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Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

Last moth, the California Supreme Court determined that time Apple retail store employees spent engaged in required searches o...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court recently decided an important wage and hour case deciding whether an individual may still pursue ...



Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation

In the realm of trade secret law, an ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure. Remove that protection, and a company may s...


On the heels of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing in January, his widow, Vanessa Bryant, and the couple’s three minor children find...



Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

The need to delay CCPA enforcement is particularly acute for the state’s brick-and-mortar retailers. For many of them, this is...


In an unprecedented move, both the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board recently took sweeping step...



Trade secret litigation in California is growing, in both volume and impact.


Alternative Dispute Resolution

A Chinese proverb says, “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” With the abrupt shut down of all ...



Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Insurance 101 for law firms

Mar. 27, 2020
By John B. Sullivan

Many lawyers do not become familiar with their firm’s lawyer professional liability, or LPL, insurance policies until it is to...


Law Practice

While we are undergoing an unprecedented a time in all of our lives, legal recruiters are as active as ever in their continued...



Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Do you want to help your employees right now to weather the COVID-19 storm? Here are two ways that go beyond the new small emp...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights

The Supreme Court likes to pick on the 9th Circuit, and may get another chance when it decides whether to hear a new petition ...



Law Practice

State courts are taking bold steps to address COVID-19

Mar. 26, 2020
By Carolin K. Shining

Hearings by video technology are not the only overnight structural changes sweeping through state court systems. From oaths to...


Law Practice

This week as part of a wave of unprecedented changes to American life, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye discontinued all c...



Judges and Judiciary, Criminal, Constitutional Law

Broadly adopting remote appearances as a rule in the criminal context raises significant constitutional concerns.


Land Use, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court

Unfinished takings business at the US Supreme Court

Mar. 26, 2020
By Michael M. Berger

Last year the court discarded the state litigation requirement, but questions remain.



Labor/Employment, Corporate

Is your business an ‘essential business’?

Mar. 26, 2020
By Carolina de Armas, Nick Moore, Tony Schoenberg

Navigating California state and county COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.


Labor/Employment

Coping with the coronavirus in the workplace, part three

Mar. 26, 2020
By Eli M. Kantor, Jonathan D. Kantor

President Donald Trump signed the Family First Coronavirus Response Act into law on March 18, which will be effective through ...



Government, Constitutional Law

An overview of California’s emergency powers

Mar. 25, 2020
By Brandon Young, Mario Cardona

The unprecedented challenges created by COVID-19 have forced the state and local governments to exercise exceptional powers to...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

The COVID-19 crisis is compelling us to think creatively about how we resolve disputes in an age of “social distancing.”



Law Practice

Judge Mohr: How the coronavirus has affected me

Mar. 25, 2020
By Anthony J. Mohr

“Don’t worry, Tony,” my wife Beverly said in her sweet, reassuring way as we washed our hands. “We have enough soap.”


Law Practice

Meeting the moment...

Mar. 25, 2020
By Dan Lawton

Before pulling into my garage last Thursday afternoon, I turned on the radio. I was just in time to hear Gavin Newsom rasp, “T...



Military Law, Government

The National Guard: Always ready, always there

Mar. 25, 2020
By Eileen C. Moore

For the past few decades, we have thought of the National Guard as being citizen soldiers, prepared to give up their civilian ...


Civil Litigation

The California attorney general’s office is still fine-tuning regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act and...



Insurance

Will insurance cover your coronavirus losses?

Mar. 24, 2020
By Joshua J. Borger

The crippling question for insurance companies is whether the losses sustained due to the business interruption and the inevit...


Law Practice, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

Goldilocks and the 3 Batson fixes

Mar. 24, 2020
By Brian M. Hoffstadt

Batson’s prohibition is easy to articulate, but significantly harder to enforce.



Legal Education, Law Practice

Explaining Civ Pro

Mar. 24, 2020
By Frank H. Wu

I love teaching Civil Procedure. I loved studying the subject. I realize that is unusual. Even among people who enjoyed law sc...


Labor/Employment

Coping with the coronavirus in the workplace, part two

Mar. 24, 2020
By Eli M. Kantor, Jonathan D. Kantor

Since our article that was published on March 18, there have been dramatic changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.



Letters, Judges and Judiciary

‘Just the facts, ma’am. Just the facts.’

Mar. 24, 2020
By Randolph M. Hammock

Suffice it to state that I read with great interest Mr. Timothy Reuben’s recent Daily Journal article, “Ballot designations fa...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

DoorDash: quick food, slow justice

Mar. 24, 2020
By Aaron Blumenthal, Steven Tindall

DoorDash, like many companies, required its employees to sign such arbitration agreements because it thought workers wouldn’t ...