A California lawyer who has filed hundreds of disability lawsuits against businesses has been accused in an ethics complaint of extorting quick cash settlements and making up injuries.
A federal appeals court has rejected a claim that U.S. District Judge Manuel Real should be booted from the resentencing of a conspiracy defendant because lawyers are too afraid of…
A once-prominent California lawyer who resigned his bar membership earlier this year rather than face disciplinary charges for allegedly embezzling $1 million from clients has been shot and killed in…
A federal judge in Santa Ana, Calif., has tossed a plea deal that involved a hefty fine but no jail time in the backdating case against Broadcom co-founder Henry Samueli.
Former lawyer William Lerach, serving time for paying kickbacks to lead plaintiffs in securities class actions, is now accused of offering another kind of incentive, this time to a prison…
Edward Masry, the crusty plaintiffs lawyer who supervised paralegal Erin Brockovich, famously handed her a $2 million bonus check at the end of the 2000 movie telling…
Seeking to pursue a controversial study about the effectiveness of law school affirmative action programs, researchers have sued the State Bar of California for access to 30 years of examination…
The policy committee at O’Melveny & Myers is recommending that A.B. Culvahouse be elected to a third term as chairman—but that some of his powers be shared with the committee.
After news that a 20-year elevator mechanic at Los Angeles International Airport allegedly smuggled more than a dozen illegal immigrants into the U.S., the airport is tightening its security measures.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year making it easier to invalidate patents is having an impact in the Northern District of California and even in the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District…
Seeking to put a stop to a serial killer that authorities say has been operating in the Los Angeles area for some 23 years, the L.A. City Council today approved…
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