Firm Watch
Pillsbury Winthrop Team Follows Clients to Virtual World
By Jonathan Vaniann
Don't let the name fool you: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's new virtual worlds and video games team is not a simulation. ...
Landlords may now be liable for accidents that occur on the premises of property rented to tenants if there has been an entry ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Until City Living Gets More Civilized, Suburbs Are the Way to Go
By Sara Libbyn
Unless the quality of city life improves, don’t expect an exodus from the suburbs, writes Gideon Kanner. - Forum Column ...
The current decisions on restitution greatly favor the victims and make it difficult for defendants come out from the shadows,...
In what amounts to a compromise, O'Melveny & Myers' policy-making body has selected A.B. Culvahouse for a third term as fi...
Apple Inc. and its current and former officers and directors have agreed to a settlement with plaintiffs' attorneys that will ...
Casting aside her college dreams of international law, Marguerite Downing rose through the ranks of the public defender's offi...
As a prosecutor before and as a judge now, Kathleen M. Lewis has become known for her competitive nature and sense of fair pla...
Three decades ago, then Chief Judge James Robert Browning mixed legal acumen with political finesse to forge the 9th U.S. Circ...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
A Jones Day lawyer has joined a Los Angeles public interest firm serving Skid Row.
Foreign Investment: A Chat Across the Pond
Bruce S. Bailey is now leading the city of San Diego’s lawsuit against San Diego Gas & Electric Co. in a case seeking $45 ...
Kevin Johnson is an outspoken advocate and prolific writer on immigration reform and race issues. In July, he became the first...
A federal judge steered the MySpace suicide criminal prosecution closer to a trial on Thursday, in what is believed to be the ...
Litigation
Retired Judge's Recusal Raises Concerns About Clergy Abuse Settlement
By Sandra Hernandezn
Web Exclusive - A retired state Supreme Court justice has recused himself from reviewing key doucments in the Los Angeles cler...
As is often the case in the 9th Circuit, the two most recent opinions on loss causation take divergent approaches to the subje...
Orange County sheriff's deputies won't hassle day laborers and the people who hire them on street corners in Lake Forest anymo...
After 20 years on San Mateo County's fast-paced bench, retired Judge Dale Hahn enjoys the extra time he has to resolve cases a...
A federal judge has let proceed most claims of a suit by two court reporters who contend officials illegally halted their Bibl...
What qualifies as an authorized leave of absence under the California Family Leave Act depends in part on whether the employee...
Daily Journal columnists weigh in on the vice-presidential nominees. ...
Web Exclusive - The misconduct trial of Santa Clara County prosecutor Benjamin Field got heated Thursday when the defense lawy...
Web Exclusive - A Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that famed plaintiffs' lawyer Edward Masry had the right to change his estate...
Bankers worried about California's landmark consumer privacy law took a hit Thursday. A federal appellate panel restored an im...
Covington & Burling has added two former Heller Ehrman lawyers to its recently expanded policyholder insurance coverage pr...
Law Practice
Supreme Court Poised to Give New Rules on Conflicts for Nonprofit Lawyers
By Laura Ernden
The California Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that government law offices shouldn't automatically be disqualified when a co...
Stanislaus County Dependency Court Commissioner Nancy Williamsen brings insights to the bench from the time her own mother s...
LOS ANGELES - A shuttle bus service is being offered to downtown Los Angeles professionals who plan on attending the memorial ...
Sixteen months after the U.S. Supreme Court gave trial judges more latitude to invalidate patents they deem “obvious,” the rul...