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Government, Administrative/Regulatory

AT&T data throttling settlement was a consumer 'win'

Nov. 20, 2019
By Anita Taff-Rice

Earlier this month, AT&T stipulated to a $60 million judgment to settle the case. The money will be distributed as a parti...


Corporate, Banking

The financial world has begun to prepare for life without LIBOR, as it is anticipated that the index will cease to be widely r...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

Crafting better legal services in conservatorship cases

Nov. 20, 2019
By Thomas F. Coleman

“This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.” We have all heard this statement when we are on the phone with pr...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

According to an Oct. 4 Law 360 Legal Ethics release, a New Jersey state superior court judge questioned whether the practice o...


Labor/Employment, Insurance

Every year, millions of Americans seek and obtain individual or group disability insurance, hoping to buy a safety net in case...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property

Following the Federal Circuit decision in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al., significant attention has been pa...


Intellectual Property

Color me mine: Trademarking a color

MCLE
Nov. 18, 2019
By Peter Harvey, Caitlin C. Conway

What kind of showing does the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office require to register color trademarks? And what evidence do cour...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports

Equal pay case could set precedent for all women athletes

Nov. 18, 2019
By Garrett R. Broshuis

Megan Rapinoe. Alex Morgan. Carli Lloyd. This summer they captured the eyes of the nation, leading the U.S. soccer team to ano...


What I learned from government service

Nov. 18, 2019
By Frank H. Wu

I recently concluded service on a federal government commission. I learned an important lesson that might seem obvious but is ...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

On law schools (part 1)

Nov. 18, 2019
By Myron Moskovitz

Earlier this year, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow graced these pages with his view that law school professor...


Labor/Employment

Last month, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash filed the ballot measure known as the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act with the...


Labor/Employment

Some businesses predict that they will be badly hurt by the required new expenses. But these claims are overstated because of ...


Tax, Corporate

Who wants (tax-free) $10 Million?

MCLE
Nov. 15, 2019
By Michael Shaff

It sounds like a hustle you might hear on a dark street, the chance to get $10 million and not pay any federal income tax on, ...


Corporate, Civil Litigation

A year ago, we heard the terrible news of two Boeing 737Max plane crashes, causing hundreds of deaths, because of a new flight...


Labor/Employment

Wrongful termination and defamation by self-publication

Nov. 15, 2019
By William M. Crosby

Pitty the wrongfully terminated employee who, unable to make ends meet, must find a new job. Inevitably the questions are aske...


Government, Constitutional Law

The Constitution and the impeachment power

Nov. 15, 2019
By John H. Minan

The Founders created the impeachment power as the method to remove presidents for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and ...


Law Practice

Saving the Japanese YWCA building

Nov. 15, 2019
By Benjamin K. Riley

In 1996, the San Francisco Chapter of the YWCA decided to sell the building located at 1830 Sutter Street, in San Francisco’s ...


Tax, Criminal

The college admissions scandal keeps bumping along. There was a spate of early guilty pleas, but some defendants appear to wan...


Real Estate/Development, Government

It’s no secret that California has a serious housing crisis — in fact, the state has declared a statewide housing emergency to...


Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution

In the latest volley, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two bills, Assembly Bill 51 and Senate Bill 707, that take ai...


State Bar & Bar Associations

A California appellate ruling throws into sharp focus the constitutionality of accreditation by regional accreditors such as t...


Government

New animal protection laws in California

Nov. 14, 2019
By Elizabeth Holtz

From ending the exploitation of wild animals in circuses to prohibiting the sale of fur, 2019 was a banner year for animal pro...


Judges and Judiciary

The problem with bad judges

Nov. 14, 2019
By William Domnarski

We have to worry about the consequences of putting bad federal judges on the bench. Unless the judiciary itself decides to ado...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities

It is a classic situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission brings an action in federal court against an alleged frauds...


Law Practice

Reading and writing to change the world

Nov. 13, 2019
By Frank H. Wu

Any who would write and speak must read and listen.


What surprisingly remains permissible on the federal level is the actual act of animal “crushing.” That is, there is no specif...


Corporate

Activism in 2019: Late in the stages of an economic cycle

Nov. 12, 2019
By Derek Zaba, Kai H.E. Liekefett

We will shortly be entering the 11th year of the current bull market. Over that period, there has been a dramatic rise in shar...


Real Estate/Development, Letters

The Tenant Protection Act Will not reduce homelessness

Nov. 12, 2019
By James P. McBride

Thanks to Inner City Law Center Director Adam Murray for his piece published on Nov. 7 under the headline, “Best Way to end ho...


Government, Constitutional Law

Impeachment myths

Nov. 12, 2019
By Erwin Chemerinsky

As the House Intelligence Committee begins impeachment hearings on Wednesday, I am struck by how many falsehoods are being utt...


Intellectual Property

This article examines the key provisions of the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement Act, along with criticisms a...