But three years ago, a scandal erupted in corporate America over the practice of backdating options, prosecutors' success rema...
SAN DIEGO - Instead of coming to the monthly meeting of the San Diego/Tijuana chapter of the Urban Land Institute on Feb. 9 at...
The scope of campaign finance legislation announced by prominent Democrats underscores how much power over elections the Supre...
Appellate Practice
Denial of Class Certification: Preserving the Right to Appeal
By Sharon Liangn
James Martin and Zareh Jaltorossian of Reed Smith address the disagreement behind how a voluntary settlement impacts a class r...
Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Superior Court Judge ...
Find out who's changing jobs, who's moving in or out. See our roundup of comings and goings at the state's law firms, legal or...
Judge Virginia Marcoida takes the extra time to make sure both sides get their fair shake, even if it means slowing down the p...
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that parties will only have 30 days to challenge a government agenc...
The AOC has been pushing to derail a proposed financial audit of its controversial statewide case management project, arguing ...
A veteran prosecutor filed papers Wednesday to try to unseat a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge in the June primary ...
Nestlé USA Inc., The Hershey Co., Cadbury Plc, and other big names in the confectionery business are accused of conspiring sin...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has hired its first professional organizer in a decade to be devoted...
Mountain View-based Fenwick & West advised solar power startup Ausra, Inc. in its agreement this week to be bought by Fren...
An Oakland judge has denied video game publisher Electronic Arts' motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former Arizona State ...
With large firms facing serious financial challenges, Maggie Jessup of Platform Strategy advises on how to avoid commodization...
Kathleen Clark of Servant Lawyership writes about the 'unsettlable' medical malpractice case involving the death of Michael Wo...
Patent holders of clean technology need to take assertive measures now to protect their rights in the long run, write Todd Mil...
Elaine Elinson, an author herself, reviews Michelle Alexander's new book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age o...
Rodger Cole and Julie Nokleberg of Fenwick & West discuss reliance on tort remedies by companies trying to protect their t...
James P. Gray uses a hands-on approach, whether as a judge, speaker, columnist, author, musical composer or, now, as an ADR ne...
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision is expected to clear an easier path for special education teachers to wage retali...
Letter to the Editor
Public Conduct of the Judiciary Should Never Be Secret
By Sharon Liangn
Joel Drum of Sherman Oaks comments on a malady known as "blackrobeitis." ...
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Los Angeles Police Department Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr. as U.S. attorney for t...
Under fire for allegedly aiding shady online drug sales, Google Inc. has pledged to tighten its rules for verifying that pharm...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Government
San Bernardino Officials Charged With Taking Developer's Bribes
By Jason W. Armstrong
A $102 million settlement between San Bernardino County and a high profile developer could be on the verge of collapse as a re...
Associates at San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe received a memo Wednesday announcing 2009 bonus ranges as...
In a rare insurance win for victims of floods, attorneys from Irell & Manella landed a $24.3 million settlement from insur...
Memory chip manufacturer Micron Inc. has bought a Geneva-based joint venture co-owned by Intel Corp. in an all-stock transacti...
Michael Fox of Sedgewick Detert takes a bite out of Dr. Siegal's lawsuit against Kim Kardashian for alleged defamatory cookie ...