The excellent article of Messrs. Rushing and Hendricks on direct and cross examination should be required reading in every law...

Before making a payment, many companies across a wide variety of contexts will ask you for an IRS Form W-9. What is it, and if...

Last week, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved new emergency standards mandating employers take certain precautions to help ...

The stakes of Brady compliance are high — as they should be — and a prosecutor’s failure to disclose Brady material to the def...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 codified a surprising tax deduction for some white collar criminal defendants — and a new ob...

One of an attorneys most powerful tools is the ability to call and orally examine witnesses under oath.

The 9th Circuit recently issued two opinions involving consumers and arbitration agreements.

The lawyer’s job description is this: officer of the court. This is true without regard to whether the lawyer ever steps foot ...

A boxer who has had a long layoff between bouts is rusty when he gets back in the ring. He moves a bit slower and lacks the sa...

Debates ensue over whether today’s law is overly complex and needs to be simplified. In the future, as artificial intelligence...

On Nov. 4, the Northern District of California amended its Patent Local Rules to clarify when, and to what extent, disclosures...

As the economy attempts to climb out of the economic recession fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new form of opportunity zone...

One of the reasons this industry is so highly targeted is that many of these products sell for under $10 and are sold in big-b...

Making sense of the precedential value of the US Supreme Court’s non-merits orders

What do the Dodgers, American Apparel, Rubio’s Fish Tacos, California Pizza Kitchen, MGM Studios and Pacific Sunwear have in c...

Businesses in California have a solid, triple threat coming at them right now — a new year, a new administration in Washington...

Psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca and peyote, are federally illegal. Nevertheless, over the next few ...

Even if you do not litigate long-term disability claims, understanding their importance will guide clients in the right direction

California is once again on the forefront of data privacy law with the passage of Proposition 24, the California Privacy Right...

California has set new statewide restrictions and pulled an “emergency brake” of reopening rollbacks in counties across the st...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument last week in the most controversial cases of the term, concerning the constitutiona...

The 2020 California wildfire season has involved the largest and most destructive fires on record in state history. Cannabis g...

A guide for the unwary

There is a palpable and ongoing tension underlying the role of sentiment in both the practice of law and throughout our courts...

Over the past few years, catastrophic wildfires in California have led to an increased use of public safety power shutoff, oft...

While the FCC under Ajit Pai’s leadership may be expected to disavow any responsibility for videoconferencing on the basis tha...

During recent oral arguments, Justice Amy Coney Barret rightly said: “I think we would agree that there’s really not any circu...

Last week, Jonathan “Mac” Williamson, a former standout outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, filed a negligence and premis...

Notwithstanding constitutional limitations, the Legislature has provided that in probate conservatorship proceedings — cases i...

What a year 2020 has been. Many people in California and elsewhere are still working remotely. In some cases, that includes pe...