A superior court judge is set to tie up the potentially big-dollar loose ends in a long-running dispute between author Clive C...
Deciding on an issue that has generated extensive controversy in the building industry, a state appellate court reinstated a S...
Kermit J. Morgan, 1914-2010 ...
Circuit Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt had a quick retort to calls for his recusal from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pane...
The San Francisco office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will shutter by the end of June and the firm's entire Nor...
The Heller Ehrman estate has sued 48 law firms and one investment firm so far this week, alleging they improperly collected th...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Foreign Law School Accreditation Proposal Draws Controversy
By Don Debenedictisn
As many as 5,000 foreign-trained law school graduates take the bar exam each year. Yet an American Bar Association proposal to...
Perspective
In ERISA Cases, The Standard Of Review Really Does Matter
By Seena Nikravann
In ERISA cases, the scope of review warrants careful attention. By Robert J. McKennon and M. Scott Koller of McKennon|Schindle...
Perspective
Does Proposition 26 Limit New California Environmental Quality Act Mitigation?
By Genevieve Knollen
The supermajority requirement under Proposition 26 may hinder environmental mitigation measures. By Ryan M. Leaderman of DLA P...
The death of traditional news gathering gives life to legal issues in today's Internet era. By Jennifer Seraphine of Jones Day...
Does it really take more than 42 tries to find the right family law attorney? By Robert J. Nachshin of Nachshin & Langlois...
Three individuals have been indicted for fraud in connection with the use of federal grant money obtained from the National Sc...
Members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which was sued in October by a transgender woman who was barred from comp...
Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins corporate partner Steven Stokdyk and associate Gloria Lee provided legal counsel to UBS...
Perkins Coie moved its Menlo Park office to a new location at 3150 Porter Driver in Palo Alto. ...
Law Practice
From the Mouth of A Child, a Pragmatic View On Work-Life Balance
By Sara Randazzon
When it comes to answering the oft-asked question of how lawyers can maintain work-life balance, litigator Daralyn Durie point...
Law Practice
Forging an Unbeaten Path From County Prosecutor to Big Firm Partner
By Erica E. Phillips
Munger, Tolles & Olson made former prosecutor Truc T. Do a partner. ...
Criminal
DA Cooley Says He Won't Seek a Fourth Term - Unless He Changes His Mind
By Brandon Ortiz
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said he likely won't seek a fourth term unless an unsuitable candidate seeks...
As the Los Angeles art market recovers, big players consult a select breed of lawyers for help. ...
Chief Justice Ronald M. George said Wednesday that the biggest disappointment of his 14-year term was failing to fix Californi...
Judges and Judiciary
Conservatives Target Liberal Icon's Presence on Prop. 8 Panel
By John Roemer
As oral arguments on the Proposition 8 appeal nears, conservatives in favor of the same-sex marriage ban are lashing out at Ci...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia and Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge...
Opening arguments were heard Wednesday in a class action lending discrimination case against Wells Fargo Bank, laying the grou...
Is equal access to entertainment a widening civil-rights frontier? Some disability advocates leading a multi-platform charge a...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Pharmaceutical Acquisitions Dip, but Spending Rises
By Mandy Jacksonn
Big Pharma mega mergers dominated last year's nearly $200 billion pharmaceutical mergers and acquisitions marketplace. ...
Perspective
Green Chemistry: California Regulators' Responses to Public Concerns
By Alexander Phersonn
The latest environmental proposals take a bold step in the area of regulation. By Belynda Reck and Ian Forrest of Hunton &...
Agriculture
Genetically Modified Beet Seedlings Must Be Destroyed, Judge Rules
By Fiona Smith
A San Francisco federal judge has ordered sugar beet farmers to rip up genetically engineered sugar beets planted this fall, r...
Allen Ruby, a star trial lawyer, is closing his small firm at the end of the year to join international powerhouse Skadden, Ar...
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) held its 22nd annual Inspire Convention at the JW Marriot at LA L...
What some clients see as their lawyer's weakness can actually be a winning strategy for them. By Farley J. Neuman of Jenkins G...