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A prelude to preemption?

Jan. 10, 2020

California's new law against mandatory employment arbitration is blocked for now; will it survive?



May SCOTUS re-think independent executive agencies altogether?





January 2020

Jan. 1, 2020

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



December 2019

Dec. 2, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



Recent precedent and overuse may prompt limiting of common SEC remedy



The high court reviews Title VII and state no-aid-to-religion clauses this term




Does the Constitution mandate an insanity defense? Or a unanimous jury? When may juveniles be given life-without-parole senten...




November 2019

Nov. 1, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



US Bank and Intel contest ERISA liability; insurers call de-appropriation of ACA funds a '$12 billion bait-and-switch'



The Courts considers DACA, stolen social security numbers in employment applications, and cross-border shootings.





October 2019

Oct. 1, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.


Can California's Clean Air Act-exempted vehicle emissions regime survive an EPA rule change?




How much will AB 392's new police-use-of-force standard impact charging decisions and civil liability?




September 2019

Sep. 1, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



Just-signed SB 27 seeks income tax disclosures from next spring's presidential primary candidates. Will it stand?



Two cases last term gave SCOTUS a chance to meaningfully curtail administrative agency power; did the Court take it?





August 2019

Aug. 1, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



JAMS Session

Jul. 26, 2019

The 9th Circuit is mulling whether a JAMS arbitrator should have disclosed his part-ownership of the neutral company to partie...





A call to 'Armendariz'

Jul. 3, 2019

A battery of amici ask FAA-friendly SCOTUS to overturn a 20-year California rule setting minimum arbitration standards.




July 2019

Jul. 1, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



After hearing argument the California Supreme Court has ordered additional briefing in a case that could reshape the contours...




Brady v Pitchess

Jun. 7, 2019

Does California's regime ensure 'Brady' compliance? Or is proactive sharing between law enforcement and prosecutors needed?





June 2019

Jun. 3, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.


Business-owner plaintiffs suffering 'purely economic losses' from the 2015 SoCalGas leak were barred Thursday from recovering ...




Challengers claiming Los Angeles City Council District 10 was racially gerrymandered have asked SCOTUS to step in. On the show...



Sally Q. Yates, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General, and now partner with King & Spalding, joi...




Nationwide injunction critics say the remedy prevents lower court percolation; the 9th Circuit will test that thesis after ord...




May 2019

May 1, 2019

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



Can shareholders sue over tender offer misrepresentations and omissions? And is negligence the standard to meet? SCOTUS this w...



Co-authors of the new book 'The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court,' Lawrence Baum (Ohio Stat...