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Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Mooting mootness

MCLE
May 1, 2018
By Benjamin G. Shatz

You guessed it: There are exceptions to the familiar justiciability doctrine of mootness.


U.S. Supreme Court, International Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation

Narrowing the judicial role in international law

May 1, 2018
By Kristin A. Linsley

The Supreme Court’s holding that foreign corporations cannot be sued in U.S. courts for international-law violations absent au...


Law Practice

Women in the West Wing: Q&A with Kathryn Ruemmler

May 1, 2018
By Dawn L. Haghighi

Moderator Dawn Haghighi shares what’s in store for the keynote fireside chat with Kathryn Ruemmler, White House counsel in the...


Corporate

Algorithmic entities

Apr. 30, 2018
By Lynn M. LoPucki

The consensus among legal scholars is that anyone can put an algorithm — an artificial intelligence — in control of an artific...


Government, Criminal

What does it mean to be the district attorney?

Apr. 30, 2018
By Michael Ogul

Having a duty to prosecute? To enforce laws? But prosecute who? What laws to enforce? It’s all about priorities.


Civil Litigation

Private attorney general attorney fees

MCLE
Apr. 30, 2018
By Matthew Ross

Learn about the standards for recovery of fees as well as standards for appellate review of fees.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Labor/Employment

What is the gig economy, you say? Everything, I say

Apr. 30, 2018
By David J. Byassee

The so-called "gig economy" embodies the rapidly growing on-demand workforce of freelance workers in every job sector.


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

After equal pay ruling, employers should review practices

Apr. 30, 2018
By Gary M. McLaughlin, Galit A. Knotz

Only job related factors can legally influence a disparity in pay between male and female employees. An employee’s prior salar...


Family

Child custody: Does the child get a say?

Apr. 30, 2018
By Marina Manoukian

The most important issue in a child custody case is simple: What is in the best interests of the child.


Letters, Law Practice, Labor/Employment

Unfortunately, non-English speaking injured workers get less than substantial justice in the state workers’ compensation courts.


Law Practice, Criminal

Delay affects each person who is subject to serial continuances awaiting disposition. It is tragic. It is costly to parties, t...


Letters, Judges and Judiciary

System needs judges who understand bias

Apr. 27, 2018
By Kwixuan H. Maloof

It is disappointing that the Judicial Council of the CABL does not recognize the significance of four experienced public defen...


Civil Litigation, Family, California Courts of Appeal

A tsunami is coming to family law

Apr. 27, 2018
By Claudia Ribet, Karen Silver

A recent decision will likely instigate a sea change regarding how family law trials and motions are litigated.


Tax

Death, taxes and the attorney-client privilege

Apr. 27, 2018
By Robert W. Wood

Attorney-client privilege is strong so clients will be forthcoming. But when it comes to taxes, lawyers and accountants are no...


Tax, Government, Corporate

In light of the recent tax overhaul, setting up a cooperative — mistakenly perceived to be the domain of farmers and workers’ ...


International Law, Government, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The right tool for trade relations

Apr. 26, 2018
By Anna M. Han, Colleen Chien

Tariffs not only are a big stick good for shaking at partners, but also, as the stock market's dramatic reaction shows us, cap...


Law Practice

Legal incubators can help bridge the justice gap

Apr. 26, 2018
By Maria E. Hall

These programs are helping create a generation of “social justice solos” while diversifying the legal profession.


Civil Litigation, Insurance, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

What is an ‘occurrence’ caused by an accident?

Apr. 26, 2018
By Aaron M. Cargain

The California Supreme Court recently heard argument on what constitutes an "occurrence" under an employer's general liability...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory

Before this measure was passed, Los Angeles was the only major city in the U.S. with a strict prohibition on any type of stree...


Civil Litigation, Insurance, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

9th Circuit confirms that insurers bear heavy burden to avoid defense duty

Apr. 26, 2018
By Linda D. Kornfeld, Julia K. Holt

A recent ruling follows California’s fundamental precepts that the duty to defend is broad, exclusions are to be narrowly inte...


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, Government, Constitutional Law

Early threats to federal judicial independence

Apr. 25, 2018
By Milan D. Smith Jr.

We are fortunate that most people have forgotten that Article III judges were unceremoniously removed from office and that the...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Eminent domain, the movie

Apr. 25, 2018
By Michael M. Berger

If you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be the target of a government agency that covets your home, go see a new movie ca...


Letters, Judges and Judiciary

Defend the independence of the judiciary

Apr. 25, 2018
By Rupert A. Byrdsong, Brenda Harbin-Forte

As part of our mission to eradicate all forms of bias, we support and defend the independence of the judiciary and reject part...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice

Ned Good talked the talk and walked the walk

Apr. 25, 2018
By Stanley K. Jacobs

When I joined CAALA in 1961, there were only approximately 250 members, but among them were some great lawyers. But Ned was in...


Government, Criminal

It’s Public Defender, not Public Pretender

Apr. 24, 2018
By L. Song Richardson

In searching for a new chief public defender, the L.A. Board of Supervisors should only consider candidates with substantial e...


Law Practice, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice

In part one of this series, we broke down the numbers of what types of cases the court heard, where they came from, and the ho...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A devilish conflict: Public employment and religious expression

Apr. 24, 2018
By Nathan J. Kowalski, Irma Rodriguez Moisa

Fortunately, the 9th Circuit has published several instructive decisions involving the interplay of religious freedoms and the...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property

The dramatic drop in allowance and increased patent invalidation rates should be discussed with inventors and businesses so th...


Transportation, Law Practice, Insurance

The long road to autonomous vehicle adoption

Apr. 24, 2018
By Jonathan A. Michaels

Autonomous technology is far from perfected, but the end result will benefit generations who have yet to even be conceived.


Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court

Access to justice in any language

Apr. 23, 2018
By Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

We all have a stake in language access in California courts — the legitimacy and viability of the legal system in such a diver...