Delivery drivers won preliminary approval for a $12.8 million settlement with UPS over claims the drivers were misclassified a...
Parties on both sides of the lawsuit over Proposition 8 today filed briefs outlining their arguments in the gay marriage case....
Described as either clarifying the law or a cautionary "do-as-you-please key" for judges, an appellate decision on the equitab...
Judge Terry Friedman, whose lifelong commitment to public service took him from pro bono work to the Assembly and the Los Ange...
An attorney for the former board chairman of McKesson Corp. Tuesday asked a federal judge to consider evidence of possible jur...
U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed to be in agreement Tuesday that a federal statute used to prosecute public officials and wh...
In a blow for corporate defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that lawyers have no immediate right to a...
Daniel Scott of Chadbourne & Parke discusses Jay-Z's track 'Forever Young' and how artists can achieve immortality through...
Matthew Stein of Sedgwick provides a play-by-play account of how NBA star Chris Bosh scored big with a slam dunk court win. ...
With immunity, billionaire Henry Samueli reluctantly took the stand Tuesday as a defense witness at the trial of one of his fo...
Trial attorney Jeffrey A. Tidus, who helped run the civil boutique firm Baute & Tidus in Los Angeles, was fatally shot out...
Lonny Zilberman of Wilson Turner Kosmo analyzes Roby v. McKesson's treatment of harassment claims and punitive damages....
Judges and Judiciary
Tough Times Aside, Court Administration Doles Out Raises, Perks
By Amy Yarbroughn
AOC says hefty raises, promotions and extra paid vacation to make up for furlough days was needed to hold on to valued employe...
Michael Young of Alston & Bird asks whether Roby v. McKesson is a victory for both employers and employees. ...
President George W. Bush appointed veteran Securities and Exchange Commission staff lawyer Elisse B. Walter to her dream job -...
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a landmark decision Monday that opens the door to far-reaching regulation of greenh...
Careers in the Navy and as a police officer have given Michael J. Cassidy a calm focus on the bench.
The Department of Energy announced revised rules Monday for its $60 billion loan guarantee program aimed at boosting clean tec...
Biopharmaceutical company Celgene announced plans Monday to acquire Gloucester Pharmaceuticals for up to $640 million. ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Irell, Skadden Advise on Met West Merger
By Christian Berthelsenn
The TCW Group will acquire Los Angeles-based Metropolitan West Asset Management, the companies said last week. ...
A small, rural San Joaquin Valley city has come under fire over what attorneys are rising water and wastewater rates, which ar...
Addressing a delicate separation of powers issue, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday weighed the constitutionality of a section of ...
Letter to the Editor
Litigation Survey is Rant Against Civil Justice System
By Sharon Liangn
Christopher Dolan, President of Consumer Attorneys of California, comments on a survey addressing California's litigation tren...
Theresa Lopez and Mark DeSouza of Crowell & Moring explain why knowledge of California's E-discovery Act is a time and mon...
The Senate rejected a Republican effort to cap attorneys' fees in medical malpractice cases when it voted down an amendment to...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court To Review Hastings Dispute With Christian Group
By Lawrence Hurleyn
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review whether UC Hastings College of the Law can refuse to register a Ch...
Attorney and inventor Scott Harris addresses the inherent conflicts law firms face when prosecuting and litigating patent issu...
Alan Jampol of Jampol Zimet Skane & Wilcox examines stays of declaratory relief actions in the context of insurance covera...
Fresno County (Clovis) Superior Court Judge University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law ...
It took a couple of years and a long interval of silence, but on Monday the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a long-pe...