Los Angeles County Judge Gregg Marcus' love of fast cars is only surpassed by his attention to courtroom fairness, lawyers say.
Another win for the city of San Diego and another loss for the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System. ...
Objections to Heller Ehrman's proposed liquidation plan and ongoing settlement negotiations among stakeholders have caused the...
More fireworks are going off after an environmental group filed suit to stop the annual pyrotechnics display at La Jolla Cove ...
A former Republican candidate for Congress tied to a letter that threatened Latino voters with deportation is accusing Rep. Lo...
A California courts program to aid self-represented litigants by pairing them with trained university students will expand, th...
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday decided to intervene in a case challenging an Arizona law requiring employers to check on the im...
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, narrowing the scope of the so-called honest services fraud statute, is giving hope to so...
Among the flurry of U.S. Supreme Court decisions Monday, the court handed a conclusive win to the city of San Francisco by den...
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to let a 2002 landmark clergy abuse case go forward against the Vatican is expected t...
A U.S. Dept of Labor study found that about 30 percent of businesses misclassify workers, which may result in increasing level...
Labor/Employment
Employment Relationship Clarified in Unpaid Wage Claims
By Carla Pinedan
The state Supreme Court sheds light on the employment relationship between produce merchants, growers and farm laborers, write...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Protecting Investments in Medical Insurance
By Carla Pinedan
A recent court decision fights against liability insurers and large self-insured corporations attempting to take benefits away...
Attorneys from the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California arrived in the Gulf region late last week to pro...
A series of recent recalls of tainted medicines has ignited the ire of Congress members, who want to increase the U.S. Food an...
They may be on separate sides in the courtroom, but the plaintiff and defense bars are rooting together on a piece of legislat...
Mediation works because the risk is managed and the outcome controlled, says Alexander Polsky of JAMS. ...
Split along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that UC Hastings College of the Law could refuse to registe...
A divided U.S. Supreme Court concluded Monday that a section of the sweeping corporate reform and accounting law passed by Con...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense applies to state and local governmen...
Following an early career as a dancer and actress, Clare Maier set her sights on the law and found herself an entirely differe...
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan faces the first day of her Senate confirmation hearing Monday knowing that a lifetime a...
Executive vice president, general counsel and secretary CareFusion San Diego ...
The Marin County's District Attorney's Office is hiring. The catch: you must work for free. ...
Linda Auerbach Allerdice, a partner at Holland & Knight's Los Angeles office, has been elected president of the Los Angele...
Palo Alto-based Cooley struck up an alliance with London-based law firm Olswang as a way to expand its reach past its nine U.S...
1920-2010 ...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Plaintiff Gets a Second Chance
By Laura Ernden
A San Francisco lawyer screwed up a wrongful death lawsuit so badly that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reins...
Letter to the Editor
It's Illegal to Attack Foreign Flagged Vessels in International Waters
By Carla Pinedan
It's illegal to attack foreign flagged vessels in international waters, writes James Hall. ...