The University of California’s law school at Berkeley is offering a new accelerated summer LL.M. program that will allow international law students to take the state bar exam after two…
Stymied by the puzzling stabbing death of a 36-year-old French citizen, those in charge of the San Francisco investigation have turned for help to French authorities.
A special prosecutor has been appointed to pursue a sanctions case against two plaintiffs lawyers in connection with misstatements made in a toxic-tort case.
Katie Grassini initially played a key role in one of her father’s personal injury trials long before she went to law school. When Lawrence Grassini needed an assistant to help…
A New York Times business columnist says an article by a former securities class action lawyer serving time for paying kickbacks is “a brazen, shameful piece of work.”
A criminal defense lawyer with a history of tardiness and missing court dates was tossed in jail on Monday when he showed up 35 minutes late for court wearing a…
Updated: It isn’t just struggling blue-collar workers who are battling in court with mortgage lenders in the ongoing real estate meltdown. Ed McMahon, famous among late-night television fans as Johnny…
The California Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on whether businesses can restrict career moves of their employees through noncompete agreements.
More than two dozen law professors have urged the…
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