The SAFE TO WORK Act, which is part of the larger Health, Economic Assistance, Liability, and Schools Act, provides under spec...

The COVID-19 virus has been a boon to plaintiff lawyers seeking to cash in on the events related to the pandemic and the shutd...

The evolution of disability access in the United States under 30 years of Title III of the ADA.

From a village in Holland to the California Court of Appeal.

In 2020, USCIS received approximately 275,000 registrations during the registration period. Since there were more registration...

California courts have long wrestled with how to strike an appropriate balance between free and unfettered competition, on the...

In 2018, California took the bold step to require a minimum number of women directors on the boards of California-based public...

Many lawyers consider oral argument to be the climax of the appellate process, yet in some (exceptional) cases, oral argument ...

In a recent opinion, the California Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, reso...

In giving a unilateral voice to those who insist the bill is “premature,” the article is tone deaf — as are many of the bill’s...

When multiple parties share interests in a patent, there can be conflict and complexity over decisions regarding patent litiga...

Last year, the 9th Circuit overturned an arbitration decision in favor of a local Afghani subcontractor seeking termination co...

When the system erred, it consistently showed that Black defendants were predicted to be higher risk, while white defendants w...

I read with interest Robert Tyson's July 31 column, "The Reptile Theory: Use it." But a question: Mr. Tyson objects that the R...

Often while the obligor is actively working it is relatively easy to collect the past due amount or the current support throug...

I had dinner the other evening with the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus. I remarked that Justice Ming Chin was retiring from...

How you write a brief is hemmed in by the Rules of Court and, to a lesser extent, by custom (what judges are used to seeing). ...

Four U.S. Supreme Court cases from last term, coupled with the news that the Catholic Church received $1.4 billion in COVID-19...

Imagine that your client learns in the course of a workplace arbitration where she was awarded $500,000 that a company owner h...

Courts are already issuing conflicting decisions in litigation involving the new WOTUS regulations.

In California the judge’s Oath of Office begins, “I solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Unit...

For three weeks in July, the main conference room at the Beverly Hills Bar Association functioned as an extension of England’s...

Here are some pointers on how to avoid putting a foot in your mouth when the judge says, “Cross-examination, please.”

The number one driver of nuclear verdicts is juror anger. The challenge for defense lawyers is to figure out how to defuse tha...

On July 8, the Supreme Court issued a blow to the ongoing fight for birth control access. The case in question involved a rule...

A former general counsel and litigator turned mediator's take on potential rude awakenings and steps to avoid them.

In his new book, “The Deviant’s War,” Eric Cervini chronicles how Kameny’s sheer determination began to chip away at homosexu...

The first test of whether corporate “federal forum selection” clauses will be enforced by California courts will occur on Frid...

In November 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California adopted the Procedural Guidance for...

As private sector management rights grow, public sector employers are seeing a growing imbalance.