Interpreters who aid non-English-speaking workers in workers comp cases are themselves struggling to collect payment for their...
Alongside state attorneys general from Oregon and Illinois, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced a $3.3 m...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Human Rights Case Goes to Mediation
By Fiona Smith
An en banc panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to make a final decision in a marathon legal battle over allege...
A state appellate court has allowed the California Energy Commission to start doling out $33 million in federal energy efficie...
A Los Angeles federal judge has sided with the trucking industry in a battle over the Port of Los Angeles' clean truck program...
A subsidiary of the global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to plead guilty to charges relating to the manufact...
A study released Monday confirms how much more active corporate counsel have become over the last decade in managing their rel...
An East Coast biotechnology firm is suing three California companies for patent infringement related to DNA sequencing technol...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Voter Citizenship Rule Rejected
By Laura Ernden
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated Arizona's requirement Tuesday that voters show proof of citizenship in order...
Following a decade of twists and turns, Beverly Hills attorney Frances Diaz has won an appeal of a contempt order. ...
Republican Attorney General candidate Steve Cooley defends a TV ad attacking opponent Kamala Harris' record on the death penal...
California is taking cover under a recent U.S. Supreme Court case in an effort to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a challe...
Real Estate/Development
Rise and Fall of a Real Estate Market Niche
By Jason W. Armstrong
After burning through $135 billion in taxpayer bailouts and counting, the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the nation's...
Real Estate/Development
Conflicts of Interest: Tenants Question Dual Representation in Commercial Real Estate
By Michael Gottliebn
The economy may be improving, but companies are still trying to cut costs and maximize value with all of their outsourced serv...
Real Estate/Development
Southern California's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets
By Michael Gottliebn
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the California Air Resources Board established greenhouse gas reduction targets as required under th...
Real Estate/Development
Lending on Distressed Real Estate Notes: Business and Legal Issues
By Michael Gottliebn
The great real estate buying opportunity that was expected to follow the recent financial crisis has yet to materialize. By Mi...
Perspective
Not Enough Cooks in the Kitchen? Building an Entertainer's Team of Advisors
By Genevieve Knollen
It takes a team of business advisors to cook up a successful entertainment career. By Daniel J. Scott of Chadbourne & Park...
Real Estate/Development
Real Estate Lending Remains Sluggish Mortgages
By Mandy Jacksonn
Lawyers who represent commercial real estate borrowers and lenders report a modest uptick in new mortgage work. By Daily Journ...
A recent case demonstrates the fierce competition in today's public works industry. By Gary A. Watt of Archer Norris. ...
Samson Wong/Huang Wei Yi and Mel Lee respond to 'Concerns Over Candidate's Chinese Name Come Too Late.' ...
A new treatise guides practitioners through the dilemma of workers' status classifications. By Jon Flora of Schnader, Harrison...
If you asked real estate finance lawyers what they saw on the horizon at the peak of the market, there would have been a fairl...
Real Estate/Development
Tax-Law Relief for Developers And Property Owners
By Michael Gottliebn
Real estate developers and builders have been under significant stress in the recession, but a fairly common area of relief - ...
An analysis of Imam Rauf's book, What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West. By Los Angeles lawyer ...
Real Estate/Development
2010 Transaction Total Already Eclipses 2009 Transactions
By Carla Pinedan
More California investment real estate has been sold in the first three quarters of 2010 than in all of last year. By Daily Co...
Real Estate/Development
Reforming Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Threatens Apartment Market Financing
By Jason W. Armstrong
After burning through $135 billion in taxpayer bailouts and counting, the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the nation's...
Law Practice
Some Wonder if Audit Of Indigents' Lawyers Is An Attempt to Cut Costs
By Gabe Friedmann
Revealing an erosion of trust between indigent defense panel attorneys and the judiciary, dozens of lawyers have been audited ...
A soldier, teacher and lawyer, Anthony J. Brandenburg says his work building an Intertribal Court from the ground up is his de...
The committees for and against the ballot initiative to legalize marijuana are heavily reliant on two disparate groups - the p...
Norman Tarle found professional and personal satisfaction hearing a civil calender after a stint in criminal court left him em...