One of the most interesting pieces of legislation that ought to have a chance of passage is S.500 – a bipartisan bill that wou...

Victims are traumatized by crime. When the elected prosecutor tramples their rights and abandons them, they are traumatized a ...

The CPRA modifies the rights afforded to California residents under the CCPA and creates new rights, such as the right to limi...

As an example, one of my correspondents wrote to me that he is Jewish, and he had heard that some fellow inmates who were skin...

The airwaves, billboards, and internet, are now flooded with legal advertising – one result of which is to generate tens of mi...

Despite Batson/Wheeler, Black jurors are the subject of peremptory challenges about 72% of the time. In contrast, White jurors...

Law is more than words on a page; its spirit must be engraved on our hearts. Many decades later, this speech still rings true.

Due to AB 124 and other recently passed laws, it is more imperative than ever for lawyers and judges to be aware and informed ...

The players who embody the future of the game earn an annual salary of between $4,800 and $15,400. They also live in terrible ...

The movie is based on Theodore Dreiser’s classic novel “An American Tragedy” (1925). The deeper story is about the American cl...

In “tea rooms” or “shade rooms,” teens regularly post disparaging comments and photos of their peers and engage in online bull...

One employee, Chris Smalls, was frustrated by H.R.’s lack of responses to workers’ demands, so he organized an employee walkou...

How many of us are quick enough on our feet to come up with a persuasive rebuttal to a new twist we’ve never seen before – on ...

To date, only one court has entered an order finding satisfactory cooperation and a limitation of damages pursuant to ACPERA. ...

The employee was told the English-language agreement involved a change of company, not that it waived his right to a jury tria...

Courts are used to warning counsel about “bells” that cannot be “unrung” for the jury, but it turns out a fatally flawed trans...

City ordinances need to be carefully crafted so they do not single out religious institutions in name or application.

Under the new law (CCP Section 231.7), either the judge or opposing counsel can raise an objection if it appears that the pere...

Corporations and others looking to conduct business in California would be wise to consider the implications of Gov. Gavin New...

With so much employee mobility today, law firms need to create an environment where their best people don’t want to leave.

What we have, then, is a conflicted opinion about an anomalous statute. In re H.N. first finds § 311.11(a) to be a wobbler and...

Anytime you are playing with ownership and who really owns what, be careful, and be realistic. You really shouldn’t have to pa...

Thompson said that the officers could not enter without a warrant. The officers pushed their way in, shoving Thompson to the f...

The next time you are negotiating and reviewing contracts, remember the whereas clauses. Those sentences that begin with old, ...

The lone senator who did not vote to advance the bill was Brian Dahle (R-Bieber), who has many Native American constituents in...

Besides the embarrassment and humiliation involved in disclosing the family was hungry, the service member was required to get...

Following Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelation of the vast US surveillance over all data transmitted into the US, the issue was ra...

Practically, the changes introduced by the CPRA will likely result in fewer companies falling within the scope of the CPRA, in...

It is anticipated that there will be legal challenges to the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rules, as a number of State Att...