Concern over discrimination of individuals with disabilities triggers a new set of proposed regulations. By Jon A. Geier and M...
Insurers learn a costly lesson about responding to tendered claims. By Valentine S. Hoy and Timothy M. Hutter of Allen Matkins...
President Barack Obama's three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board are likely to stick, at least until a...
UC San Diego Medical Center reached an agreement to settle allegations that it discriminated against immigrant employees, the ...
Litigation
Ecuadorean judgment against Chevron upheld in first round of appeals
By Jill Redhage
An Ecuadorean appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that Chevron Corp. should pay a group of Amazonian plai...
Labor/Employment
Brief: Brinker ruling should apply to past, future cases
By Brian Sumersn
The state Supreme Court's decision in an important meal-and-rest break case should be both retrospective and prospective, lawy...
An advisory panel's report this week strongly criticizing California's $98.5 billion bullet train proposal could significantly...
A subset of the hacker collective known as Anonymous has struck again, this time targeting California law enforcement members....
A report has found that the federal Environmental Protection Agency needs to better manage the risks posed by the burgeoning f...
In another move to boost its antitrust and competition practice in San Francisco, Paul Hastings LLP has hired corporate litiga...
Last week's state Supreme Court decision dissolving local redevelopment agencies has plunged hundreds of projects throughout t...
Shadowy allegations that top FBI officials in Southern California discriminated against the local Muslim community are startin...
The perfect comeback plan for U.S. automakers goes up in smoke. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group
Litigation
Judge rejects SEC's efforts to crack down on joint representation in insider trading case
By Jill Redhage
A recent ruling by a Northern District federal judge may stymie efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack dow...
Statistics released by the Judicial Council show that the rate of civil bench trials has grown statewide, whereas the number o...
Judge Yolanda Orozco coaxes defendants toward progress in her arraignment court.
Government
Shipping company settles false claims case for $31.9 million
By Jill Redhage
Maersk Line Ltd., the American subsidiary of the world's largest shipping container company, has agreed to pay the U.S. govern...
As leaders at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP gear up for the departure of Chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter, they're implem...
Intellectual Property
The effects of the new standard for inequitable conduct
By Michael Leen
A new heightened standard may reduce the number of inequitable conduct claims against patents. By David E. Kleinfeld and Jacqu...
The state Supreme Court's decision brings to life the nightmare redevelopment agencies feared most. By Rick E. Rayl and Bradfo...
Landowners cannot turn a blind eye to preventable criminal misconduct simply because it has not happened yet. By Douglas A. Ro...
The 1.2 million people in Los Angeles who live close to freeways may be getting exposed to air so dirty it violates federal ai...
Judges and Judiciary
State attorney general's office opines on who can administer oaths
By Emily Green
Judges who voluntarily retire for disability can't be certified to administer oaths unless they are sitting on a court by desi...
Judges and Judiciary
State attorney general's office opines on who can administer oaths
By Emily Green
Judges who voluntarily retire for disability can't be certified to administer oaths unless they are sitting on a court by desi...
Maribel S. Medina, former general counsel to the San Francisco Unified School District, has returned to private practice in So...
California Supreme Court
State justices to consider child sex abuses cases
By Laura Ernden
After a scandal at Penn State drew the nation's attention to the problem of child sexual abuse and its legal ramifications, th...
The State Bar announced Tuesday that it has succeeded in clearing away a backlog of 3,000 discipline cases under investigation...
As California continues to shift thousands of state prisoners to county jails, another inmate population may soon find itself ...
Government
Homes at risk: Public agency reserves swift and blind justice only for Section 8 tenants
By Karen Natividadn
L.A's housing agency seems to have forgotten about their mission to help people remain in their homes. By Gurdeep Dhaliwal of ...
Entertainment & Sports
Warner Bros. asks judge to dismiss "Exorcist" claims
By Erica E. Phillips
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. has asked a federal judge for the second time to dismiss key claims in a profit participation ...