SAN JOSE - An in-house lawyer at Apple who was fired last year for drafting minutes of a fictitious board meeting that awarded...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Miss Congeniality, Esquire - How to Restore Civility in the Courtroom
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Lynn Duryee - What every litigator needs is a guide to getting through the day in court without beating oppo...
Recruiting Column - By Sandford A. Lechtick - Today's legal environment is marked by heavy competition among firms looking to ...
Government
Proposed Rules Would Rein In Political Legal Defense Funds
By David Houstonn
The state's political watchdog agency is about to crack the whip on legal defense funds it suspects some lawmakers may be usin...
When it comes to transactional legal work, Los Angeles is a middle-market town. Few large corporations are headquartered in th...
LOS ANGELES - When Casey Sobhani, a real estate senior counsel at Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif, got the call t...
WASHINGTON - In a case that could significantly affect the scope of future arbitration agreements, a highly engaged U.S. Supre...
Lawmakers leaned on Yahoo Inc. Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by the families of Chinese journalists imprisoned because t...
Firm Watch
Senior City Attorney in L.A. Is Joining Latham Land-Use Team
By Peter Matuszakn
LOS ANGELES - A top lawyer in the Los Angeles city attorney's office is departing to join the land-use practice at Latham &...
David F. Pike, 68, a longtime U.S. Supreme Court reporter for the Daily Journal, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in ...
Michael Eisner's Torante Group was co-purchaser of Topps Co. The former Disney CEO's group, along with Madison Dearborn Partne...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
As Congress Considers Education Reform, What Role Should Testing Play?
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - With the No Child Left Behind act up for reauthorization, lawmakers pursuing effective ref...
Focus Column - By Bruce Wessel - As the Hollywood writers' strike continues, we take a look at suits over the theft of ideas ...
Forum Column - By Suzanne M. Blonder and Emily Werth - The California State Bar is perilously close to making a decision that ...
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court Divides Over Firing of Medical-Marijuana User
By Laura Ernden
SACRAMENTO - A clearly divided California Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with the sticky problem of how employers should deal ...
Corporate
Suits Aimed at Drug Makers Seek Overtime Pay for Salespeople
By David Houstonn
SAN FRANCISCO - Prescription drug makers and their lawyers may be feeling better now that two federal judges have tossed lawsu...
LOS ANGELES - When it comes to the current writers' strike, not all entertainment practices are created equal. Industry insid...
The jury that returned a $3.3 million verdict against Dole Food Co. and Dow Chemical Co. on Monday went back into deliberation...
Following the Dodgers put Ventura Judge Henry J. Walsh on the road to the bench, where he umpires with ease. ...
LOS ANGELES - Doron Weinberg, a highly regarded criminal attorney in the San Francisco legal community, may be the new defense...
Can a national park be an attractive nuisance? Attorneys for injured and killed hikers will square off today with government...
The state Supreme Court on Monday held that employers may reimburse their employees for their business expenses by increasing ...
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - California's overcrowded prisons could avoid judicial interference by reforming compassion...
An Orange County perfume seller will have to find a new Web site following a federal appeals court's Monday ruling that its na...
O'Melveny & Myers, which was defending MGA Entertainment against a high-stakes legal challenge to its ownership of the wil...
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has awarded $3.3 million to six of 12 Nicaraguan men who claimed that e...
U.S. Supreme Court
State High Court Will Weigh In on Fees for Pro Bono Work
By Laura Ernden
Four years ago, appellate specialist Charlie Bird of San Diego won a landmark California Supreme Court case that cemented the ...
WASHINGTON - Taking up the case of a murder defendant whose attorney turned down a deal to keep him off death row, the U.S. Su...
Deciding at 10 on a legal career, Superior Court Commissioner Gayle Peron steadily made her way to the bench, earning praise...
Drawing on values instilled by her mother, Los Angeles Judge Mary Lou Villar is appreciated for her compassion and understan...