U.S. Supreme Court, Government
The state of the administrative state
Two cases last term gave SCOTUS a chance to meaningfully curtail administrative agency power; did the Court take it?
JAMS Session
The 9th Circuit is mulling whether a JAMS arbitrator should have disclosed his part-ownership of the neutral company to partie...
U.S. Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution
A call to 'Armendariz'
A battery of amici ask FAA-friendly SCOTUS to overturn a 20-year California rule setting minimum arbitration standards.
Labor/Employment
What makes a PAGA penalty?
After hearing argument the California Supreme Court has ordered additional briefing in a case that could reshape the contours...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government
Brady v Pitchess
Does California's regime ensure 'Brady' compliance? Or is proactive sharing between law enforcement and prosecutors needed?
California Supreme Court
High court endorses 'least-worst rule'
Business-owner plaintiffs suffering 'purely economic losses' from the 2015 SoCalGas leak were barred Thursday from recovering ...
Government
The drawn out battle over LA's city council maps
Challengers claiming Los Angeles City Council District 10 was racially gerrymandered have asked SCOTUS to step in. On the show...
Law Practice
Women leadership in law
Sally Q. Yates, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General, and now partner with King & Spalding, joi...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th mulls nationwide injunctions and mootness
Nationwide injunction critics say the remedy prevents lower court percolation; the 9th Circuit will test that thesis after ord...
SCOTUS DIG Deepens Uncertainty over Shareholder Suits
Can shareholders sue over tender offer misrepresentations and omissions? And is negligence the standard to meet? SCOTUS this w...
The Age of the Polar Court
Co-authors of the new book 'The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court,' Lawrence Baum (Ohio Stat...
In one of three bitterly-fought denials for rehearing en banc, the 9th Circuit let stand a ruling protecting homeless individu...
The Possibility of Non-Partisan Maps?
As the Supreme Court seems vexed once again by partisan gerrymandering challenges, we're joined by Benjamin Fliegel and Brian ...
The Beginning of the End for California's Death Penalty?
District Attorney Todd Spitzer (Orange County), veteran criminal defense attorney Robert Sanger (Sanger Swysen & Dunkle), ...
Career Retrospective: Richard Marmaro
Securities and white collar defense veteran Richard Marmaro (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP) offers insights int...
California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice
A Tentative Proposal
The 1st District Court of Appeal would become the first California appellate court to use tentative rulings district-wide, if ...
Military Law, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
This week we're joined by four experts to chat through the week's biggest California-related appellate and constitutional news...
Environmental & Energy
Clarifying the Clean Water Act
SCOTUS has decided to hear an important 9th Circuit appeal regarding whether the Clean Water Act covers indirect discharges of...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Establishment Clause at a Crossroads
The fight over a prominent, publicly-maintained cross memorializing war dead gives SCOTUS the chance to clarify a confused Est...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
SCOTUS Second Half
Several 9th Circuit appeals await resolution at the U.S. Supreme Court this term, and some other prominent petitions remain pe...
Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
The Nascent, Nebulous NIFLA Doctrine
In its first chance to construe new First Amendment commercial speech doctrine articulated last spring by SCOTUS in 'NIFLA v. ...
Securities
Securities Law Special
As the 46th Securities Regulation Institute convenes in San Diego, we examine three prominent securities law cases under SCOTU...
Immigration
No Census Consensus
The government's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census hit a judicial impasse Monday, in the form of a stern 2...
Constitutional Law
Does Free Speech End at Probable Cause?
When one's speech - rather than criminal activity - prompts an arrest, can a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim be susta...
Constitutional Law
As U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts tries to minimize perceptions of politically motivated federal courts, the California Const...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court
Holiday Reprise: It's Groban (Confirmed)
It's confirmed: Joshua Groban will be the newest California Supreme Court justice. Revisit our conversation on Groban's appoin...
Education Law
What Process is Due Campus Sexual Assault Accused?
A California appellate court, again, has overturned university discipline rendered after a sexual assault claim, and the Depar...
Government, California Supreme Court
Pinching Pensions
The California Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday as to what latitude the state has to revise or reduce public employee p...
Judges and Judiciary
Let's Talk About Something Else 2: 'Obama' Judges
Judge James Donato (ND CA) and former U.S. Ambassador Jeff Bleich, in the second edition of their semi-regular podcast series,...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Eighth Says 'Enough?'
Does the Eighth Amendment protect one against excessive fines levied by the state? As SCOTUS mulls this lingering incorporatio...