The commission was so preoccupied with whether or not it could regulate short-term rentals, it didn't stop to think if it should.

An attorney who is called to serve as a witness in an action faces unique risks -- even one who has questioned hundreds of wit...

While the parties may decide to resolve one or more issues based on their feelings or notions of fairness or other personal co...

Fortunately, the Court of Appeal recently rejected the famed actress' right of publicity case, but its own reasoning hardly cl...

Notwithstanding some unfortunate language in prior cases, there really is not any such burden-shifting doctrine associated wit...

Dealers in California should think twice before assuming the Supreme Court's ruling in the final word.

In the long run, only Congress and the president can resolve the underlying issue: the extent to which the United States will ...

A corporation may pay a penalty and receive forgiveness for entering into contracts that otherwise would be voidable -- but it...

Like many things, the issue will come down to negotiation power, leverage, fear of negative publicity and loss of potential re...

On March 23, President Donald Trump signed a law that could undo the very protections for privacy and autonomy that American c...

Unless we bring our systems for making rules and regulations into the 21st century, we can’t expect to effectively respond to ...

One of the most difficult and unexpected provisions of the newly enacted Tax Cut and Jobs Act is the three-year holding period...

We should demand that the federal government quit providing grants to school districts for not reporting criminal activity of ...

On April 16, the Los Angeles courthouse previously known as Central Civil West is moving to a new, but distinctly old, venue.

If you are committed to filing your return on time, consider how likely your return is to be audited, and whether there is any...

When any of us fail to “take actions that place the good of society above self-interest,” the public perception of the integri...

A ballot measure in San Francisco would require the city to fund and run a program to provide tenants facing eviction with ful...

The Supreme Court decided a case on Monday that has played-out in a back-and-forth between the 9th Circuit and the high court...

Lawyers have done a lot of good things for baseball down the years. But, like everything else lawyers touch, there is some ill...

President Trump recently signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a section on tipped employees tha...

The powerful general rule favoring affirmances is subject, naturally, to several exceptions. There are some specific instances...

Individual tax returns are usually due April 15, but this year you get until April 17. Should you rush to file on time or go o...

Note to valued readers: What appears in the following column is not an April Fools' joke. Please observe that the publication ...

Most lawyers who represent appellants lose. In recent years, the statistics are pretty consistent.

We are deeply disappointed by the inaccuracies and untrue statements in the March 21 CLAY Award profile of Jessie C. Kornberg ...

I have read with interest, and a sense of bemusement, headlines about the 9th Circuit's decision in much-watched copyright inf...

As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders compelled payment of agency fees, labor unions prepare for the outcome.

On April 2, new regulations from the California Department of Motor Vehicles go into effect. Starting very soon you may see an...

A consumer group recently sent the California attorney general a letter “urging” him to “investigate the practices of private ...

If you want an interested judge, you need to be an attentive advocate.