Lawyers dealing with issues of judicial misconduct must weigh their remedies against the actions that might be taken by the ju...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Pet Disclosure Ruling Keeps Probationers on Too Tight a Leash
By Sara Libbyn
Rules requiring probationers to notify officials before purchasing a pet don't serve the safety of police officers or the publ...
Whether you are a two-partner firm or a 100-attorney firm, strategic planning is critical for success, write Barbara Lewis and...
McAfee Inc. and three of its former executives, including one-time general counsel Kent Roberts, have agreed to a truce in a p...
Intellectual Property
Who Owns What? Court to Consider Employees' Right to IP
By Rebecca Beyer
A San Francisco federal court will have to balance protecting companies' IP rights and the the rights of those companies' indi...
Lawyers at the former Los Angeles affiliate of Marc Dreier's firm have decided to split up. A group that joined the firm a yea...
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has nabbed another Mayer Brown partner, this one for its Silicon Valley intellectual p...
Former Los Angeles gang prosecutor Kevin McCormick finds the Sacramento bench a good fit, and lawyers on both sides of the ais...
Judge Xapuri B. Villapudua grew up in Stockton and enjoys her ties to the community. ...
While the legal industry was rattled as the economy drifted into recession and then a shock, intellectual property attorneys f...
Criminal
Lawsuit Noir: Couple Seek $60 Million After Agents Storm Desert Home
By Jason W. Armstrong
Federal agents raided Julia and B.J. Davis' hope in August 2005. The couple have filed a lawsuit accusing the government of re...
Litigation
Judge Agrees to Extend Bratz's Shelf Life a Little Longer
By Jason W. Armstrong
Bratz and Barbie will share toy aisle space a while longer. ...
A. David Kagon, the lawyer who defeated the first so-called "palimony" suit, filed against actor Lee Marvin in 1976, has died....
If companies are capable of reducing personnel without making layoffs, they can look to less draconian options to save on cost...
Pamela Dunn, a noted Pasadena appellate attorney who won a surprise victory in a recent arbitration case, has died. She was 59...
Let us all hope that 2009 ushers in a new era of American confidence, writes Mark A. Neubauer. - Forum Column ...
A recent appellate decision confirmed that developers of raw land cannot recover anticipated future development profits by cha...
Verdicts
Lawyers for Train Crash Victims Run Into Cap and Venue Obstacles
By Cortney Fieldingn
One month after a crowded Metrolink train collided with a freight train during rush hour, killing 25 commuters and injuring 13...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Danger Zoning: Density Law Pits Developers Against City Planners
By Sara Libbyn
The controversy over the new housing density law involves the two competing interests of affordable housing development and lo...
Santa Fe Springs defense attorney Brian Oxman is known for representing celebrity clients, including (briefly) Michael Jackson...
Some $96 million in settlement funds from a smokeless tobacco class action in California is being held up by a lone objector. ...
Lawyers from Latham & Watkins can breathe easier after finishing a deal worth up to $900 million between London-based phar...
Los Angeles-headquartered Northrop Grumman Corp. has selected a Sheppard Mullin partner as the company's corporate vice presid...
In September, Jose Ledesma was sent to a Southern California immigration detention center, marking the second time in three ye...
Gale E. Kaneshiro's detailed guides help simplify complex felony cases and draw praise from lawyers. ...
Education
As Job Market Tightens, Schools Get Proactive for Law Students
By Rebecca U. Cho
A rapidly constricting law firm job market has prompted top law schools such as Harvard to aggressively shop their students to...
Some legal observers said they expect President Obama to steer sharply away from pre-emption through his policy directives, an...
In a blow to Chicago-based Mayer Brown's white-collar practice in Los Angeles, prominent litigators Bryan Daly and Chuck Krein...
The 1st District Court of Appeal recently issued a wakeup call to attorneys: You need to add techniques from the worlds of bus...
Lawyers are often characterized as vultures — and those who scrounge for business following a disaster make that stereotype mu...