Mosk, a former justice for the 2nd District Court of Appeal, died from pancreatic cancer Sunday. ...
California-based Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP were approved for nearly $254 m...
After a student with sickle cell trait collapsed and died during a strenuous football workout in 2014, the Regents of the Univ...
A marathon settlement session featuring lawyers for copyright combatants Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. in front of U.S. Magistr...
The clock is ticking for a class of plaintiffs seeking monetary damages from Apple Inc. over claims that a defect in the iPhon...
LA County Judge Fournier is respected for her kind spirit and well-reasoned jurisprudence.
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
Drowning in competition, veteran class action administrators say attorneys are on the verge of choking quality out of the mark...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor: justice-veteran column lets some off too easy
By Riley Guerin
Peter Lynch, author of the guest column "Veterans, disabled lacking on bench" (April 14) lets Gov. Jerry Brown's appointments ...
Most of the time, doltspeak is best. By David M. Balabanian ...
An SEC complaint accuses a Los Angeles-based litigation marketing company of deceiving retirees and investors about putting ne...
Criminal
Report says Prop. 47 has eased overcrowding early release issues
By L.J. Williamson
A recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California found that Prop. 47 has significantly reduced the practice of "...
Law Practice
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP executive committee chairman re-elected for sixth straight term
By Justin Kloczko
Guy Halgren, a Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP partner, has been re-elected for a sixth consecutive three-year ter...
County is spending $18.4 million for outside auditors to ease financial woes. ...
Securities
NFL player Willie James Gault enjoined from serving as CEO after securities fraud scheme
By Amanda Schallert
A federal judge has barred former NFL player Willie James Gault from leading a publicly traded company until he proves he unde...
Stacie Spector's appointment comes at a time when the oft-embattled agency is seeking to improve its PR efforts. ...
Litigation
Mistrial declared in case of planned murder of federal judge
By Meghann M. Cuniff
Jury hangs after two days of deliberations in Orange County. ...
A weekly roundup of lateral attorney moves, law firm office openings and partner promotions from around California
Superior Court Commissioner ...
Contra Costa Commissioner Kathleen Murphy brings a real-world perspective to her court
The 2nd District Court of Appeal slammed a constitutional challenge to the state's teacher tenure laws Thursday. ...
Higgs Fletcher & Mack Judicate West San Diego, Santa Ana ...
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Mulvihill mentors attorneys while dispensing justice.
It isn't often the quizzical headline of one article on the front page of the Daily Journal seemingly is answered by another a...
Peter Lynch's recent article, "Veterans, disabled lacking on bench" (April 14), indicates that there are no reported veteran a...
A San Diego Superior Court jury ruled that the company retaliated against a former employee. ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Former California lawyer owes $11.5 million in loan modification fraud, 9th Circuit rules
By Saul Sugarman
A former California lawyer whose loan modification fraud practices cost him his license found little relief Thursday from the ...
A jury awarded Aetna Life Insurance Co. $37.5 million as its billing fraud trial against Bay Area Surgical Management LLC and ...
Litigation
Alhambra immigration firm opposes client in contract dispute
By Amanda Schallert
Argument is over whether client withdrew her EB-5 visa petition and whether her investment contract is still valid. ...
Obituaries
Thomas Herbert of Flehr Hohbach Test Albritton & Herbert died April 6
By Saul Sugarman
The attorney, name partner of the San Francisco intellectual property boutique firm, was 84. ...