Agencies are increasingly finding small errors in the reports and assessing significant penalties — they consider these paperw...

Despite the fact these contracts end up in civil court when litigated, few civil attorneys, let alone family law attorneys, ha...

Judges are required to be fair, neutral and impartial and to be perceived as such at all times.

Civility and professionalism are neither indicia of bad faith, nor “hallmarks of … delay.” Yet a recent Court of Appeal decisi...

The 9th Circuit recently denied a petition for review of a deportation order filed on behalf of a child who had been forced to...

This should sound obvious. But litigation is complicated, and a win rarely emerges after a completely one-sided process.

With a history going back to 1790, it may come as a surprise to learn that the U.S. Supreme Court is about to decide for the f...

A recent Federal Circuit opinion clarified the “reasonable certainty” standard for patent claim definiteness established by th...

The solution to this dilemma does not lie with requiring physicians to act as indentured servants to insurance carriers under ...

Suffice it to say, when addressing Siri, I did not use the four-letter word, the first letter of which appears toward the last...

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato

This week the state high court rejected the opportunity to join the majority of courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, by h...

Plaintiffs must show that the premises owner was aware of similar criminal activity at or near the location and this is often ...

Associates serve two masters: Their “bosses” at their firms, and the Rules of Professional Conduct.

For those of us who are the actual participants in mediations where a deal is the goal, where the strength of the mediator is ...

A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...

As a lawyer for over 29 years with the Los Angeles public defenders, I was dazzled by the hubris of Michael Judge blaming the ...

I appreciated the judicial profile of Judge Ronald Coen, Los Angeles County Superior Court, who probably has presided over mor...

After 44 years participating in the evolution of women in law, I believe economic equality for women requires deep cultural ch...

The Department of Justice issued an internal memo this month that signals a shift in its approach to qui tam actions, encourag...

I would not be surprised if the Supreme Court winds up reversing the 5th Circuit and, at least to some degree, limits the Fish...

The designation of private property as necessary habitat for some endangered species or other must actually be supported by ev...

The court's decision could have a profound impact on class actions -- particularly in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th Cir...

It is that time of the year again! U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services begins accepting petitions for new H-1B “CAP” vis...

New Internal Revenue Code Section 164(b)(6), titled Limitation On Individual Deductions for Taxable Years 2018-2025, prevents ...

Lending convertible indebtedness is no longer an equity investment by another name. Convertible indebtedness is now, more and ...

Clara Shortridge Foltz must be spinning in her grave realizing that the Board of Supervisors in 1913 was far more enlightened ...

The objective of this article and accompanying self-assessment test is to provide bench officers and lawyers with an overview ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider this question in a case it agreed to hear earlier this month.

Recent months have yielded decisions which will impact some aspects of insurance litigation.