It wasn’t easy for attorney Brian Strange to take two months away from his Los Angeles class action practice. But with the help of e-mail and a satellite telephone he…
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has sued Twitter claiming that the microblogging site refused to take down an imposter’s page that contained “derogatory and demeaning” remarks.
A new reality-based movie in which observers react to the outlandish antics of Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen is creating work for defense lawyers even before its scheduled July 10…
A stolen trade secrets case that relies partly on a general counsel’s mistaken voice mail message has been tossed after a late-hour dismissal motion argued a lack of standing.
A federal judge has upheld a law immunizing telecommunications companies from liability for participating in the government’s warrantless wiretapping program and dismissed dozens of lawsuits seeking damages.
Siding with a company attempting to enforce a noncompetition agreement concerning a former executive, a California Superior Court judge has refused to interfere with a Massachusetts court ruling that restricts…
A Los Angeles criminal defense attorney and comedian has died, after falling while mountain-climbing alone above the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru.
Famed pop producer Phil Spector faced the music today, as he was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court to 19 years to life for the second-degree murder of Lana Clarkson,…
A beloved actor perhaps best known for hiding his keen detective skills under a bumbling police persona in the Columbo television series is now reportedly more than absent-minded in real…
Former solicitor general Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the controversial Bush v. Gore lawsuit, has joined forces with his legal opponent in the case, David Boies, in…
A New York appeals court has stayed a malpractice suit against Greenberg Traurig and the chairman of its New York office to allow the facts to be developed first in…
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