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The Daily Journal’s recent Top 100 list includes only one government lawyer -- the governor’s appointments secretary, who does...

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s increased focus on the private equity sector in recent years has coincided with that sector’s...

Attorneys from Beverly Hills’ Johnson & Johnson LLP review some of the latest developments in music litigation over the pa...

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President Joe Biden proposed a 43.4% capital gain rate, but it is supposed to hit only those earning $1 million or more. Of co...

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Legal handwringing is taking place about the increasing use by the U.S. Supreme Court of a shadow dockets approach that produc...

Attorneys from Johnson & Johnson LLP in Beverly Hills review recent developments affecting music litigation. MCLE available.

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For generations, it did not seem possible that college athletes could earn big before they went pro. Some star high school ath...

Quite often the thing that your client fears will harm the case is irrelevant and not be admissible at trial to begin with.

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America’s longstanding antitrust policy is under fierce attack. What was once a relatively insipid area of law characterized b...

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