While President Barack Obama's immigration action provides safety and security to children, families and communities across th...
The giant sucking sound you hear comes from jobs leaving California to Texas. By Joseph Sorrentino ...
Remarks made by a lawyer representing the LAUSD in a civil sexual abuse case have reignited controversy over the legality and ...
Corporate
American Apparel hires Loeb & Loeb partner as new general counsel
By Alison Frost
Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc. announced Friday the appointment of Chelsea A. Grayson, a new executive vice president...
Intellectual Property
Judge affirms that battery producer's patent is invalid before trial
By Kevin Lee
A Los Angeles federal judge rejected a motion on Friday from Tustin-based battery producer mophie Inc. to reconsider a ruling ...
Environmental
State appellate court dings San Diego's transit and housing plan's climate analysis
By Fiona Smith
Officials must look at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's executive order calling for steep greenhouse gas cuts by 2050 when doing C...
Entertainment & Sports
Clarity expected on movie theater closed captioning, but Web rules still murky
By Matthew Blaken
Observers praised recommendations for new federal rules governing closed captioning at theaters, but said such a uniform agree...
Litigation
Attorney in construction defect row takes witness stand to try to ward off punitives
By Matt Hamilton
After a nearly four months on the offense, construction defect attorney Fred Adelman took the witness stand Monday in a Los An...
Environmental
Nonprofit threatens to sue San Jose over alleged Clean Water Act violations
By Kibkabe Arayan
Water nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper blames increasing stormwater runoff on the city's failed action on water pollution. ...
The class action is a formidable procedural tool to allow persons who suffer injuries to aggregate their claims to seek relief...
Law Practice
New CAL-ABOTA president to push merits of jury service, civility
By David Houstonn
Dennis LaRochelle, a partner with Oxnard-based firm Arnold LaRochelle Mathews VanConas & Zirbel LLP, will serve as regiona...
California Supreme Court
Governor taps Justice Department attorney for state Supreme Court
By Emily Green
Extending a generational and ideological transformation of the state Supreme Court, Gov. Jerry Brown tapped 38-year-old Leondr...
Austin-based Barron & Newburger has hired Santa Ana sole practicioner Timothy P. Johnson and now lays claim to his local o...
A roundup of recent transactions across the state and the lawyers involved.
The controversy that led the State Bar to fire Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn claimed another victim late last week - bar G...
The Internet domain name registry is poised to approve an owner for dot-sucks, which trademark lawyers say could lead to dozen...
Insurance
Lender liability to guarantors: doctrine, pitfalls and strategy
By Ben Armisteadn
When banks think about lender liability, they typically envision lawsuits by borrowers. But guarantors can also sue. By Caleb ...
Judges and Judiciary
Appointments minimize threat to judicial independence
By Ben Armisteadn
If Gov. Jerry Brown learned one lesson well from his lifetime career in state politics, it is how vulnerable his judicial appo...
Class actions were supposed to empower claimants. But increasingly, they have become a tool that defendants use to buy peace o...
Litigation
Plaintiffs' attorneys turn to court strategy after MICRA loss at polls
By Paul Jones
Consumer Attorneys of California is preparing to join campaign ally Consumer Watchdog in calling upon the state Supreme Court ...
Litigation
Judge tosses doctor's patent infringement suit against spinal manufacturer
By Henry Meier
In granting Alphatec Spine Inc.'s summary judgment motion last week, a judge found the plaintiff's two patents at issue failed...