
Companies should be careful to keep track of where their money is going, and whether expenditures could be considered politica...
Intellectual Property
Don't believe the myths: IP cases can be covered by insurance
By Michael Leen
It's a common misperception that IP cases cannot be covered by insurance; don't buy into it. By William T. Um of Hunton & ...
The state Department of Finance has accused Orange County of "flouting the law" by withholding $73.5 million in taxes, but the...
A judge allowed a civil rights complaint against the federal EPA to move forward, finding that it failed to address long-runni...
This month local officials will begin to sift through orphaned redevelopment projects, deciding which to continue and which to...
Fenwick & West LLP scored again Monday with Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc.’s $1 billion purchase of San Francisco-based In...
Superior Court Judge Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
STAAR Surgical Co. appointed Samuel J. Gesten as its new vice president and general counsel. Gesten replaces Charles S. Kaufma...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
The Baha'i religion has guided Judge Dorothy Nelson, an early proponent of mediation.
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Law Practice
Law schools struggle to deal with declining student applications
By Don Debenedictisn
Across California, enrollment for ABA-accredited law schools was down nearly 9 percent this year and likely will fall further ...
STAAR Surgical Co. , a Monrovia-based medical device developer, has hired a new general counsel, the company announced Thursda...
Education
Parents sue school district over performance
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
A group of San Bernardino County parents filed an unusual suit Thursday seeking to force the Adelanto School District to relin...
California attorneys are advising homeowners associations to try to sever themselves from local neighborhood watch groups in t...
The state's campaign finance watchdog agency took the first step Thursday toward tightening regulations and expanding disclosu...