Adam Silver: NBA needs hard evidence Clippers broke salary cap rules
NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday pulled back the reins as allegations swirled about the Clippers circumventing the salary cap by orchestrating an endorsement deal…
How Trump is weaponizing the government in his second term to settle personal scores
WASHINGTON — President Trump, once a casino owner and always a man in search of his next deal, is fond of a poker analogy when sizing up…
L.A. City Council balks at request for $5 million for law firm in homelessness case
The Los Angeles City Council stopped short on Wednesday of giving another $5 million to a law firm hired to defend the city in a…
Law firm that sent L.A. a big bill in homeless case wants $5 million more for its work
The high-powered law firm that racked up big bills working to keep the city of Los Angeles from losing control over its homeless programs is…
Law firm in L.A. homeless case bills $1.8 million for two weeks’ work
A high-profile law firm representing the city of Los Angeles in a sweeping homelessness case submitted an $1.8-million invoice for two weeks of work in…
‘60 Minutes’ shows it’s not scared off by Trump’s lawsuit and threats
“60 Minutes” is not going easy on President Trump.The CBS newsmagazine is embroiled in a legal battle with the president over its October interview with…
Usha Vance and Doug Emhoff are crossways with legal firms
Lawfare makes for strange bedfellows.As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of checks and balances, President Trump has…
Capitulate or resist? Trump threats spur different responses, and alarm for democracy
Alarmed by President Trump’s unprecedented effort to punish law firms he doesn’t like, UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky emailed nearly 200 fellow law…
Inside California’s legal fight to stop Trump
Michael Newman, head of the civil rights enforcement section in California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s office, was exhausted.Newman and his legal team had just worked…
L.A. hires law firm, at up to $1,975 an hour, to defend against wildfire lawsuits
Faced with a deluge of litigation from the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power approved a three-year, $10-million contract with a…
Top 5 Legal Challenges Faced by DACA Recipients and How Lawyers Can Help
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was introduced in 2012 to provide temporary relief from deportation and work authorization for undocumented individuals brought…