For much of the last several years, the "patent troll problem" dominated trade-publication discussions of patent law. But the ...

This past year both plaintiffs and defendants had something to celebrate.

In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the First Amendment precluded the Patent Office from refusing regist...

Laws combatting unpredictable scheduling practices may be the next wave of wage and hour regulation.

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, early Wednesday morning. The House is expected to...

Late Friday the legislative branch released its conference tax reform bill, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, for which voting is set...

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, may come to be known as Chairman "the Grinch" Pai for leading the...

Late Friday the legislative branch released its conference tax reform bill, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, for which voting is set...

A little publicized provision in the proposed tax bill will dramatically affect many divorced or divorcing couples.

When the client is a minor, the rules are very different and may even cause one to be unable to be relieved from representation.

We lawyers spend a good chunk of our waking hours writing stuff. We write briefs, letters, emails -- you name it. So it's wort...

The objective of this article and self-study test is to review the law regarding objections to the use of peremptory challenge...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled earlier this year that profit participants could not rely on the discovery rule to brin...

A cautionary tale on the perils of "plugging in" those standard settlement terms when more careful drafting is warranted.

This year has seen different responses on college campuses with regard to controversial speakers.

If you are thinking about selling a tenant-occupied property in a rent control jurisdiction with eviction protections, such as...

Whatever your view, changes are aplenty, and more are coming. If you get a chance, make your own contribution to the bettermen...

Imagine that you're one of the more than 350,000 women in California who becomes unexpectedly pregnant every year. Maybe you f...

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's groundbreaking decision narrowing venue in patent infringement cases, unanswered questions ...

Preventing animal abuse is an issue many Californians support. But now 13 states are suing California over a law that says tha...

The world of graveyard shift night owls is unfamiliar to lawyers who go on to become judges.

By now you likely know of the unfolding, slow-motion public crucifixion of 9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski.

The Department of Labor announced last week that it intends to reverse course on the issue of tip pooling and give employers g...

Half the state may want to avoid jury duty, but the other half includes not just those who serve with alacrity, but some who s...

Yogi Berra's famous baseball tautology resonates with its obvious simplicity. This adage also rings true especially in litigat...

Universities can be distinctly different in structure than corporations, and so applying the law will vary depending upon the ...

It has been more than 18 months since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision holding that a bare, technical violation of t...

Inter partes review turned five years old this year, and the process has been widely adopted as a complement to patent litigat...

This diatribe against 9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski's dismissive response to a Washington Post report which describes his al...

In a new series, James Rosen writes about the stories of prominent trial lawyers. This first installment discusses Tom Girardi...