Cindy and Steven Hailey admit that they failed to disclose key information about Steven's medical history to Blue Shield when ...
Forum Column - By Mark Labaton - CEO compensation will have to move away from stock options, which have created a world of per...
LOS ANGELES - San Diego attorney Laura S. Taylor, a partner with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, has been appointed a...
LOS ANGELES - An irritated federal judge on Monday sentenced Hollywood director John McTiernan to four months in prison after ...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Health Care Rescission Process Kicks Ailing Patients When They're Down
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By William M. Shernoff - A case coming through the California court system presents a rare window to end the pr...
LOS ANGELES - Latham & Watkins attorneys represented San Diego-based Verus Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on children's me...
Healthcare/Hospital Law
Tackling Prison Overcrowding, Inmates' Medical Care
By Amelia Hansen
Federal Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Thelton Henderson and Lawrence Karlton held a hearing Monday in San Francisco as they begin ...
Law Practice
Judge Approves $25 Million Payout for Strip-Searched Inmates
By Jim Adamekn
RIVERSIDE — In one of the largest payouts in a jailhouse strip-search case, a federal judge has tentatively approved a $25.5 m...
Foreigners arrested in the U.S. have no right to sue if authorities neglect to tell them they can call their consulates, a div...
Pomona Judge Juan Carlos Dominguez began a career in justice with the LAPD, shifted to the criminal defense bar, and brings hi...
Focus Column - By Gregory Lippetz and Erin A. Smart - If you conduct discovery the way you did before Dec. 1, 2006, you may be...
Here are summaries of lawyer disciplinary actions taken recently by the state Supreme Court or the Bar Court, listing attorney...
Bruce Brusavitch, former president of Consumer Attorneys of California, wants uniform guidelines statewide for allowing attorn...
Firm Watch
Chinese Law Firm Opens L.A. 'Bridge' Office for U.S. Clients
By Maya Meinert
For law firms attempting to capitalize on emerging markets in China, opening outposts in that country makes sense. Latham &...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Self-Interested Plaintiffs' Lawyers Bilk California's Youth
By Troy Senikn
Forum Column - By Elwood Rich - Fee formulas that allow attorneys to profit from the injuries of minors, even if the lawyer do...
Industry Watch - By William-Arthur Haynes - When Randall Lee announced two months ago that he was stepping down as the head of...
Industry Watch - By D. Heimpel - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has hired longtime music attorney Gary Gilbert, adding star pow...
Marc Sallus, who is Romanian and Ukrainian, became an enthusiastic member of the Mexican American Bar Association after he wa...
Litigation
Plantation Workers' Sterilization Case Will Hinge on Causation
By Jim Adamekn
One worker testified that he drank half a liter of alcohol a day for three decades. Another man acknowleged that a sperm sampl...
SAN FRANCISCO - When the nation's security is at stake, government guarantees on the preservation of evidence don't come easy....
Fresno County family law Judge David C. Kalemkarian is known for being mild-mannered on the bench, but the hot sauce he keeps ...
On the Move
Self-Assessment Test - By Hon. Alex Ricciardulli - The rules regarding disqualification of judges on a peremptory basis are su...
At first, attorneys were wary of having longtime criminal Judge Barry T. LaBarbera preside over their civil cases - now they a...
Judge Robert D. McGuiness grew up in the courtroom and followed his father and brother into a career as a jurist. ...
Despite acknowledging that a French laboratory made numerous errors, an arbitration panel Thursday found Tour de France winner...
Entertainment & Sports
New Line Faces Sanctions for Disregarding Discovery Orders
By D. Heimpel
New Line Cinema's repeated dodging and ducking of discovery requests in Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson's royalty...
Focus (Forum & Focus)
Battle Over Judicial Ethics Rages On; Runaway Film Productions Damaging to Actors, Too
By Troy Senikn
Letters to the Editor - Two Orange County judges weigh in with vehement disagreements on the proposal for changes to Californi...
Focus Column - By Michael Shonafelt - A bill passed by the state Legislature last year is generating massive legal controversi...
The airline industry has dodged a big class-action bullet. A state appellate court ruling handed down this week largely shield...