Lawyers at Gaines & Stacey LLP wanted to keep their firm small and local so they could practice and serve the communities ...
A Gardena-based information-technology company is facing allegations it secretly placed sensitive FBI, police and anti-terrori...
Perry Goldberg, Nate Lowenstein and Kenneth Weatherwax have launched a patent litigation and counseling firm in Los Angeles an...
Landowners were not allowed to challenge EPA compliance orders - until now. By Kimberly Leue Bick of Irell & Manella LLP ...
Cities should have sweeping authority to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, including the ability to ban the shops compl...
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...
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...