In the last days of May two opinions were filed that explained and changed some of the rules for arbitration under the Mandato...

Digital reporting has shown that it can effectively fill the gap caused by inadequate numbers of shorthand reporters and keep ...

Key considerations to take into account when evaluating digital media evidence for a case.

One of the most heartbreaking cases of elderly abandonment happened in the midst of the Tubbs wildfire that raced through Sono...

More attorneys are realizing is that the best “mediator” is often the best co-mediators.

As a former military shooting expert, I have a fear of guns — in the hands of fellow educators. In the aftermath of the 2018 s...

This is about one of the most important cases in California you haven’t heard of. As public and political leaders are moving t...

The latest volley in the endless battle between California and the federal courts over mandatory arbitration clauses in employ...

The bankruptcy court presiding over the Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization cases issued a dec...

Of all the tax bills that California state legislators were considering this year, the one that potentially had the most profo...

It’s been nine years since the 2010 enactment of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA transformed American health care, the most s...

The Probation Department has exhibited an incomprehensible and long-standing resistance to the adoption of practices that are ...

A massive database containing information from more than 49 million Instagram accounts has been discovered online. The cache, ...

Last week, the 9th Circuit approved the district court’s dismissal of a Title IX lawsuit brought by three University of Oregon...

With SB 649 defeated and a recent California Supreme Court ruling, it would seem it is settled law in California that localiti...

A recent California Supreme Court ruling is required reading for all civil litigators.

Congress must appreciate and accommodate the reality of our constitutional system. As scattered as the current case law may be...

In the world of false advertising claims, the all-important question is this: Can the putative class offer some model that dem...

In the ongoing confrontation between the U.S. government and Chinese telecom giant Huawei, a civil trade secret dispute betwee...

In 1965, the California Supreme Court decided the landmark case Albers v. County of Los Angeles, which established the strict ...

Public higher education has become a shadow of its former self.

We all know that it is unethical for an attorney to file a clearly frivolous case, but the law as enforced is less clear on th...

In a stark reversal from the panel decision, the en banc 9th Circuit held that settling parties are not required to conduct a ...

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Marc D. Gross made history on June 5 by becoming the first state court judge to decide...

Navigating the process is no simple matter: There are many technical nuances that create pitfalls for the unwary. A recent Cal...

Employers Beware: In a cautionary tale to employers, the U.S. Supreme Court held that employers defending harassment claims un...

The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board recently held in an en banc decision that multiple factors, some of which are entirely...

“The Trial of Jacky Ruby,” by John Kaplan and Jon Waltz, dissects the transcripts and the trial record from the infamous Ruby ...

Last month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development published a proposed rule which would terminate housing assistance...

The times they are a-changin’ for Family Code Section 217 evidentiary hearings. The new rules: Be diligent, proactive and very...