Does “hot pursuit” of a misdemeanor suspect categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance, excusing obtaining a warrant pri...

This month, the U.S. Supreme Court granted three petitions seeking review of a Federal Circuit decision holding that all admin...

A key challenge for policyholders seeking coverage under commercial general liability, directors and officers, and other insur...

The Department of Justice filed a motion to substitute the government for Trump as the defendant in Jean Carroll’s defamation ...

“Biggest ever” can be a term you might want to hear about some things. But if it is a tax issue you are describing, “biggest e...

In a year like no other, with a deadly pandemic raging and in the midst of a polarizing presidential election, a recent congre...

Lessons from an unorthodox career

We are now eight months into the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which took effect in February. The act attempted t...

Los Angeles district attorney candidate George Gascón proposes that domestic violence victims, even if served with a subpoena,...

Recent headlines have renewed questions about who will control the build out of the next generation of wireless networks, know...

The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to review the rules regarding the requirement that testimony...

California's Rules of Professional Conduct are primarily about one thing: communication. And communicating effectively with cl...

The story behind the State Bar oath become more.... civil.

A recent 9th Circuit decision affirms that in the context of employer-sponsored benefits, the employer is the agent of the ins...

The State Bar of California Provisional License Working Group released a memorandum last week supporting a proposal to impleme...

If you are a plaintiff, you should care about taxes, and if you are a plaintiff’s lawyer, you should make sure your client tak...

Just what makes a decision “final” enough to support a Fifth Amendment takings claim?

You have marshalled your evidence, tagged your exhibits, scheduled your witnesses, and drafted your motions in limine. Now it ...

Mallika speaks to a deputy public defender about what the last decade of indigent defense work has taught her about the diffic...

In recent years I have had the good fortune to obtain large verdicts for my personal injury clients, including three of the to...

The pandemic has affected virtually every aspect of the practice of law. But we have heard little about how intellectual prope...

A common assumption is that the law ought to be readily codified into a form of pure logic and thus amenable to easily being e...

While Assembly Bill 3234 has been touted as a saving grace for first-time misdemeanor offenders who may be offered diversion b...

Twitter is once again making headlines after blocking users from tweeting two New York Post articles on the basis that the art...

This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will address whether 28 U.S.C. Section 1447(d) permits a federal court of appeals to review ...

Ransomware attacks are carried out by cyber criminals who hack a company’s computer systems and encrypt or otherwise block acc...

2021 seems likely to hold big tax changes, but how much higher will they go, and on what specifically?

As quarantine restrictions loosen around the country and people have access to family members, cases of financial elder abuse ...

The courts informed the public that the pandemic was not a time to change agreements and hard-won orders and to deviate from l...

Over the past few months, a spate of shareholder derivative actions and new California legislation have focused on diversity a...