A survey by the Association of Corporate Counsel shows that average salaries for Southern California in-house attorneys have g...
The San Diego-based firm known as Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan LLP changed its name to Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan & Bottini ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney by na...
Judge Has Often Found Himself the First or Only Black in His Position, but Says His Forefathers Paved the Way
John F. Herlihy, a longtime Santa Clara County Superior Court judge who retired at the end of 2009 and now works as a mediator...
Administrative/Regulatory
Virtual Clinical Trials Raise Legal and Ethical Questions
By Mandy Jacksonn
Pfizer Inc. will conduct the first-ever "virtual" clinical trial using mobile devices and the Internet rather than in-person d...
Should there be cameral access to federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court? By Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of La...
Labor/Employment
US Supreme Court: Proving Commonality a Hurdle for Future Class Actions
By Sharon Liangn
How reversal of class certification in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes will affect class treatment of employee claims. By...
Insurance
Customer Complaints: An Unsettling Experience for Insurance Agents
By Karen Natividadn
Insurance agents need not expect the worst when subject to a customer complaint. By Mark B. Robinson of Michelman & Robins...
Equal Rights Advocates sprang from a clinical program that a trio of female law school students at UC Berkeley School of Law ...
Federal judges can reduce prison time for inmates who pleaded guilty to crack cocaine charges prior to the closed disparity be...
A disbarred attorney can proceed with his suit to collect unpaid fees from well-known plaintiffs' lawyer Thomas V. Girardi, th...
Millennium Holdings LLC paid $8.7 million to 10 California counties and cities to be dismissed from a lawsuit over the marketi...
Lisa M. Johnstone, a corporate associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, died unexpectedly this week. She was...
In a ruling with deep significance in the Information Age, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Thursday a state law protecting ...
William F. "Chip" Merlin Jr. decided to expand his firm's presence to the West Coast and set up shop in Los Angeles. ...
The state Supreme Court reversed a $22.5 million verdict for a Ventura County accident victim Thursday, saying jurors shouldn'...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday against the estate of deceased Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith in the marathon court ...
Laboratory technicians that conduct tests used in criminal prosecutions must appear at trial, a divided U.S. Supreme Court dec...
A divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld a railroad worker's victory against his employer, which he sued for negligence after suffe...
A federal judge ordered lawyers involved in a class action settlement related to the Armenian genocide to submit a plan to dis...
After nearly 29 years on the bench, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John P. Shook has decided to hang up his robes. Sh...
Student free speech trumps school district's ability to discipline for cyber misconduct. By Gretchen M Shipley of Fagen Friedm...
Two former senior officers of computer giant Gateway Inc. took a legal hit Thursday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pan...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thuyrsday that would revamp the nation's patent laws for the first time in dec...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court Blocks Suits Against Generic Drugmakers
By Mandy Jacksonn
The U.S. Supreme Court set a different standard for generic drug manufacturers on Thursday than it did for brand-name pharmace...
A recent spate of bankruptcies of major big box retail stores has proven challenging for real estate lawyers trying to fashion...
Perspective
New Report on Carcinogens May Increase Toxic Tort Litigation
By Karen Natividadn
Reclassification of formaldehyde and styrene have the potential to substantially impact toxic tort litigation. By Robert Kum a...
