Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in San Francisco filed suit against a Shas...
Life is now dramatically different for Molloy. As a successful probate attorney a decade ago, he lived in a 7,000-square-foot ...
U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real's colleagues have dismissed misconduct charges against him following a lengthy probe into h...
The Orange County Women Lawyers Association named Newport Beach-based attorney Teal W. Anderson to the organization's board of...
Judges and Judiciary
Contra Costa County to Get First State-Funded Courthouse
By Dhyana Levey
Pittsburg city officials Friday broke ground at the site of Contra Costa County Superior Court’s new courthouse at Railroad Av...
Wilfred J. Schneider Jr. says the death of his wife opened his eyes to the importance of family ties. As a judge, he says, he ...
Law Practice
Los Angeles Prosecutors' Union Sued for Changing Bylaws, Calling Off Election
By Greg Katzn
A prosecutor has sued the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, alleging that the bargaining representative for the county...
Javade Chaudhri is general counsel of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy services company based in San Diego. With revenues o...
Harry L. Powazek, the son of Siberian labor camp survivors, ascended to San Diego County's bench. ...
The faculty at USC's Gould School of Law approved an adjustment to the grading scale on Thursday that will raise the average g...
Citing federal exemption statutes, a judge has denied a Palm Springs airline ground worker's claims that she was deprived of h...
One footnote to the 2008 presidential election will be the contention that neither of the candidates was eligible for the offi...
Michael Ornstil, who started mediation as a gamble, is still willing to go out on a limb. ...
To ensure compliance with a host of 2008 cases, employers should update their forms, policies and practices, writes Mandana Ma...
The Los Angeles County Law library, home to a collection of burnt-orange and sea-foam-green chairs nearly as old as the Dewey ...
Because of conflicting appellate decisions, it will likely fall to the state Supreme Court to decide whether an injured indepe...
The failures of a Nebraska safe haven law illustrate the need for legal options for families in crisis, write H. Thomas Wells,...
The former Los Angeles affiliate firm of jailed New York litigator Marc Dreier insisted Thursday that the firm's finances are ...
Raymond J. Ikola filed class actions as an Orange County business litigator, and he has come to know them even better as a sta...
The nation’s top immigration judge is stepping down. Justice Department officials said Wednesday that David Neal will leave h...
California attorneys from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised American Land Lease Inc. on its acquisition by Chic...
David Drummond, Google's top legal beagle, was appointed to the board of directors of RocketLawyer.com, an internet-based lega...
With the nation's three large automakers on the brink of financial collapse, one Los Angeles lawyer is working on a creative a...
Moments before a judge sentenced a former Boeing scientist this week for taking classified documents to Israel, he apologized ...
A California appellate court has held that various Farmers Insurance companies commit a misdemeanor by not disclosing properly...
Even though the Social Security Administration is overwhelmed and under-resourced, the White House thinks it should also be po...
The United States remains the only democracy that refuses to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimi...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Vets Appeal to 9th Circuit for Improved Mental Health Care
By Rebecca Beyer
A federal judge was wrong to conclude that he did not have the authority to order widespread changes in the claims process and...
With the nation's ailing automakers desperate for government money, California is hoping Congress will use its leverage to end...
Law Practice
Orrick Ex-Partner Gets Slap for Not Acting in Client's Best Interest
By Dhyana Levey
Multimillionaire businesswoman Fritzi Benesch sought $16.9 million in damages from lawyer William Hoisington. She claimed he f...