As the California Supreme Court has made clear, an insurer cannot reasonably and in good faith deny payments to its insured wi...

A 9th Circuit decision has renewed focus on copyright protection for public performances of pre-1972 sound recordings.

This month we'll delve a little deeper and reiterate the theme that lawyers really do get to boldly go.

A recent California Court of Appeal decision, which may have sweeping effects on the bail bond industry, has held that bail bo...

The fact that Trump lost his motion to dismiss is not the end of the litigation. Appeals are likely. But the 112-page, well-re...

The past year has been active for art law litigation, with cases concerning works by artists ranging from Andy Warhol to Dr. S...

In a recent dissent from a denial of certiorari, Justice Clarence Thomas uttered this simple phrase: “If there is no such thin...

It is shocking that victims are not routinely advised of their right to counsel: The accused rapist will be told of his right...

When it comes to experts, there is usually little good to come of the more pedestrian modes of impeachment.

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...