Staying informed about victims' rights benefits both the victims and the criminal justice system. By Los Angeles attorney Anto...
Deporting people who commit acts of domestic violence creates a worse situation for victims. By Erin Tinoco of the Anaheim Fam...
Inhibiting insurance companies' use of a release as a settlement device goes against public policy. By Deborah L. Stein of Sim...
State ethics boards are split on how attorneys should treat inadvertently disclosed "metadata," if inadvertently disclosed as ...
Lawyers would be wise to adopt gross fee contracts when dealing with their clients. ...
Jennifer Friedman comments on 'Brown Faces Scrutiny for Judicial Appointments.' ...
Los Angeles lawyer-mediator Laurel Kaufer said she was immediately hooked when she received a letter from an inmate at Valley ...
The future of a federal judge's ruling blocking enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell" may be up in the air with stay requests...
When a jury convicted former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz on four felony counts , the U.S. Attorney's Office appeared to have nett...
Environmental
Solar Power Projects Result in Boon for California Attorneys
By Anna Scott
Southern California's trajectory toward becoming a major solar power capital could power millions of homes in years to come, b...
Women lawyers in San Diego - slowing inching up the legal ladder over the years - seem to have lost their momentum, at least i...
Superior Court Judge Joseph De Vanon learns about myriad subjects at the Pasadena Courthouse
Opponents of Proposition 19, the ballot measure that would repeal state laws criminalizing recreational marijuana, cite federa...
Judge Susan Huguenor and her family law attorney husband love their specialty.
General Counsel for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Los Angeles ...
Crystal Cathedral Ministries, owners of the towering glass megachurch in Garden Grove, filed for reorganization under the bank...
Two legal recruiting firms confidentially settled a long standing dispute Monday over who deserves pay for helping Mitchell Si...
A Los Angeles lawyer arrested during an Internet child-sex sting was sentenced by a state judge Monday to six years in prison,...
A judge ruled Monday that a local motorcycle dealership was not liable for $10 million in damages for allegedly hiding extra f...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has named 12 new judges to superior courts throughout the state. ...
The city attorney's office here is facing an estimated $11 million budget shortfall for this fiscal year, according to a repor...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
St. Jude Acquires Medical-Device Firm
By Emma Gallegosn
Attorneys at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher represented St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude and attorneys at Latham & Watkins repr...
For its first international office, Littler Mendelson is heading south, but not to major South American hubs in Brazil or Arge...
White & Case, which has struggled with its Silicon Valley office, is hoping to jumpstart a mergers and acquisitions practi...
A federal judge Monday tentatively denied the government's request that she stay her injunction against enforcement of "don't ...
A third Los Angeles Superior Court bench officer has become tangled in the criminal case against a judge accused of offering t...
A judicial opinion seeks to promote fairer outcomes in spoliation cases by pressing for more uniformity in existing law. By Ha...
Perspective
Unexpected Reach of Circular 698: Chinese Tax on Non-Chinese Transfers
By Alexander Phersonn
China's vague law subjects foreign investors in Chinese subsidiaries to new reporting and tax obligations. By John Eichelberge...
Dwight James writes in response to 'There's Nothing Wrong With Me.' ...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Health Care Exchange, Breaking New Ground
By Alexander Phersonn
California's health insurance exchange is the first of the nation since the passage of health care reform. By Frank Micciche a...