In order to improve access to legal services, the State Bar should promote the use of online attorney referral and matching sy...

The July 27 column, “Time to end systematic abuse of California’s lemon law,” authored by two Hyundai Motor America in-house c...

In important ways, the John Bolton and Mary Trump cases are not representative of the broader ongoing efforts of Trump and his...

In part overshadowed by fears of COVID-19, the homelessness situation in Los Angeles and beyond is far from easing up. Once t...

Religion continued its losing streak against the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Supreme Court over the weekend, as the court re...

Those that do not comply with the state’s evolving guidance on workplace safety and health will likely be subject to citations...

Knowing when an asset or liability is community or separate property is essential, not just in a divorce but also in debtor-cr...

When implementing modern-day technology for law practices and the courts, there is an oft-used line known to insiders that com...

The rule restricts the ability of banking entities to engage in proprietary trading or to have certain interests in, or relati...

A PIPE, or private investment in public equity, is a private placement transaction executed in accordance with the Section 4(a...

Another wave of change is coming. We think of it as analogous to the aftershocks of an earthquake: They happen after the big e...

The fact that the Department of Justice is used to carry out the president’s broad policy preferences is neither surprising no...

For those who have either forgotten or don’t keep up with takings law, Kelo v. New London was the bombshell case in which a 5-...

In the midst of the current global pandemic, California’s state courts have been severely impacted. Now, more than ever, it is...

The object of this article and accompanying self-study test is to familiarize readers with procedures under the Government Cla...

The court’s rationale is that motions under that statute are limited to eminent domain actions and other remedies, such as sum...

Although about a fifth of the nation’s population lives in rural areas, these places are home to only 2% of small law practice...

In the wake of the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others in California and beyo...

Courts must fulfill statutory duties while safeguarding the well-being of the public they serve. Some courts in California are...

On July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union announced its much awaited decision in the Schrems II case. The court d...

The ABA recently issued an ethics opinion to clarify the line between legitimate advocacy and conduct that would violate Model...

A trauma-informed approach to mediating claims of race discrimination.

There’s a fine line separating legal “puffery” from outright lying.

In less than ideal circumstances with a global pandemic in the background, the California Supreme Court and State Bar worked d...

The 5th District Court of Appeal recently clarified two principles of California family law.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recently created Commission on Unalienable Rights released its first draft report last week.

A conversation with international human rights expert and UC Hastings Professor, on writing about traumatic events to trauma-c...

In this article, we examine how post-COVID-19 M&A deals have actually addressed these issues, by reviewing a sampling of p...

A ruling by the 2nd Circuit is the latest, and perhaps the most high-profile, federal appellate decision to hold that a state ...

Absent a complete defunding or abolition of police departments, we must have concrete and measurable ways to hold police accou...