The CAA requires a proposed arbitrator to provide a disclosure statement identifying issues that could raise impartiality ques...

The San Jose City Council recently enacted two firearm ordinances that impose significant new obligations on San Jose’s roughl...

Suppose you are a junior associate in a large law firm, serving as “second chair” on a complex litigation case or transactiona...

As the mess surrounding the fall of infamous plaintiffs’ attorney Thomas V. Girardi has unfolded, we have learned more about t...

It appears that at least in part, an increasing number of Americans are shifting away from a live-to-work mindset toward the w...

Fights between owners and contractors under Business and Professions Code Section 7031 can get nasty and detailed. An owner’s ...

At any time, empowered by the Legislature’s giving the administrative agency the power to “adopt, amend, and repeal such rules...

After nearly five months in trial, almost four of which were conducted remotely through Zoom, the San Bernardino jury in the R...

Whether through legislative action or court decision, the outcome of a recent appellate decision must be reversed. There is no...

While the U.S. government has made some recognition of its of policy regarding China, it’s important to ask whether corporate ...

While cases often get resolved through various means before trial, the goal of my work is to get ready for trial, go to trial,...

My last column began to explore how a story changes as it moves from the initial client interview through our litigation system.

A newly enacted package of public safety measures, including Senate Bill 16, clarifies and expands laws requiring the disclosu...

Rather than self-interested public figures, who better than “We, the People of the State of California” (Cal. Const. Preamble)...

This new law gives the military a direct tool for dealing with sexual harassment and since a sentence could carry possible ja...

Why watch? Celebrate Lincoln’s birth month by streaming a movie that depicts the young Abe as a crafty trial lawyer and sugges...

Is the "Baseball Rule" a relic of the past in California? Arguably, yes, according to the 4th District Court of Appeal ruling ...

Due to the enormous backlog in the trial courts because of COVID-19, more and more cases are being resolved through mediation....

Lawyers may not always sufficiently appreciate their obligations to insurance companies and may assume that their only duties ...

Astute businesses have begun to take notice of the the value of the nontraditional marks, to help them distinguish their goods...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a case that could short circuit the Biden administration’s efforts to re...

A growing chorus of critics argue that Trump should be disqualified from serving another term for his involvement in the Janua...

Under the CTA, the secretary of the Treasury must prescribe implementation of regulations under the act by the beginning of 2022.

Thirty years after Anita Hill accused her boss of sexual harassment and 17 years after all California supervisors began having...

I cannot say I was surprised when I read a complaint filed last July in Connecticut federal district court on behalf of Black ...

The title of Raskin’s book refers to two traumas, one public, one private: the untimely death of his son and the January 6 att...

In a recent decision, the California Supreme Court rejected a line of cases that required plaintiff-employees to satisfy the t...

For over half a century, we have been enthralled by adventures of characters crossing into other versions of the “real world” ...

Both class actions and large catastrophes have increased in recent years. Although global warming is linked to the increase in...

Each year I prepare a tabulation for the frequently filed motions that were decided in my individual calendar courtroom in the...