There is much debate about the eventual use of AI in the judicial capacity of judges. For sake of argument, let’s explore the ...

One of the advantages of being a mediator is that you can listen separately to the negotiating parties during the negotiations...

We have lost those courtroom and courthouse experiences I had as a young lawyer to time and progress and COVID, I’m afraid.

Attorneys general for several states, including California, allege that the rule allows nonbanks to avoid state usury caps by ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that one in 10 people over the age of 60 will exp...

Personal jurisdiction can be a powerful tool against forum shopping by the filing plaintiff. It is imperative to spot the issu...

Former President Donald Trump faces a mountain of legal problems now that he has left the White House for Mar-a-Lago. Trump no...

Many businesses, reeling from the economic impact of COVID-19, have put intellectual property protection on the backburner, wa...

LA DA George Gascón claims that when a prosecutor goes into court, she or he must do what Gascón orders, even if it is against...

Do you have the right to privately support charities and causes you believe in? And what standard applies when the government ...

Congress recently passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.

With the departure of Attorney General Xavier Becerra to Washington, D.C., Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon have the opportunity to...

It’s clear that the social media companies have been, and will likely continue to be, wholly unsuccessful at self-regulation. ...

Its main purpose — protecting the public — has been undermined to the point where one wonders why we should continue going to ...

In an opinion issued last week, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the narrow issue of whether the city of Chicago’s policy of r...

Southern California grocery chain Albertsons, which includes Vons, Pavilions and other major stores, has already announced the...

The new law dramatically changes permitted probation periods for various levels of crimes.

In the immortal words of Yogi Berra: “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.”

Current Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that there is not time for the Senate to try President Trump before he...

With the Democratic Party’s recent sweep of the Georgia runoffs, President-elect Joe Biden appears not only to have the votes,...

The pandemic has caused a rapid turn to technology as many proceedings and functions that would typically be deemed in-person ...

When it comes to the law and proposed governance of AI, there is a controversial question about whether legal personhood is ri...

In short, Prop. 19 has slashed your ability to keep a lower property tax basis for anything other than a primary residence tha...

Mediation briefs routinely contain pages and pages of unimportant details. Some describe in the most excruciating manner every...

Lawmakers want courts to concentrate on the treatment a veteran needs, rather than the nature of the crime charged.

Last month, Los Angeles County began administering the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to frontline health care workers.

The emotional and financial harm resulting from precipitous discharges of employees without good cause would be far less possi...

In cases where the client is out of custody and arraignment is not imminent, a pre-court intervention can substantially benefi...

The California Supreme Court’s latest opinion on the subject further limits the entry of judgment by default.

The tragic events of last week make even more salient the question of whether Donald Trump can pardon himself before leaving o...