You’ve been arrested and charged with a crime. You’ve been denied pretrial release, and you don’t have the money for bail. So ...

Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Central District Judge David O. Carter’s sweeping mandatory injunct...

Three recent 9th Circuit rulings held that business income and extra expense losses incurred following business closures order...

In recent years, the decades-long rule barring nonlawyers from having an ownership stake in law firms has been reversed in Ari...

There are many ways to answer the question of whether the drug wars are racist, and all of them are “yes.” In California, spec...

A recent appellate opinion addresses the statute of limitations on bringing an action under Business and Professions Code Sect...

I am optimistic that Supreme Court justices who read this column will take my advice and write shorter opinions.

With everyone sick of the pandemic, neighborhood boredom seems to have prompted early Halloween decorations. Following suit, l...

About six years ago, I retired from law professing — and launched my new law firm. I gathered into my fold several former app...

Lawyers, like everyone else, are capable of doing bad things. This is especially true when they are funding grotesque lifestyl...

What state taxes apply if you are stuck in California or another state during the pandemic? Do you pay taxes where you are she...

Mexican-Americans faced horrifying discrimination in this country. In her book “All For One & One For All,” author Amy Wat...

All nine justices return to the bench this week — the First Monday of October — when the U.S. Supreme Court gavels-in its new ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the White House conveyed, in an announcement on Sept. 20, that OSHA will...

Last month, the California State Bar published its “California Paraprofessional Program Working Group Report and Recommendatio...

The reason for the hearsay rule is simple enough to grasp: Hearsay evidence tends to be unreliable, because it’s not subject t...

In a landmark ruling, a divided court gave the green light for securities actions against companies that went public through d...

Over the past year, California courts have continued to reject PAGA waivers. But what is so unique about the nature of PAGA la...

A court reporter’s gavel-to-gavel account of a four-month Zoom trial during COVID

Last year, the federal government contracted with a wastewater analytics company for a nationwide study of wastewater in the U...

A few weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two housing bills that make small, infill housing projects easier in California: Sen...

What happens when your adversary blames a higher power who is incapable of being deposed or responding to discovery?

As we all know, the enduring appeal of watching Vinny trying to navigate his way around a courtroom in a murder trial is the h...

A recent appellate court opinion that is now certified for publication resolves some open questions about how membership inte...

A split decision by a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal, upholding the validity of Assembly Bill 51 — the state la...

A recent trend is calling upon the legal arena to shift or transform from the outdated solidified ways of doing things to inst...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of false advertising food and beverage class actions cases were filed i...

During the period sometimes referred to as the Great Recession of 2007-09, the United States government became convinced that ...

On Sept. 9, the California Court of Appeal issued a significant decision of first impression that provides employers with a ra...

Imagine being a parent in the 1940s and 1950s. It’s a hot summer day, and your daughter wants to go to the neighborhood pool. ...