For the second time this term, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a statute on free speech grounds Tuesday when it held that a...
A San Diego law school professor is rallying her students - both foreign and native-born - to tap the potential of emerging gl...
Two Los Angeles law firms that helped Bob and Harvey Weinstein walk away from Miramax, the independent studio the brothers bui...
Letter to the Editor
AEDPA Minimizes Last Minute Litigation on Capital Cases
By Sharon Liangn
John Poyner, President of the Institute for the Advancement of Criminal Justice and Colusa County DA, says the AEDPA minimizes...
Mark Russakow of Russakow | Ryan | Johnson examines the use of temporary restraining orders by companies to knock the new comp...
A person's privacy right in his or her identity and contact information, in most cases, is far outweighed by the right in liti...
Ed Poll's new book, "Growing Your Law Practice in Tough Times," discusses how law firms can achieve greater success after the ...
Malcolm Sher explains the intricacies and considerations of resolving partition action disputes. ...
The Charles Schwab Corp. will pay $200 million to resolve a portion of a federal lawsuit in which a class of investors claim t...
A Silicon Valley technology company is running into one roadblock after another trying to prove that its former lawyers at Orr...
Intellectual Property
Central District Considers New Rules On Patent Cases
By Craig Anderson
Judges in the Central District of California, who have come under fire for the way they handle their large patent docket, will...
From the Cop Shop
Over the past decade, business at the Port of Los Angeles has boomed. It is the nation's busiest port, contributing $5.1 billi...
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday took up the question of whether debtors preparing bankruptcy plans can put aside money for car-r...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unsympathetic Monday to the claims of an Ontario police officer who claims that he had a right...
California Attorney General Jerry Brown lashed out at Moody's Investors Service on Monday for refusing to cooperate in a probe...
An increasing body of case law suggests that an insured's reliance on the Fifth Amendment privilege may come at a significant ...
Perspective
Recent Legislative Changes Affecting Tax-Exempt Hospitals
By Sharon Liangn
David Kahn, Ursula Hyman, Daniel Settelmayer, Paul DeMuro and Gerald Peters of Latham & Watkins explain changes to tax-exe...
Perspective
Reinstate Accountability To Our Courts: Pass Assembly Bill 2521
By Sharon Liangn
Kathleen Russell of the Center for Judicial Excellence supports AB 2521, which will apply the same transparency requirements f...
A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Stuart Wolff, the former CEO of Homestore.com, to four and a half years in prison on ...
Michael Alexander, owner of several San Diego telemarketing companies involved in real estate investment fraud, was sentenced ...
David Blackwell and Michael Durkee of Allen Matkins say green motives or a "politically correct" principle does not necessaril...
Michael Rapkin and Scott Rapkin of the Law Offices of Michael S. Rapkin say in recent years, politicians have severely comprom...
Wells Fargo Bank may have decided earlier this month to settle claims that it unfairly targeted minority homebuyers with expen...
The 4th District Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the dismissal of one putative class-action lawsuit, and revived another, bot...
Thomas Morgan's "The Vanishing American Lawyer" argues that in the future, clients will need more specialized lawyers t...
Townsend and Townsend and Crew is offering companies facing patent infringement lawsuits a second opinion. Now they can come t...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices Mull Dispute Over Christian Club At UC Hastings
By Lawrence Hurleyn
U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday appeared unsure of how to resolve a dispute over whether UC Hastings College of the Law can...
William F. Delvac, left, Dale Goldsmith, Mark S. Armbruster, and R.J. Comer, in front of the Century Plaza Hotel, a client. ...