The California Judges Association's decision to remain neutral on a bill that would decentralize the judiciary comes after a s...
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Alternative Dispute Resolution
'Fairly’ or Not — Mediation Comes to Prime Time
New legal series makes mediation an accessible topic in today's world.
Although a select group of venture capital firms currently dominates venture fundraising efforts in the U.S., experts say the ...
Perspective
What Employers Should Know About the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
By Alexander Phersonn
Steps employers can take to avoid running afoul of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. By Harry P. (Hap) Weitzel an...
Under the "Cohan Rule," taxpayers may not need receipts to claim a tax deduction for certain expenses. ...
Hmong and over-40 casino workers say management treated them unfairly because of their race, age or gender. ...
Northern District U.S. Attorney Melinda L. Haag talked about her office's policies at a conference over the weekend while a ju...
The Winklevoss twins' quixotic quest to undo their $140-million settlement over claims that Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea f...
Court Referee William D. Burns Jr. has taken the road less traveled when it comes to a legal career, giving him unique insight...
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC advised Renesas Electronics Corp. in its $53 million sale of a semiconducto...
In the West Los Angeles offices of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, CEO and managing partner William T. Quicksilver leaned b...
General Counsel and Secretary for SVB Financial Group Santa Clara ...
Now-defunct Howrey LLP faces a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court brought by former employees seeking unpaid wages and ben...
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it will approve Google Inc.'s $700 million purchase of ITA Software Inc., but ...
In a tentative decision this month, U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford said a potential class of 350 teachers brought to L...
In closing arguments Friday in the epic Bratz intellectual property war, a lawyer for MGA Entertainment said Mattel Inc.'s ove...
Amazon's failure to obtain music licenses before releasing its new technology is risky. By Nick Solish. ...
Environmental
Coverage for Climate Change Claims, an Uphill Fight
By Alexander Phersonn
Will so-called "pollution exclusions" forestall lawsuits against entities that release anthropogenic greenhouse gases? By J. R...
Real-estate services firm Milbank Realty Group is facing an unusually public lawsuit by a former in-house attorney who alleges...
A class of drug retailers and wholesalers who sued Abbott Laboratories over a price increase for an HIV drug will receive $52 ...
Outlaws used to rob banks and railroad cars, now its all about stealing prescription drugs and Medicare fraud. By Mary Masi of...
When Howrey shuttered in early March, Richard J. Burdge said he took a step back and asked himself - and his wife - what he sh...
Perspective
Focus on the Facts: LGBT Rights Progress Towards Equality
By Alexander Phersonn
Academic research has been key to the advances made by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in recent years. B...
Systemic, class-wide treatment of disability issues is the most effective approach for plaintiffs and defendants. By Paula Pea...
Accusations that a lawyer accessed databases at some of the nation's preeminent law firms to obtain confidential deal informat...
A federal government shutdown is expected to send ripples throughout U.S. Courthouses in California, where U.S. attorney's off...
Two Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety inspectors were arrested Friday on federal bribery charges for allegedly tak...
The state Fair Political Practices Commission will decide Monday whether to accept an $8,000 fine from New York-based Deloitte...
Judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Four Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP litigation partners left the firm to open the Los Angeles office of Philadelphia-b...