Attorney Jonathan Petrus says despite arguments against the billable hour, this system remains the prominent method for law fi...
Letter to the Editor
Structured Settlements Offer Financial Security in Good and Bad Times
By Sharon Liangn
Dan Finn of the Finn Financial Group comments on the use of qualified settlement funds to settle lawsuits during the recession.
Government
Lobbying Groups Go Head-to-Head To Reshape Legal Landscape in U.S.
By Robert Iafolla
Two of the lobbying groups with the most influence over federal legislation impacting the legal landscape unveiled their 2010 ...
Keith Bishop of Allen Matkins says the state's business naming problem is caused by a Rube Goldberg system for filing names wi...
Marvel Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against the heirs of late artist Jack Kirby to block the family's attempts at reclaim...
Los Angeles Superior Court will close one of its seven complex litigation courtrooms, effective April 12, for budgetary reason...
The U.S. Department of Justice has sworn in five new immigration judges in Southern California. ...
Trial attorney and longtime Irell & Manella partner Morgan Chu announced Monday that he and his wife, Helen, are giving $2...
In the heart of the city's notorious Tenderloin district, where people are more likely to light crack pipes than candles, a fe...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit
By Lawrence Hurleyn
The U.S. Supreme Court summarily reversed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday in a habeas corpus case out of Nevada i...
Less than a year after ruling that defendants have a right to cross-examine laboratory technicians, the U.S. Supreme Court con...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposal to close a $20 billion shortfall for 2010-11 hit many agencies hard, but the stat...
District Attorney Steve Cooley announced Monday he has formed an exploratory committee to suss out a run for attorney general,...
Two of the three partners to start Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's Silicon Valley office in April 2007 have left the firm ...
Stephen Freccero of Morrison & Foerster concludes his article on the Italian justice system and the murder conviction of U...
Kirk Pasich of Dickstein Shapiro highlights the top appellate court cases in 2009 for insureds and insurers. ...
Hon. Eric E. Younger, with Donald E. Bradley, instruct on how to handle motions in "Younger on California Motions," pub...
An attorney with the California Parole Advocacy Program who was prominently profiled in an article in the Daily Journal about ...
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The implications of and possible responses to the year-long repeal of the federal estate tax. ...
U.S. Counsel James Wong of Chinney Capital examines the China Securities Regulatory Commission's long awaited approval of thre...
Does a California voter initiative trump a federal consent decree over parolee rights? That was the question Monday for a 9th ...
Two gay couples testified Monday, at times in tears about the discrimination they've suffered at the hands of Proposition 8, a...
A committee advising state regulators on how to structure climate change policy recommends that the state auction off permits ...
The sharp spike in interest in LEED certification for buildings is creating a new set of legal issues for attorneys at the sam...
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of W.W. Grainger Inc.Lake Forest, Illinois ...
A state appellate court Friday rejected Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred's attempt to have a financial guardian appointed fo...
RealNetworks Inc. failed to convince a San Francisco judge that Hollywood studios are violating antitrust laws by collectively...
The Justice Department has improved its oversight of deferred- and non-prosecution agreements, but still lacks a method for me...
An Alameda County builder is suing his father — founder of the homebuilding giant KB Home — over a Vallejo housing project gon...