On Sept. 25, 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 52 to provide greater protection for Native American sacred sites. ...
On Feb. 7, 2014, list-serves in the family law community were ablaze about the chaos the Marriage of Boblitt, 223 Cal. App. 4t...
Assembly Bill 1897, effective as of Jan. 1, 2015, adds a new Section 2810.3 to the Labor Code. The statute provides that a "cl...
On Aug. 25, 2014, Senate Bill 962, "[a]n act to add Section 22761 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to mobile com...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Audrie's Law (Senate Bill 838) in September 2014. The law was named in memory of Audrie Pott,...
On Aug. 25, 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 673. The Contra Costa County-specific bill was a landmark shift in the f...
California can be a hot place to work. But regulating heat illness prevention in the workplace is still a work in progress. ...
Anyone who browsed the Internet this past summer knows that anonymous hackers leaked stolen images of over 100 female celebrit...
On Sept. 28, 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1249 to ensure the safe management of shredded automobile and metal app...
In 1998, the state Legislature enacted Civil Code Section 1708.8, the "anti-paparazzi" law, following the death of Diana, Prin...
Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla drafted Assembly Bill 2293, the "ride-sharing insurance bill," to require transportation network c...
Assembly Bill 2288, the Child Labor Protection Act of 2014, was enacted as part of a national call for increased protections f...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2222 last year to establish constraints upon the use of incentives provided by the state...
In light of the ongoing conversation on the safety of football, litigation against the NFL and the NCAA, and growing awareness...
Gov. Jerry Brown approved Assembly Bill 1888 in June 2014, eliminating the option for parties to avoid disclosing in public re...
California permits a defendant to stay enforcement of a money judgment pending appeal by posting a deposit in lieu of an appea...
As California has seen its economy pick up steam, unions and other interest groups have become worried that not all California...
In today's California, particularly Hollywood, paparazzi play a key role in feeding the public's celebrity frenzy and collecti...
As investment in China continues, consider the most beneficial structure for such investments while preparing for the challeng...
New developments in the science of memory suggest that while witnesses may not be lying, their testimony could still be incorr...
As the California Public Records Act approaches 50 years old, there are two important areas where the Legislature should weigh...
JAMS arbitrator and former appellate judge Richard C. Neal died Thursday from cancer. He was 67. ...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Malibu development companies sue city for new law
By Kibkabe Arayan
Voter-approved Measure R will have big-box retail projects go in front of voters, which developers say is discriminatory again...
Government
High speed rail opponents hope property litigation slows project
By Paul Jones
Opponents of California's high speed rail project suffered defeats in appeals court last year. This year they're hoping the pr...
Litigation
Safeway settles case accusing it of violating hazardous waste laws
By Fiona Smith
Grocery store chain will pay $9.87 million to settle lawsuit filed by district attorneys around the state. ...
Although the number of venture capital financings announced globally declined by 11 percent in 2014, the aggregate value of th...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Judge in Sedgwick malpractice case raises lawyers' duty to whistleblow
By Don Debenedictisn
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter asked whether outside counsel retained for one task must tell a corporate client about pos...
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has snagged renown intellectual property litigator William C. Rooklidge from Jones Day in Oran...