I was drawn to the facts, not the law. These episodes are becoming disturbingly common. And calling the participants “drunk” i...

Contempt for education threatens democratic institutions.

I attended and graduated from elite institutions of higher education (Johns Hopkins University and Michigan Law). That does no...

The Hague Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction

The Supreme Court should prevent further erosion of the lines drawn by the Constitution and strike down the CFPB's for-cause r...

Law enforcement agencies in San Diego County were early adopters of hand-held facial recognition technology. Now these SoCal c...

Arizona enacted significant groundwater management legislation in 1980, and lessons can be learned by comparing and contrastin...

The system looks good on paper. However, in actual practice it is terrible. The rights of seniors and other adults with disabi...

Determining the appropriate course of action when a client goes missing or passes away is a perplexing gray area of California...

n tax matters, procedure is important. The IRS has many rules about notices, deadlines, refunds, audits and disputes. And no m...

Oral communication, including formal presentations and informal conversations, is a critical professional competency for law s...

A recent appellate rulings considers the question.

Understanding the myriad sources of confusion

Earlier this month, Gov. Newsom signed a bill that amends the California Labor Code to expand lactation space requirements for...

Reducing lead exposure levels, particularly in older urban communities, can produce demonstrable and significant social impact...

The law does not favor retroactivity; but how the court will rule is unclear.

A recent case involving the commission was not only wrong — it was offensive.

Regarding the Oct. 29 article, “Gascon aims to make LA DA race about over incarceration” — a couple of things I know with cert...

The best aspect of my work day is the morning commute. That is because I have become a run commuter. I travel on foot the 4.5 ...

Even our friends who lack a J.D. know, a witness typically swears that she will tell not just the truth, and not just nothing ...

A recent ruling is an important case creating a new requirement that arbitrators disclose their ownership interest in ADR orga...

“Oh the Places You’ll Boldly Go!,” a literary “mash-up” that places characters from the “Stark Trek” universe in settings base...

In Slater the Court of Appeal declared that no authority supports the proposition that public policy mandates that the notice-...

The way the settlement or judgment is structured can have significant consequences when tax season rolls around. So it pays to...

Several provisions in California’s constitution are dead letters, having been quashed by judicial decisions or otherwise rende...

The Supreme Court is expected to answer open questions about the application of the anti-SLAPP statute, Civil Procedure Code S...

Bankers know to the penny how much money they are managing in their financial institution. Elections are based on the actual n...

Given Trump’s willingness to block any attempt to access his financial records and business dealings, the only thing certain i...