The law allows for substantial monetary awards, which can rapidly snowball beyond any true damage done to plaintiffs.

In the year since its enactment, approximately 70 cases asserting Defend Trade Secrets Act claims have been filed in Californi...

Last week, the Supreme Court ended a disagreement among the circuits about the application of the five-year limitations period...

Two law professors have claimed that those who score low on the California bar exam suffer a higher incidence of bar disciplin...

The attorney general's recent memo on sentencing reform is a destructive step into the dark ages on the part of the federal go...

In May, the IRS showed continues suspicion about open source software distribution as a charitable endeavor, California AG Xav...

If adopted, the rule would broaden the definition of advertising in order to more broadly encompass new and emerging attorney ...

If one looks around the cast of characters in a law firm, or any organization, the parallels to Muppets can be surprisingly ea...

Judge Lucy Koh has an opportunity to craft a standard that works for all patent holders. ...

Actor and comedian Jim Carrey is facing wrongful death lawsuits regarding his deceased girlfriend. The cases will require the ...

Though our political culture tends to scorn real culture and candidates like to talk about their all-around regular Joe-dom, a...

San Diego's brand new state courthouse cost $555 million to build. It juts 22 stories and 396 feet above Columbia Street downt...

As the second quarter of 2017 comes to a close, now is a good time to reflect on whether you are taking the necessary steps to...

Besides governing the monetary aspects of a case, retainer agreements are one tool to educate clients about settlements, expen...

For only the second time in over 25 years, the California Supreme Court has found that a peremptory challenge violated the con...

We often talk about the divide between law enforcement and the African-American community, but what about when the two meet?

The 4th Circuit's order upholding Trump's travel ban injunction amounts to a coup d'etat.

Beginning June 9, brokerage houses and other retail market financial firms must adhere to "impartial conduct standards" when d...

The issue before the Supreme Court was a seemingly simple one: whether a church must have established a pension plan in order ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned back a state court's aggressive effort to decide out-of-state disputes despite the limits on...

Two days after Memorial Day we found out that Los Angeles County is now home to 4,828 homeless veterans. ...

High courts in California, New York and Florida are all considering the performance rights that exist for pre-1972 recordings....

It requires patience, trust and hard work. Results might not be seen for months or even years, but if you trust the process, t...

There is a scarcity of interesting published authority concerning the Enforcement of Judgments Law. And a recent decision is r...

Senate Bill 775 would significantly revamp change the way carbon credits and offsets are addressed in California's groundbrea...

The fundamental flaw in Trump's argument about the benefits of leaving the Paris Agreement is his misunderstanding of how the ...

Sessions' effort to revive decades-old thinking about crime and punishment will inevitably contribute to a rise in the federal...

Understandably, our recent study has been controversial. Much surrounds things the study does not purport to say, and we hope ...

After many years of being derided as the Wild West of medical cannabis California has finally begun crafting regulations that ...

The 3rd Circuit should err on the side of protecting asylum seekers in a case which will clarify the reaches of the expedited ...