Skadden lawyers represented China Real Estate Information Corp. in its $248 million IPO, one of an increasing number of Chines...
Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory C. O'Brien Jr. - who majored in journalism in college - says he sees his job ...
Lynn Cadwalader of Holland and Knight says the key to a successful hotel loan workout is understanding the hotel management ag...
Mark Schickman of the ABA Board of Governors highlights pro bono efforts, to be recognized in the first National Pro Bono Cele...
A congressional committee passed legislation Thursday for a stand-alone agency to regulate consumer financial products. ...
The head of the Motion Picture Association of America's anti-piracy division and its GC have been forced out in a shakeup over...
Government
AOC May Drop Deputy Sheriffs as Security for Courthouses
By Evelyn Larrubian
The Administrative Office of the Courts is exploring the feasibility of a statewide security force run out of its San Francisc...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Judge Mary E. Fuller likens the legal twists and turns of her court docket to the unpredictability and excitement of ...
Central District of California (Riverside) U.S. Bankruptcy Judge ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyers Resign Over Mortgage Scam
By Don Debenedictisn
Four Southern California lawyers accused of cheating homeowners seeking mortgage modifications have given up their bar license...
Labor/Employment
Wage and Hour Class Actions Placed on Heightened Scrutiny
By Sharon Liangn
Mandana Massoumi and Carllene Placide of Dorsey & Whitney provide guidance to employers facing wage and hour class actions...
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that two Silicon Valley engineers stole their employer's trade secrets to get funding from ...
Stan Goldman of Loyola Law School comments on the 9th Circuit's ruling in favor of political policy to ban state use of the te...
Attorneys based in Orange County and Los Angeles were part of a Latham & Watkins team that advised Adecco Group's acquisit...
Joerg W. Knipprath of Southwestern Law School examines Kiyemba v. Obama and the fate of Uighur detainees. ...
C 'West' Huddleson of the National Association of Drug Court says this sentencing option is a proven alternative to incarcerat...
James E. 'Kimo' McCormick of Allen Matkins questions whether new regulations will reform the financial services industry. ...
The former U.S. attorney general asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its September decision allowing a l...
Group accuses the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of allowing owners of a Los Angeles building to skirt low-i...
In a blow to consumer advocates who wanted to knock down their cable bills, a federal judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsui...
A federal judge ruled Tuesday a $97 million Nicaraguan judgment against Dole Food Co. and other fruit and chemical companies w...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to lose patience Tuesday with President Obama's efforts to find countries willing to take form...
The Port of Long Beach has reached a settlement with the American Trucking Association, agreeing to drop a requirement of its ...
Alameda County (Fremont) Superior Court
Our annual roundup of lawyers who bring in the business to their law firms. ...
In the face of increasing pressure from general counsel, law firms are taking concrete action to make the cost of their more w...
A day after the U.S. government eased up on medical marijuana users, a case involving $186,000 seized from a cannabis clinic w...
David McGriff of Strook & Strook & Lavan says piracy may be the thorniest dilemma facing the new IP Enforcement Coordi...
Ben H. Berkley's new book explains why second-time brides and grooms should think twice before walking down the aisle again. ...