When a court determines that allegations of excessive force in the complaint are well pleaded but decides there is qualified i...

Beware: having a long period of time between setting up a structure and executing the strategy is no protection from an IRS ch...

Absent surveys that identify hospital drug acquisition costs, the Department of Health and Human Services has no right to with...

Increased violence simply hasn’t been the result in the 43 states, nor in the two-thirds of California counties where licenses...

International arbitration has long been a favored form of dispute resolution because of its efficiency, finality, and other sa...

If government lawyers abandon professionalism under the pressure of politics, polarization and careerism, one pillar of our Re...

At the end of the day, this case was not about the policy behind the 340B Drug Pricing Program or the limits of judicial defer...

Russian actions are of immense importance to the sustainability of the Arctic. Russia is a coastal state for a major sea route...

Under a novel legal theory, the DOJ has taken the position that, from an antitrust perspective, companies that hire or retain ...

North Country was based on the real case of Jensen v. Eveleth Taconite Co. in the federal district court in Minnesota.

To date, Biggs has asserted he is a retired lawyer. Eastman is being investigated by the California state bar and Guiliani has...

Most people understand at least the rudiments of 1031 exchanges, but a surprising number of them seem to get messed up. Lawyer...

For employers in California with appropriately drafted arbitration agreements, this decision alleviates some of the expense of...

One reason there likely has been no enforcement action is that California consumers who believe they have been harmed by a net...

Clear and unmistakable error is not defined in the statute, and efforts to parse the legislative intent have muddied the alrea...

You must also assume the auditor is the Lord Almighty. If you do not believe in the Lord Almighty, substitute the phrase “an o...

The Fourteenth Amendment, enacted in 1868 after the Civil War, includes a provision that has received relatively little attent...

Like it or not, corporations and other financially able parties may, in some cases, have to decide whether the desire to arbit...

The Supreme Court decided Carson v. Makin (20-1088) yesterday, holding Maine violated parents' Free Exercise rights by excludi...

Some of my colleagues from the plaintiff’s bar have been quick to point out a potential silver lining in the outcome. I think ...

Three recent cases have affirmed coverage where a vendor has been impersonated and as a result the company sustained a loss.

It is a common misconception that someone who submits a complaint to the Commission on Judicial Performance must maintain conf...

One of the most daunting issues for non-citizens seeking to become permanent residents or green card holders has been: whether...

In the hands of the right producer, it would garner Oscars, a legacy and big bucks.

Ginni is not a justice, of course, but this saga presents a test for the Supreme Court. Do these ceaseless revelations spur Ch...

Needless to say, this will likely not be “the last word” on the issue of arbitrability of PAGA claims under California law.