Muslim students who loudly protested during a speech by a top Israeli diplomat were convicted Friday of conspiracy and disrupt...
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP requested late Friday to resign from representing Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment ...
A group of lawyers is launching a law school in Indio to serve Riverside County's Coachella Valley, which is 70 miles east of ...
The state Supreme Court might soon have an opportunity to answer the weighty question of whether the state's public schools ar...
Director of Worldwide Legal Affairs for CEVA Inc. Mountain View ...
Solyndra LLC's fall from grace seems complete after its two top executives suffered the ritual humiliation of pleading the Fif...
McGuireWoods LLP added Dana Palmer as senior counsel in its Los Angeles office. His focus is on renewable energy, climate chan...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Superior Court Commissioner Kern County (Bakersfield) ...
Patent holding companies are heading to the U.S. International Trade Commission at an increasing rate, seeking exclusion order...
Retired Judge William C. Pate, a neutral at JAMS in San Diego, uses his 34 years of experience as a litigator and judge to hel...
Books
Staying power: Women GCs talk about climbing up the corporate ladder
By Karen Natividadn
A collection of up close and personal interviews with top women general counsels. By Michele Coleman Mayes of Allstate Insuran...
Learn the ins and outs of California's Talent Agencies Act. By Michael J. Plonsker of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP ...
What began as a cookie-cutter process has evolved into something that can be crafted to fit any case. By Zela "Zee" Claiborne ...
China is still a long way from providing citizens the types of legal protections Americans take for granted. By Patrick Mattim...
Why the new "CEQA reform" legislation may be more promise than reality. By James L. Arnone and Holly A. Williams of Latham &am...
Bingham McCutchen LLP is moving its Silicon Valley office to Palo Alto from East Palo Alto. ...
The 2nd District Court of Appeal confirmed this week that violent sex offenders are entitled to be released on time, even if ...
The liquidation of defunct Washington, D.C.-based law firm Howrey LLP will be placed in the hands of a government-appointed tr...
The lawyers at this Koenig Jacobsen LLP have a deep knowledge of their clients' businesses, going back, in at least one case, ...
Proposition 8 proponents on Thursday appealed a federal judge's order unsealing digital recordings of last year's trial about ...
Local bar organizations have volunteered attorneys to supplement Los Angeles County Superior Court's ADR programs, but impendi...
Just over a year after the devastating Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38...
1941-2011 ...
First California Bank turned a blind eye to years of fraud by a campaign treasurer accused of stealing millions from her non-p...
Gov. Jerry Brown has quietly tapped three judges and seven lawyers to sit on a committee that advises him on judicial appoint...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Obama nominates LA federal judge to 9th Circuit
By John Roemer
President Barack Obama has nominated U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen of Los Angeles to serve on the 9th U.S. C...
Government
Google chairman's Senate testimony not likely to impact FTC investigation
By Robertiafolla
Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt endured a Senate hearing Wednesday, but neither his testimony nor that of his rivals are lik...
Posts about the terms and conditions of employment, including job performance and staffing, were not grounds for termination. ...
Perspective
Paid sabbaticals: Do they promote employee retention or invite wage lawsuits?
By Sharon Liangn
Whether or not paid sabbaticals count as a form of vested wages isn't an easy question to answer. By Robin E. Largent of Carlt...