Earlier this month, the 9th affirmed dismissal of a securities class action against on the basis that the inference of sciente...

Franchisors must be mindful of their business practices to avoid being held liable for labor law violations committed by franc...

When elected officials choose to issue personal attacks, suggest bias or collusion, or otherwise attempt to politicize the cou...

In years past, shareholder initiatives to enhance climate change reporting beyond this basic level of disclosure typically exp...

Yahoo! Inc. recently stipulated to an $80 million settlement related to its massive 2013 and 2014 data breaches. But not one d...

Does the judicial branch ever tell the political branches of government, "Hold my beer"? The recent efforts to reform Californ...

I write to follow up on Michael Leb’s March 20 column on the restraining order in the legal conflict between Stephanie Cliffor...

We feel the recent story on Jerry Brown’s judicial picks doesn’t paint an accurate picture of all that the governor has done t...

Defense attorneys are applauding a district judge’s recent ruling in a False Claims Act case.

Although grounds for vacating an arbitration award are few and the burden is hard to meet, she seems to have a plausible argum...

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2018-15 clarifying the circumstances in which an exempt entity that undergoes a co...

At a time when our society’s civility and decency are being threatened every day, I feel compelled to write about the passing ...

The questions raised by Barclays' petition for certiorari require answers to clarify the application of the fraud-on-the-marke...

I just lost an appeal. It really hurts. I can console myself with the fact that the appellate judges didn’t seem to like my cl...

The 9th Circuit recently said merely having personal information exposed in a breach is sufficient harm to justify Article III...

The battle between eliminate certain aspects of mediation confidentiality continues with a proposed Senate resolution to reaut...

Does a dissolved law firm, under California law, have a property interest in unfinished hourly fee matters upon its dissolutio...

The Internal Revenue Service announced this week that it will close the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on Sept. 28, 2018.

What’s magical about the number 68? Nothing at all.

After moving West and joining the California and Hawaii Bars, I have never stopped traveling to practice law. Here are some ti...

I am generally pleased to note that the vast majority of the current field of candidates for Los Angeles County Superior Court...

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2018-19 term is already shaping up as one of the court's most consequential in recent memory when it ...

Essentially, by assuming the risk of taking possession, the judgment creditor cannot then ask for damages, despite running the...

The filing of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition by a tenant can pose potential financial and administrative problems.

“Sentence first — verdict afterward,” said the Red Queen at the end of Alice’s trial. Perhaps she was talking about the Federa...

As the battle between federal preemption and states’ rights heats up, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra stands tall i...

In the last decade or so, corporate venture capital divisions have grown from small side players in the venture industry to a...

At the June election, four public defenders hope to unseat four judges simply because they were appointed by a Republican gove...

The California Supreme Court recently held that the act does apply to claims involving actual damages in newly constructed re...

Based on current law, there is merit to arguments on each side, but more on the side of California in this dispute.