The effect of the Court having two cases on the docket this term is that it is likely to end affirmative action in both public...

Nelson was in the second class at UCLA Law School; it was the 1950s, and she was one of two women in her class.

The distinction between a hate incident and a hate crime is an important one.

The case is poised to test whether the Constitution's structure and the separation of powers protect all states' policy choice...

My profile did not fit the societal view of someone that would find themselves in a psychiatric hospital. However, there were ...

A lot of what goes on at the IRS is computer matching – the endless correlation of taxpayer identification numbers and payment...

Suppose one of the signing Justices did have qualms, but swallowed them in order to accommodate a Chief who seeks "grea...

The law treats parents who do not support gender transition as presumptively unfit.

Counsel handling a personal injury for a married person or person in a registered domestic partnership must be aware of the po...

While in the long term they could increase the availability of housing and rejuvenate underutilized commercial properties, not...

Things rarely go according to plan, especially when dealing with an opponent who dabbles in the dark arts of discovery gamesma...

The Gallup Organization asked respondents to rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in different vocations. Only 19%...

Parties sometimes choose to secure a settlement payment by linking it to a specific future source of funds. If so, counsel sho...

Pushing back on federal agencies’ attempts to immunize themselves from subpoenas

One of the best things I have ever done to establish credibility in jury selection is to memorize all of the names in the pros...

The U.S. Supreme Court forecasts a devolution of power to the state legislatures as the vehicles of democracy, which assumes t...

There may not have been a Brown Act violation, but the illegally-recorded conversation could lead to possible challenges to la...

The latest state to leap further into pay transparency legislation is California, traditionally a bellwether for progressive e...

When responding to public records requests public agencies and attorneys alike are forced to address competing fundamental int...

Law schools and bar associations don’t accurately track the numbers of students and lawyers with disabilities, and the stigma ...

Protecting All Species Under the Fish and Game Code

Rarely have Joe Biden and Clarence Thomas agreed upon anything. But their mutual recognition that something must be done to li...

Arbitration is a private hearing and has the advantage of keeping the proceedings confidential, which can be crucial when deal...

For better or worse virtual hearings have become the norm in administrative and regulatory trials and there are no signs of it...

When a drug house burdens a community, an enforcement agency should explore Drug Abatement/Red Light Abatement Actions.

America treats over 3.5 million American citizens living in its territories as stepchildren – denying them representation in C...

Companies that market expressive works should avoid relying on anti-SLAPP to protect promotional claims and should be mindful ...

The Onion’s brief can fairly be described as a parody of a Supreme Court brief. Reading it raises the interesting question tha...

With backup withholding, when you file your tax return you are trying to get the IRS and the FTB to apply the withheld money t...