A pet peeve of many arbitrators, including me, is the tendency of some advocates to deal with evidence they don’t like by rais...

A California Supreme Court ruling this week is the perfect example of how unfair and unjust the noneconomic cap on damages is ...

On Thursday, the California Supreme Court affirmed that the state’s cap on noneconomic damages under the Medical Injury Compen...

A much-anticipated, bipartisan bill that will change the landscape of arbitration agreements has passed in Congress and is awa...

Los Angeles County residents are endangered because our elected district attorney has enacted policies that violate the laws o...

At a minimum, any decision on removing the Hastings name from the college should be part of the over-all analysis and decision...

How do we hold attorneys accountable for alleged misconduct that is not a matter of shortchanging clients, but rather an effor...

As part of its fair use analysis, the district court opined that Corellium’s use was transformative: Its product did not merel...

Our civil justice system comes at a very high cost. Most of us lawyers and judges don’t think much about it. It’s the way thin...

Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, based on alleged violations o...

Quentin Tarantino, Lil Yachty, Nike, Hermes and Tom Brady are immersed in the virtual worlds of crypto, blockchains, NFTs and ...

A few weeks ago in the California Court of Appeal, Arthur Lange tried to get the benefit of the exclusionary rule. As defendan...

My last two columns explored how a story changes as it moves from the initial client interview through our litigation system.

Roughly one year into the Biden administration, both FCA legislative and litigation activity continue the upward trajectory of...

In a federal lawsuit in Massachusetts, Mexico is trying to hold the gun manufacturers and wholesalers accountable, alleging th...

The court weighs several issues including the application of Proposition 218 to late charges, the Government Claims Act, and t...

Lawyers receive and send more Forms 1099 than most people, in part due to tax laws that single them out.

Last week, Congress voted to end employers’ ability to require employees to arbitrate claims for sexual harassment or sexual a...

Fortunately, the mechanics of deducting legal fees in employment, whistleblower and civil rights cases have been improved, at ...

It is not the testimony that a witness spews into the ether that’s important — it’s the testimony that the trier of fact hears...

A recent appellate ruling revisits a real property issue and a jurisdiction issue both incorrectly decided in a civil law proc...

Any legislation creating a federal privacy statute should include requirements that defendants must automatically disclose all...

What do former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and UC Hastings College of the Law have in common? Not much, except the fact that the N...

Some courts have been unreceptive to finding coverage for “spoofing” because an insured’s acting on or treating as genuine a f...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling from last week is wrong on the law and sets a dangerous precedent that will make it much harde...

This is the story of a California couple caught in the cross-hairs of environmental bureaucracy bent on revenge for the crime ...

All litigants must have their day in court through a full and fair hearing. To ensure justice is done, each party should be af...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may soon require companies to disclose climate-related risks and opportunities — w...

When California lawmakers passed legislation on February 7 to provide workers with a new round of COVID-19 supplemental paid s...

Two Los Angeles pedestrians, in different areas of the city, are confronted with a homeless encampment blocking their way. The...