As a tsunami of mortgage foreclosures and bankruptcies continues to sweep over many individuals who never thought they would ever be in this situation, a California lawyer feels his clients’…
A federal judge in California with experience in death-penalty trials has been tapped to preside over the trial of the suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting spree that left six…
Tempting though it might be to pick up a few bucks by letting a friend or acquaintance rent your car in tough economic times, doing so runs the risk of…
At the conclusion of a preliminary hearing, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge today ordered the personal physician for Michael Jackson to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in the world-famous…
A federal appeals court panel in San Francisco today grilled both sides in a battle between Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and upscale identical twins who claim he stole the idea…
A law firm retained by a group of California engineers to help protect them against potential interference after they established their own shop accidentally sent confidential e-mail to the group’s…
Launched with much fanfare last year by California’s then-attorney general, a high-profile trial of three professionals criminally charged for allegedly helping celebrity and “known addict” Anna Nicole Smith obtain prescription…
A former in-house lawyer for Toyota Motor Corp. has been ordered by an arbitrator to pay the automaker $2.5 million plus $100,000 in punitive damages for publicly revealing confidential information,…
A controversial civil rights lawyer who didn’t hesitate to criticize federal judges and others has been disbarred after his convictions for tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering.
When a federal judge in San Francisco struck down a voter-approved state ban on same-sex marriage last year, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and then-Attorney General Jerry Brown declined to appeal. So…
A former investigator at Glancy Binkow & Goldberg has sued the California law firm, contending that a fraternity-like atmosphere subjected her to a hostile work environment.
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