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Linking a deadly 2007 car crash to a motorcycle shop in a neighboring county wasn't a cinch, but it enabled plaintiffs' lawyer...
A group of former federal prosecutors from California tell the U.S. Supreme Court that former Attorney General John D. Ashcrof...
United Airlines Inc. asked a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss a potential class action in which blind passengers claim the...
State Bar & Bar Associations
New O.C. Bar President Has Big Agenda
By Don Debenedictisn
John C. Hueston, the famed Enron prosecutor, sees the many projects he plans as this year's Orange County Bar Association pres...
A glimpse into the life of a prisoner rights lawyer. By Jane Kahn of Rosen, Bien & Galvan LLP. ...
Victorville has become the first municipality ever to be shut out of a 20-year-old federal program that provides green cards t...
A recent lawsuit by parents of students at a low-performing Compton school highlights a new legal strategy for charter school ...
A snapshot of the Constitution's 'liberty of contract' and how this right has eroded over time. By David N. Mayer. ...
Cash-strapped cities throughout California are seeking ways to trim outside legal costs while bolstering their own expertise i...
The intent standard used in equal protection jurisprudence has failed to protect African Americans from subtler forms of discr...
Government
Underground Regulations: Fighting Against Government by Decree
By Alexander Phersonn
Legal options the public can take to challenge unlawful government decrees. By Sanford L. Michelman and Bill Gausewitz of Mich...
Labor/Employment
True Grit: The New Wild West of Employee Benefits
By Alexander Phersonn
The technological and social changes affecting today’s workforce have opened up a whole new world for employers. By David McFa...
Public-law attorney Brett L. Price is the new president of the Kern County Bar Association. ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a prosecutor's discretion to file prior convictions to increase a mandatory mini...
Environmental justice groups appear to have notched two significant wins against government agencies in just over a week's tim...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Wednesday she would like to see the governor choose a Latino from Southern California t...
Dan Saunders, a federal prosecutor who helped lead the criminal investigation of private detective Anthony J. Pellicano, is th...
Cooley lawyers took two clients public in another sign that the floodgates for initial public offerings have opened for the fi...
In a major win for a developer, an appellate court affirmed a $30 million judgment for a company that spent millions of dollar...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she's willing to consider hiring annual clerks at the state Supreme Court, potentially ...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Deborah J. Chuang, who spent most of her early career handling appeals, got her first expos...
A controversial nominee to a Northern District judgeship cannot be disciplined for remarks he made as a magistrate judge, the ...
Real Estate/Development
Real Estate Movers & Dealmakers
By Jason W. Armstrong And Sean Win
In one of Los Angeles's largest commercial real estate transactions in recent years, JPMorgan Chase paid $300 million for a 50...
Money helps companies bring cases against competitors but some lawyers worry it erodes client privilege. ...
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, Business Development for Alien Technology Corp. Morgan Hill ...
General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources for McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Inc. Portland, OR<...
Clarence Darrow once said that the only real lawyer is a trial lawyer. How this changed one litigator's career. By Vance A. Wo...
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP grew its Los Angeles office by two on Tuesday with the hiring of Jan E. Dodd and Jennifer Ilestin...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher filed a civil racketeering suit Tuesday on behalf of Chevron Corp. against the lawyers behind a ma...