A jury is weighing punitive damages after awarding a California lawyer $1.55 million in a defamation counterclaim against the paralegal who sued him for sexual harassment.
Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from jail at 1:35 this morning after serving a fraction of her 90-day sentence for violating her probation in two drunken…
The 11th-largest law firm in Sacramento will catapult to the No. 4 spot on the list as of Sept. 1, when it plans to add 17 lawyers from McDonough Holland…
Faced with a claim that a construction worker paid $45 at a garage sale for lost Ansel Adams negatives that could bring in some $200 million, outraged heirs and administrators…
Years ago, when attorney Thomas Ostly was still on good terms with his paralegal, he joked with her in an instant message that he was going to be careful not…
Updated: After paying $45 for a box of old negatives at a garage sale a decade ago, a Fresno, Calif., painter noticed that some looked like the published work of…
Apparently anticipating an uptick of wage-and-hour cases against employers, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has brought in three partners from Seyfarth Shaw whose practices focus on defending such class actions.
Stanford Law School dean Larry Kramer is on a mission to make his school the best in the nation, and he hopes to get there partly by raiding faculty from…
Barely two years after joining Dewey & LeBoeuf, the managing partner of the firm’s East Palo Alto office is leaping to the nearby Menlo Park, Calif., office of Kaye Scholer.
A San Diego lawyer has irritated business owners in the town of Redlands, Calif., by sending out letters on behalf of clients demanding $6,500 settlements for claimed violations of the…
The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review a malicious prosecution suit filed against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and one of its partners over the Franklin Mint’s line of Princess…
The West Coast chain of 99 Cents Only Stores is facing two lawsuits for raising the prices of its items to 99.99 cents, essentially making them cost $1.
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