For the third time, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and restored the death penalty for a man convicted of the…
Describing a controversial federal judge’s accounting for a $33.8 million trust as “curious,” the 9th Circuit today called for another judge to provide an accounting of how the money was…
The music of the Beatles isn’t legally available on the Internet. However, a little-known company is not only offering the back catalog of the famous 1960s rock ‘n’ roll group…
Although Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay as much as $85 million to settle 39 consolidated wage-and-hour class action lawsuits involving more than 3 million employees, it wasn’t at…
Real estate mogul Donald Sterling, who owns the Los Angeles Clippers, has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle litigation alleging that he violated fair housing law by discriminating against…
Contending that Heller Ehrman, in effect, fraudulently conveyed $150 million to partners after the law firm had become insolvent, creditors are seeking full reimbursement from the former partners of the…
A federal judge overseeing the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy case offers not only legal and technical suggestions but grammar and typo tips in a seven-page letter to…
Creditors of Heller Ehrman may sue its accountant for allegedly failing to note red flags in its audit report on the law firm’s 2007 financials, according to a bankruptcy liquidation…
As cybercrime has exploded in recent years and even traditional crimes ranging from harassment to murder routinely involve Internet-related communication, authorities in many jurisdictions increasingly are struggling to keep up…
Authorities have announced charges against 100 individuals in the United States and Egypt in what they say is the largest such case ever pursued in the U.S.
When Amazon eliminated a George Orwell book from users’ Kindles earlier this year, after discovering the electronic text had been sold without proper authorization, it also eliminated Justin Gawronski’s homework.
A former chief financial officer of Broadcom Corp. says he expected his 2006 conversations with Irell & Manella about stock options grants to be confidential, because the law firm was…
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