Fresno judges seek to block sheriff's early release of county prisoners ...
Senior VP, interim CFO, general counsel and chief administrative officer for Websense Inc. San Diego ...
Labor/Employment
Communication is key: working with disabled employees
By Sharon Liangn
The UPS case illustrates the importance of employers to engage in individualized discussions with employees. By Dulcinea Grant...
International
Against the Chinese wall: the US government’s limited investigative reach
By Sharon Liangn
The SEC and Justice Department have no subpoena power abroad, making it tricky to access documents and witnesses. By Winston Y...
State Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu's move to hire at least two clerks marks a potential shift at the court, which for the...
Two employees who say they were laid off from their landscaping jobs for supporting a labor union will return to work after a ...
Intellectual Property
Judge tosses artist's suit over Bratz
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
A New York federal judge tossed out a lawsuit late Wednesday in which an artist accused Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment I...
The state Supreme Court will give guidance today on whether proponents of Proposition 8 have standing to challenge a ruling ag...
Throughout the world, medical associations have found no medical justification for male circumcision. By Marc E. Angelucci of ...
Sunnyvale-based InvenSense Inc. started trading on Wednesday with the help of Morrison Foerster LLP in a sign that the technol...
Litigation
High court skepticism on asbestos liability has lawyers watching
By Ciaran Mc Evoy
Asbestos lawyers on both sides don't expect a dramatic decrease in filings should the state Supreme Court limit the liability ...
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp. to pay a $43 million fine for participating in a price-fix...
Oakland voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have changed the city attorney position from an elected rol...
Intellectual Property
Alcatel-Lucent will appeal reduction in award
By Craig Andersonn
Alcatel-Lucent S.A. will appeal a San Diego federal judge's decision to slash a patent verdict against Microsoft Corp. from $7...
The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether an employee could be barred from suing for discrimination because h...
New political causes and Occupy protests present unique challenges to public sector employers. By David Urban of Liebert Cassi...
Government
San Bernardino tentatively settles disability suit
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
San Bernardino County and its court system tentatively agreed to settle a five-year-old federal lawsuit alleging disability vi...
A Panamanian shipping company will pay $650,000 for illegally dumping ship oil waste near the San Francisco Bay as part of ple...
A class-action settlement worth $17.5 million to victims of the Armenian Genocide devolved into a courtroom mud fight this wee...
In a devastating defeat, a San Francisco County Superior Court jury on Wednesday rejected Sunnyvale-based chip designer Rambus...
A 53,058-square-foot medical office building at 8641 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills was refinanced for $12 million.
The Occupy movement, which initially drew broad support from big cities, is now facing eviction from public spaces across the ...
Entertainment & Sports
Big-time college football: End it or reform it now
By Sharon Liangn
It is clear that football at this level has lost its bearings. By Rodney K. Smith of Thomas Jefferson School of Law ...
The actors involved in the Penn State scandal should take active steps to encourage recovery. By Thomas A. Cifarelli of Cifare...
Why debtors should invest the effort to ensure that it has a friendly creditor voting class. By Howard N. Madris of the Law Of...
L.A. County's child dependency system soon will be opened to the public, despite strong opposition. By William W. Patton of Wh...
A Southern California man convicted of storing toxic and hazardous waste in his backyard was sentenced to five years in federa...