Law Practice
Cooley Snags 15 Partners From Heller's Venture Law Group
By Maya Meinert And Rebecca U. Cho
Friday's announcement by Cooley Godward Kronish ended speculation over where some of the prominent members of the dissolving H...
Law Practice
RealNetworks, Movie Studios Wage Battle Over DVD Copying Product
By Craig Andersonn
Web Exclusive - U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel of San Francisco late Friday halted a daylong courthouse shuffle over RealNe...
The Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities will present the Jane Small Advocacy Award to the HIV & AIDS Legal Servi...
A recent 9th Circuit ruling on timely filings shows how the interests of justice are best served by a more forgiving approach ...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
The Dangerous Legal Tactic at the Heart of Baldwin's Book
By Sara Libbyn
Alec Baldwin’s new book on divorce and custody promotes a controversial legal strategy that places abused children in danger, ...
A federal jury on Friday returned a not guilty verdict on two counts of mail fraud against McAfee Inc.'s former general counse...
Nancy Hudgins is seeking a new intellectual pursuit, and it's not a game of chess or advanced mathematics. It's conflict resol...
Term limits exacerbate some of the pathologies of the political process, such as overly quick policy responses and insufficien...
Picture this: You and your partner have not been contributing equally to your business or seeing eye to eye for quite some tim...
Verdicts
Police Officer Wins $3 Million In 'Snitch' Retaliation Verdict
By Noah Barronn
A jury has awarded $3.1 million to an officer who claimed the Los Angeles Police Department retaliated against him for accusin...
Letters to the Editor - Parties in coerced arbitrations never see justice.
Government approvals are arguably the most challenging aspect for foreign investors of completing a deal in China, writes Simo...
Employment (Focus & Forum)
Collaboration Is Key to Accommodating Injured Workers
By Sara Libbyn
Employers must work closely with employees who need accomodations and employees' doctors to review all determine if the employ...
Law Practice
Breyer, O'Connor Raise Concerns About State Judicial Elections
By Lawrence Hurleyn
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her former colleague, Justice Stephen Breyer, warned Thursday that a flo...
Environmentalists launched a new wave of attacks against the Bush administration's treatment of endangered species Thursday, f...
The increasingly high-profile debate over the extent to which federal law trumps state law takes center stage Monday when the ...
A wrongful death lawsuit brought against individual public health officials by the family of a former detained immigrant can m...
A former Reed Smith partner has joined the newly formed Los Angeles office of Alston & Bird.
Entertainment & Sports
Talent Manager Turns Up Heat on Labor Commission
By Cortney Fieldingn
Two weeks after a federal judge rejected his suit, a persistent talent manager refuses to give up his fight against the state ...
The U.S. Supreme Court chose Wednesday not to revisit its sharply divided June decision to ban execution as a punishment for c...
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide to what extent courts can apportion the cost of cleaning up Superfund sites among different...
Months after recall alerts went out, more than a dozen California hospitals continued giving tainted heparin to hundreds of pa...
Law Practice
Appeals Court Upholds Judgment Conviction Against Los Angeles Lawyer
By Laura Ernden
A Court of Appeal has upheld a legal malpractice judgment against Los Angeles attorney Eddie Jamison. He is accused of failing...
An emergency measure recently signed into law is intended to help developers and builders in this uncertain real estate market...
“A permanent ban on home construction cannot be based merely on a fear of personal injury or significant property damage,” Pre...
Forum (Forum & Focus)
Proposition 8 Unfairly Imposes Religious Views on a Diverse State
By Sara Libbyn
In democratic societies, individuals get to choose whose religious rules — if any — they want to live by, which is why Proposi...
Litigation
Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Limited Residential Care Arbitration Requirements
By Greg Katzn
A bill to limit arbitration in consumer contracts that had strong backing from plaintiffs' attorneys has failed to gain the go...
A Riverside jury has awarded a retired lawyer $11.6 million for auto accident injuries he claimed were caused by Caltrans' neg...
Employee Benefits
9th Circuit OKs San Francisco's 'Pay or Play' Health Plan
By Evan George
In a decision that could inspire more city-sponsored health care programs across the country, a federal appeals court on Tuesd...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Same-Sex Divorce Creates New Legal Pitfalls
By Greg Katzn
Same-sex divorce is "a ripe area for mediation," said Los Angeles family law mediator and attorney Diane Goodman of Goodman Me...