A Fresno County Superior Court jury returned a $46.5 million verdict Friday against participants in a Ponzi scheme.
The month of July was generous to the legal sector, showing job growth that brought back more than the nearly 3,000 jobs lost ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Dealing the second blow in a week against corporate arguments that federal statutes trump state laws, a 9th Circuit panel on ...
The city of Victorville has made good on its threat to sue the federal government for shutting a jobs program aimed at stimula...
Allies of bond wiz Jeffrey Gundlach staged an elaborate grab of client data from Trust Co. of the West, according to testimony...
A federal judge last week awarded MGA Entertainment Inc. nearly $310 million in damages and legal fees in its intellectual pro...
The ultimate test of Goodwin Liu's effectiveness on the state Supreme Court could be his ability to persuade one person - Chie...
As the next president of the National Academy of Arbitrators, a 620-member organization of her peers, Sara Adler is said to be...
Judges and Judiciary
Obama's judicial picks face slow confirmation process
By Robert Iafolla
The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed its Thursday vote on judicial nominees for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Ca...
A federal judge Thursday awarded Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. nearly $310 million in damages, legal fees and cour...
The notorious "Spam King' who has tangled with Facebook Inc. for allegedly spamming the social networking site, surrenedered t...
Prominent L.A. litigator Pierce O'Donnell has agreed to spend six months in prison and plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission settled insider-trading charges with a former major league baseball player and three as...
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...