Back in 1972, in the case Friends of Mammoth Lakes v. Mono County, the Supreme Court entered the fray over the scope of the Ca...

The president is locked in two important legal battles on petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Both cases involve the validity ...

Some years ago, singer/songwriter Jim Croce began a refrain thus: “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the w...

On Monday, the 9th Circuit heard oral arguments on the issue.

A veteran’s access to a lawyer can mean the difference between living under a roof or under a bridge

A recent case has deepened a split of authority in dependency law. The split concerns one of the most frequently litigated gro...

Assembly Bill 5 creates unique challenges and issues for California public agencies. For example, in order for a public agency...

It’s December, and what possibly could be more important to your law firm than setting new resolutions for 2020? Yes, you’re t...

When an appellate justice writes a concurrence just to point out a trap for unwary practitioners, it merits some consideration...

Multiple sources have helped establish the principle that lawyers may ethically represent clients operating in the cannabis in...

Attorneys are often asked by their clients, “What do you think is going to happen?” or “What is this case worth?” Through expe...

The movie is provocative because they are believable. You cannot leave the theatre without wanting to discuss what has transpi...

Individuals, creators and businesses have a right and a duty to protect themselves and their assets from infringing online act...

The California Legislature has seen fit to add a new tolling exception to the statute which becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2020.

Until courts and legislators recognize that anything short of a jury trial cannot constitute meaningful due process, incentive...

As we near the end of 2019, we continue to see states stepping up to take action with respect to regulating the nonprofit sect...

Last month’s election in Virginia marked another important victory against excessively partisan gerrymanders in America.

It’s the holiday season. A time when family and friends, and even neighbors, gather together.

Far from decreasing, carbon emissions are increasing, even in highly developed economies that fancy themselves leaders in the ...

Today we turn our attention to our fifth subject in our series of data-driven profiles of the justices of the California Supre...

If you have a PPO plan, you can see out-of-network providers, but it’s going to cost you more. Non-contracted providers have n...

Recently, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim announced a new policy for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division: a ...

Two high-profile cases have highlighted certain aspects of music copyright infringement litigation which have become quite con...

The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari on a petition filed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review whether BOOKIN...

A rosy write-up doesn’t change the fact that drivers, under the alternative law, wouldn’t be paid for waiting time — as they w...

Though artificial intelligence is hardly new, it has gone mainstream recently as businesses increasingly exploit their massive...

For 15 years, Yaqub -- which defined a nebulous and incorrect standard -- had stood as the sole published decision to squarely...

A key objective of some class actions is not only to obtain monetary relief for class members, but to secure changes to the wa...

On the one hand, I always want to teach students what is right, according to the black letter doctrine, while showing them amb...

The California Supreme Court held that life insurance policy loans are not subject to a provision contained in a 1918 initiati...