After a several-year investigation, authorities today reportedly arrested about half of the 42 suspects they are seeking in a long-running insurance scam allegedly run primarily by one Southern California family.…
A federal judge is allowing six Qualcomm lawyers sanctioned for discovery violations in patent litigation to testify about privileged client communications.
Three justices on the California Supreme Court didn’t give reporters much of an indication about their opinions during oral arguments on the gay marriage issue yesterday, leaving observers unsure whether…
An off-duty police officer sought class action status for his lawsuit after he was shorted $45 in pay for crowd control, and following a settlement, his law firm sought $46,000…
Ruling today in a celebrity case reminiscent of a law school exam question, a Los Angeles judge has decided that the young daughter of former Playboy bunny and television personality…
As a so-called private investigator to the stars is about to go to trial tomorrow for allegedly using illegal tactics to gain evidence for his clients, Hollywood is reportedly agog…
Lawyer Mark Geragos was awarded at least $10 million—and possibly as much as $18 million—in his invasion of privacy suit against an air charter company for secretly…
A year after several young women allegedly witnessed the rape of a 17-year-old girl by a De Anza College basketball player at a team party, as other team members watched,…
Federal prosecutors claim in court documents that several plaintiffs class action law firms secretly paid an expert witness on a contingency basis, giving him an incentive to inflate shareholders’ damages.
In just one week’s time, Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig has gone from a possible congressional candidate to a law professor with a mission to reform pork-barrel spending and…
Former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts’ quest for notes of a law firm’s corporate backdating probe appeared to run into a roadblock Monday in the form…
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