The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments today in a case that will determine who will benefit from future sal...
As lawyers compete nationwide to bring shareholder lawsuits over mergers, it's a race to the bottom. A review of M&A litig...
In a much-anticipated move, Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc. filed for its initial public offering on Wednesday, looking to rais...
Government
Google answers lawmakers' concerns over new privacy policy
By Robert Iafolla
Controversy over Google's privacy policy casts a light on the legal environment that Internet companies must navigate when dea...
Judge Julia L. Alloggiamento saw the justice system firsthand through her parents' work.
Perspective
Delaware federal court adopts new rules for conducting discovery
By Sharon Liangn
The new requirements and roles for clients and counsel litigating in the Delaware federal court system. By Daniel B. Garrie of...
When local artist Mark Patterson anonymously installed a glass mosaic he titled "Save the Ocean" underneath an Encinitas bridg...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New ABOTA head comes to judiciary's defense
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Plaintiffs' lawyer Robert N. Stone of Stone, Dolginer & Wenzel ALC takes over as national president of the American Board ...
The California attorney general's office reached a settlement Monday with the makers of a popular hair smoothing cream. ...
Readers comment on "Counties look to drug courts to help rehabilitate prisoners." ...
A grant of work authorization does not always confer legal status in the United States. By Mabel H. Weiss and J.D. Weiss ...
New statute provides a valuable tool for protecting online identities. By Yakub Hazzard and Dan Stone of Robins, Kaplan, Mille...
How I broke up with my BlackBerry and gave the iPhone a second shot. By Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher & Larson ...
Perspective
Campaign finance system should be based on when contributors give
By Michael Leen
How to minimize the influence of money in politics now that corporations can spend unlimited sums. By Jessica A. Levinson of L...
The latest crackdown on individuals who use secret Swiss bank accounts snared a Southern California attorney who was indicted ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Skadden advises investment firm on taking Pep Boys private
By Robert Pierce
Los Angeles partners from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates advised private equity firm The Gores ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger's one-time private-jet flight attendant has dropped her libel lawsuit against three media companies sh...
Leaders of two influential entertainment unions have moved one step closer to merging, but experts warn the deal is far from s...
The number of lawyers who have tendered their resignations at Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP before its expected Marc...
The U.S. Supreme Court swept the legs out from under patients with product liability lawsuits against generic drug manufacture...
California Supreme Court
State supreme court raises standard for self-representation for mentally ill
By Laura Ernden
California judges can refuse to let mentally ill defendants represent themselves at trial, even when they've been found otherw...
In a move that keeps alive one of last year's most divisive bills, the state Assembly passed the measure to dramatically decen...
A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.
Los Angeles County (Van Nuys) ...
Faced with a competitive lateral partner market, law firms are beginning to bolster their ranks with in-house legal practition...
Senior vice president and general counsel Walmart Global eCommerce San Bruno ...
Superior Court Commissioner
A review panel of the State Bar Court has recommended that well-known Los Angeles lawyer R. Brian Oxman should be disbarred. ...
Although this defense is used more now because of the economic downturn, it is rarely truly applicable. By Benjamin Taylor of ...