The court recently wrestled with in rem jurisdiction issues in a civil forfeiture case, and the law remains far from clear.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is 48 years old. If she is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court and remains on the court until she is 8...

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case examining whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act p...

For nearly two weeks now, 7,000 miles away from California, the native Christian-Armenian people of the Republics of Artsakh a...

While Prop. 65 cases normally settle early, numerous defenses do exist.

On Oct. 2, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Barr v. Dai, a case that will decisively uphold or strip asylum applicants ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pair of cases involving Arizona’s prohibition of so-called “ballot...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently issued a proposed rule clarifying when a national bank is the ”true len...

November ballots in California will feature Prop. 15, which seeks to change California law to tax most commercial properties b...

Proposition 16 will end the ban on taking affirmative steps to ensure and actually provide equal access in public contracting,...

A key question in a recent case, and which the 9th Circuit had never answered before, was whether a trademark counterfeiting c...

Assembly Bill 685 further expands the obligations of California employers to disclose information regarding COVID-19 exposure ...

Last week, the Kern County Multicultural Bar Alliance held a panel addressing the important issue of the elimination of bias f...

With many tasks moved online, attorneys will face increased risk if they do not remain vigilant when it comes to protecting cl...

How to provide the authoritative information and guidance that parties need to resolve a dispute

The California State Bar’s Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct has issued a new formal opinion, 2020-203, tha...

When a lawyer and law firm receive third-party funding, the well-known professional duties to a client can easily become blurr...

After testing the waters with Senate Bill 826’s gender diversity mandate in 2018, California has now further committed public ...

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have recognized the importance of allowing access to medical cannabis. But ev...

Increasingly, our armed forces are imperiled by toxic hazards that have adverse effects on their health. Those who served in I...

In the wake of the tragic killing of Breonna Taylor by police in Louisville, Kentucky during service of a search warrant in a ...

On Sept. 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted certain amendments to the procedural requirements and resubmission...

This recently enacted federal legislation has dramatically changed estate planning for retirement benefits.

One burgeoning area of focus for legal scholars and LegalTech makers is legal judgment prediction. Efforts are underway to bol...

A victory for Oracle would outlaw devices and software used by millions every day, raise the price of product refills and repl...

If the court adopts a broad interpretation of an ATDS, businesses will surely face increased litigation with little to no wigg...

The Walter White case study

Whether you blame the pharmacies, the manufacturers or the doctors, people are the collateral damage.

Social media contact lists have become an increasingly important part of a business’s customer lists. This trend has only acce...

With more workers accessing, disclosing, using and creating valuable company information from their homes, prudent company lea...