Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone, and for the Los Angeles Police Department, it was just another day at work, cracking down on intoxicated drivers.  The City’s police officers did not disappoint, and were out in large numbers on Sunday. Officers conducted saturation patrols across the city to arr ...

As the Gavel noted last week, the Los Angeles Times reported that Californians who have purchased individual health insurance policies with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield can expect to see their premiums increase between 30% and 39% this year alone. Adding insult to injury, Anthem Blue Cross and ...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is designed to ensure public access to government records. But should inmate FOIA requests be honored to the same extent? Connecticut is at the center of a heated debate around whether state law should allow prison inmates to access to personal information, whi ...

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles and has assembled a team of lawyers for his defense.  Leading the defense team is Ed Chernoff, who will be joined by his partners Matthew Alford and William Stradley, of the Houston ...

This interesting Los Angeles Times article by Sam Quinones is here. In part: Real said he fired in the air to scare onlookers as Renteria walked across the park and shot the parolee. (Renteria was charged last summer with Cordova's...

The city of Torrance is situated within the bustling region of Los Angeles County and has approximately 140,820 residents. Based on the 2009 California Population Estimate of 149,111, Torrance is expected to become the eighth largest city in LA County as well as the 35th largest in the state of Cali ...

Greg Yates has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner in the firm’s New York office. The former partner at Steptoe & Johnson joins the firm’s bankruptcy practice. Yates focuses his national practice in the areas of debt/creditor relations, including workouts, restructurings and bankruptcy ...

Los Angeles based firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton reported slight increases in revenue and profits in 2009. Revenue increased 2.5% to $361 million. Profits per equity partner were $1.244 million, an increase of 3.5%. Revenue per lawyer though decline to $753,645, 1.8%. Last year the firm ...

According to the Los Angeles Times, Robert Khuzami, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) director of enforcement, has initiated a new whistle-blower program to attempt to catch fraudsters in the act. This program hopes to stop the fraudster before they have caused too much damage and to at ...

Las culturas de los pueblos indígenas a menudo no se han tenido en cuenta en la elaboración de las normas mundiales de propiedad intelectual, según se afirma en un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas.