A federal jury found attorney Terry N. Christensen and private eye Anthony Pellicano guilty Friday of conspiracy and wiretappi...
When an attorney's zeal blurs the boundary between what the client wants and what ethical boundaries will allow, everyone invo...
When it comes to spelling out what exactly a home improvement store is supposed to do to accommodate day laborers, a new L.A. ...
Holland & Knight adds another lawyer to its labor and employment practice.
With the credit crisis cramping liquidity in the financial markets, lawyers are banking on a debt instrument not widely famili...
August is historically a slow month for deals, but for a group of Fenwick & West attorneys in Mountain View the month was ...
Adventurer Ronni B. MacLaren enjoys taking unusual routes, so it's not surprising that her ascent to the Alameda County Superi...
Los Angeles mediator Michael D. Young got his 15 minutes of fame when he appeared on the E! Network's "True Hollywood Story" a...
Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip announced Thursday that the Justice Department would stop pressuring corporations to waive ...
A recent New York court order has kicked the door wide open for potential online invasions of privacy by allowing a company to...
SANTA ANA - A federal judge once again has refused to throw out a $150 million malpractice suit against Irell & Manella - ...
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge took the rare step Thursday of dismissing a juror from the trial of attorney Terry N. Christense...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediator by Day and Jazz Musician by Night
By Jill Redhage
Philip Diamond sets his own beat to march to as an independent neutral. ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Addressing Underage Drinking by Enabling It Won't Solve Anything
By Sara Libbyn
Addressing the underage drinking epidemic by enabling it would be akin to suggesting that we can solve the problem of speeding...
Litigation
Brothers' Joyride Ends With Online-Marketing SettlementBrothers' Joyride Ends With Online-Marketing Settlement
By Noah Barronn
RIVERSIDE - Two brothers in their mid 20s will have to relinquish a Lamborghini and Ferrari that they bought with profits from...
SAN FRANCISCO - Whether Americans can recover emotional distress damages against the government when it violates their privacy...
Daniel Meron, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been tapped to co-chair Latham & Wa...
Environmentalists have opened a new front in their battle to fight climate change in California by seeking to force the state ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Megan's Law Loophole Gives Predators an Advantage
By Sara Libbyn
Through an unfortunate loophole, Megan's Law, enacted to protect the public, can actually be used by sexual predators to secur...
Just as immigration judges are making Herculean efforts to keep an impossibly overburdened system on track, they are demoraliz...
So 1,600 lawyers meet up in Las Vegas. No, it's not the beginning of a bad joke. It's the start of the 26th annual Consumer A...
RIVERSIDE - After deliberating less than a day, a federal court jury Thursday found a former Marine not guilty of manslaughter...
Immigration
Acting Chair Named to Head Board of Immigration Appeals
By Sandra Hernandezn
Juan P. Osuna, a former professor and editor, has been named chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, ending speculation ...
Jeffer Mangels adds a litigator as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Law Practice
Appeals Panel Sides With MoFo In Fight With Federal Judge
By Laura Ernden
When a federal judge issued sanctions and deprived Morrison & Foerster of attorneys' fees in a civil rights case won by tw...
A recent 9th Circuit case involving the government's No-Fly List emphasizes the need for balance between security and individu...
An angry federal judge ripped into a defense lawyer Wednesday for using a court filing to request a response to rumors about h...
In a decision with potentially far-reaching implications, the California Supreme Court has found that parties to an arbitratio...
Jurors in the federal wiretapping conspiracy case against attorney Terry N. Christensen and private eye Anthony Pellicano bega...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Don't Close the Door on Society's Most Vulnerable
By Sara Libbyn
Even the most disadvantaged citizens have a right to access our courts, especially when the state seeks to balance the budget ...