Government, Administrative/Regulatory
AT&T data throttling settlement was a consumer 'win'
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 $200 trillion question: What’s happening to LIBOR?
By Simran S. Bindra
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
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
Legal ethics: Is law practice ‘just a capitalist enterprise’?
By A. Marco Turk
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
Leveling the field between insurers and disability claimants
By Robert J. McKennon
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
The fate of patent invalidity challenges post-Arthrex: much ado about nothing?
By Sasha Rao, Erin Gaddes
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
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
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
By Frank H. Wu
I recently concluded service on a federal government commission. I learned an important lesson that might seem obvious but is ...
Earlier this year, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow graced these pages with his view that law school professor...
Labor/Employment
Protect App-Based Drivers and Service Act set to challenge AB5
By Bryan L. Hawkins
Last month, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash filed the ballot measure known as the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act with the...
Labor/Employment
Worries over AB 5 are overstated because of federal law limits
By Bob Blum
Some businesses predict that they will be badly hurt by the required new expenses. But these claims are overstated because of ...
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
Can corporate officers or directors be held personally liable for defective products?
By Brian D. Chase, Edward Spilsbury
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
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
By John H. Minan
The Founders created the impeachment power as the method to remove presidents for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and ...
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
Legal fee tax deductions could be tough in Varsity Blues cases
By Robert W. Wood
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
New legislation takes aim at California’s housing emergency
By Joseph von Meier
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
California continues to fight back against forced arbitration
By Jeremy K. Robinson
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
Regional accreditation of law schools and the Constitution
By Stanislaus Pulle
A California appellate ruling throws into sharp focus the constitutionality of accreditation by regional accreditors such as t...
From ending the exploitation of wild animals in circuses to prohibiting the sale of fur, 2019 was a banner year for animal pro...
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
Supreme Court set to rule on legality of SEC’s use of disgorgements
By Jared L. Kopel
It is a classic situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission brings an action in federal court against an alleged frauds...
Any who would write and speak must read and listen.
Government, Criminal
PACT Act provides additional federal enforcement tools against extreme animal cruelty
By Bruce Wagman
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
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
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...
As the House Intelligence Committee begins impeachment hearings on Wednesday, I am struck by how many falsehoods are being utt...
Intellectual Property
Understanding the copyright small claims court law
By Dariush Adli
This article examines the key provisions of the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement Act, along with criticisms a...