The city of Vernon has paid former official Donal O’Callaghan $500,000 to settle a contract dispute. ...
A jury awarded $5.2 million to a Colorado businessman who lost millions when his investment was used in a scheme to manipulate...
Perspective
Copyright in the 21st century: the heart of every matter
By Karen Natividadn
Copyright law's role in regulating our contemporary lives has made acts of infringement more possible. By John Tehranian of So...
Lafayette & Kumagai LLP, a 12-lawyer litigation boutique, is known for defending employment and business cases, and has a ...
Perspective
Punishment transformed: A former gang member reaches out to delinquent youth
By Sharon Liangn
A three-year study of 40 delinquent Latino and African American boys reveals a vicious cycle of punishment and incarceration. ...
Judge Lafferty delves into cases deeply and broadly, much as he does in life.
Ruling on Manhattan Beach's plastic bag ban may offer more confusion than resolution. By Mike Durkee and Tom Tunny of Allen Ma...
Solo and Small Firms
Pasadena Lawyer to Head ABA Small Firm, Solo Group
By Susan Mcraen
Laura V. Farber, hiring partner of Hahn & Hahn, took over this week as chairwoman of the American Bar Association's Gener...
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seat formerly occupied by Judge Stephen S. Trott has been left empty for more than six years,...
The trials and triumphs of Clara Foltz, one of the first women lawyers in the U.S. By Barbara Allen Babcock of Stanford Law Sc...
Lawyers from Cooley LLP inked another deal for longtime client Web.com Group Inc. on Wednesday. ...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Thursday a program to reward whistle-blowers who deliver information leading...
Months after the Concepcion decision, federal judges in California are reaching various conclusions - some of which suggest th...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal
DNA collection upon arrest unconstitutional, panel rules
By Laura Ernden
A California law that requires police to collect a DNA sample from anyone arrested for a felony is unconstitutional, a state a...
For the first time in memory, an anti-capital punishment bill may have a chance of passing. It's bolstered by new revelations ...
Perfect 10 Inc., a publication that creates and distributes photographs of nude models, was denied a preliminary injunction ag...
Perspective
Justices rule that employers cannot be hit twice for the same wrong
By Sharon Liangn
State Supreme Court limits liability for employers whose employees are involved in auto accidents on the job. By Frances E. Ro...
A state bill signed into law last month that aims to help real estate developers ride out the still limping economy solves par...
Judge Shapero's familiarity with the lawyers he works with makes for a comfortable environment.
Legal troubles may steal the spotlight away from Lifetime's new reality TV show. By Julia Haye of Greenberg Glusker Fields Cla...
Entertainment & Sports
Entertainment partners in L.A. form new firm
By Erica E. Phillips
Two former partners at Century City-based Gipson Hoffman & Pancione have broken off to form their own media and entertainm...
Senator Dianne Feinstein is actively soliciting applications for a Northern District federal judgeship opening up this fall. ...
Perspective
First-to-file in the unpredictable arts: Change in law requires balancing of competing interests
By Karen Natividadn
Change in the law aligns the U.S. with the rest of the world's patent systems, but at what cost? By Michael Shuster and Nicola...
Tax
To increase revenue, California prods taxpayers to report use taxable purchases
By Sharon Liangn
New law hopes to maximize revenues and minimize tax avoidance mechanisms. By Sanford I. Miller of Law Offices of Sanford I. Mi...
A lawsuit pending against the city of Chula Vista hinges on whether municipalities can shield themselves from class claims by ...
Copyright owners are pushing a bill in Congress that would make it easier to remove infringing websites from the Internet, a m...
Nossaman LLP moved down the street from its previous downtown Los Angeles office to accommodate firm growth and new state-of-t...
A family-owned software developer got a boost in its intellectual property case against the People's Republic of China and mul...
