Another missed chance to strengthen California’s False Claims Act
By Ari M. Yampolsky, Chris McLamb
For the second year in a row, the California State Assembly passed legislation to strengthen the California False Claims Act —...
We first opened our doors in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1920 at 7:30 p.m. It was an evening-only program with...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
HR 103 correctly seeks to lower the California Bar Exam cut score
By Joanna Mendoza
As a former member of the California State Bar Board of Trustees from 2013-2019, including having acted for several years as a...
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Coffee defendants grind out victory in battle over Prop 65 acrylamide warnings
By Willis M. Wagner
Last week, following nearly a decade of litigation, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled in favor of a group of coffee defendant...
Who’s afraid of the FAA?
By Steven B. Katz
A recent appellate decision shows just how far the courts are willing to go to insulate California public policy from the pree...
In the military, Jackie Robinson took a stand within a racist system
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Books
Notorious RBG talks life, love, liberty and law
By Marc D. Alexander
“Conversations with RBG,” authored by Professor Jeffrey Rosen, is a good place to begin for a probing, yet concise, book about...
I have been a proponent of incorporating technology into law practice since I started practicing back in 1985. Now here I am, ...
Government, Constitutional Law
Who will defend the courts from attacks on the judiciary?
By James J. Brosnahan
President Donald Trump’s constant attacks on the judiciary are a violation of the separation of powers set out in the U.S. Con...
Letters, Civil Rights
Judge’s column on the ‘pattern of blame and harassment’ hits home
By Richard M. Stoll
I read Judge Rupa Goswami’s article and it hit home — hard.
Labor/Employment
Independent contractors and AB 2257: different year, same story
By Bruce J. Sarchet
At the zenith of the legislative session, 31 separate bills were under consideration to either amend or abandon AB 5. If, as e...
Letters, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice
Enhancing appellate opinions: 1 more for the books
By Arnold H. Gold
I thoroughly enjoyed David Ozeran’s article in the August 25 Daily Journal on opinions reflecting judicial wisdom/humor. Here’...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation
Settle-and-sue malpractice cases: What should the plaintiff have to prove?
By Heather L. Rosing, David M. Majchrzak
You represented your client from the beginning of a dispute to the very end. You obtained a result that, while not an outright...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Covid Columns
Don’t let pandemic stress impair your judgment
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
Amid all the adversity, some attorneys may unfortunately be tempted to make a bad decision.
Tax, Covid Columns, Corporate
Key issues facing corporate clients and potentially impacting transactions
By Alexander M. Lee, Megan Lisa Jones
The current year has developed in surprising ways for most of us. With an election looming and governments dealing with the ef...
The tax code is chock full of penalties, so you always want to behave reasonably and in good faith. One of the biggest and mos...
Real Estate/Development, Government
Legislature steps in after Judicial Council removes statewide eviction ban
By Jon Goetz, Russell Morse
The Judicial Council’s elimination of its unlawful detainer moratorium forced the California Legislature to take urgent action...
Sometimes you can see a train wreck coming a mile away. Design Built Systems v. Sorokine is one of those cases. It also happen...
Technology, Law Practice
Will artificial intelligence spawn a 'Legal Singularity'?
By Lance Eliot
A thought-provoking vision that the future of law might entail a Legal Singularity encompassing the elimination of legal uncer...
Government, Covid Columns
California animal protection legislation in the shadow of COVID-19
By Elizabeth Holtz
Legislation promising in the first months of 2020 lost steam as priorities shifted to COVID-19 relief bills. But animal prote...
Environmental & Energy, California Supreme Court
High court well-permit ruling gets it right on CEQA’s scope
By Arthur F. Coon
In resolving a dispute over Stanislaus County’s blanket exemption of water well construction permits from review under the Cal...
The hotshot fighter pilots of “Top Gun” are all about speed — fast jets, fast motorcycles, and fast “friends” who haven’t “los...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
Immune, or not immune? That is Craigslist’s question
By Daniel Rozansky, Cristy Jonelis
Two recent bills that amended Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and Stop En...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Covid Columns, California Supreme Court
Jarman: A nightmare year for nursing home residents gets worse
By Anthony Chicotel
Given the state’s woeful performance safeguarding residents’ rights, Health and Safety Code Section 1430(b) litigation has bee...
Civil Rights
Time to break a historical pattern of blame and harassment
By Rupa S. Goswami
A just society holds people accountable for what they do; it does not punish them for what they look like or where they may ha...
Tax, International Law, Covid Columns, Corporate
EU adopts taxpayer-friendly residency approaches due to COVID-19
By Friedemann Thomma, Becca Chappell
Recent COVID-19 travel restrictions have created risk of additional corporate income tax liabilities and filing obligations fo...
Probate
Prevailing parties in trust and estate litigation can defeat an appeal before it is filed
By Kevin P. O’Brien
A party who prevails at trial in a civil action must often wait years as the case winds through the appellate process before e...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate
Why it’s important to manage confidentiality in M&A deals
By Zachary Turke, Edward Xia
Once you have taken the important step of deciding to sell your company, a business owner must face the reality that the inner...
Intellectual Property, Corporate
6 tips for businesses on identifying and protecting inventions
By Dariush Adli
Despite the COVID-19 setback to the economy, the stock market continues to set records, demonstrating the resilience of U.S. b...
Education Law
Review new Title IX regulations, effective this month
By Pilar Morin, David Urban
On May 6, the Department of Education issued the new final Title IX regulations with a firm deadline of Aug. 14 for educators ...