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Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Profile of a legal malpractice claim: 2012-2015

Dec. 23, 2016
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens

The recently released "Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims: 2012-2015" is chock-full of claims related information that can he...


Entertainment & Sports

Lee Mackay of Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner hunts for lobsters, white sea bass, halibut and Yellowtail. ...


Real Estate/Development

The changing social, technological, environmental and economic landscape has led to increased legal exposure for contractors a...


Intellectual Property

Case sheds light on PTAB proceedings

Dec. 22, 2016
By Daniel T. Mccloskey

The Federal Circuit recently corrected a flawed regulation which likely subjected patents to covered business method review th...


Perspective

The international movement of employees has never been greater. As such, it is safe to assume that an entity undergoing a corp...


Public Interest

This is the second year that DLA Piper partner Andrew Valentine has packed his bags for Myanmar to help jump-start the Southea...


Immigration

How will Trump handle EB-5?

Dec. 22, 2016
By Jonathan Bloch

On Dec. 9, President Barack Obama signed the continuing resolution that extends funding of the federal government; this federa...


California Supreme Court

Limited anti-SLAPP defense for public entities

Dec. 21, 2016
By Jeremy K. Robinson

This past year the California Supreme Court grappled with the tricky question of when a government entity or public employee c...


GC Email

The recent security breach highlights the need for companies to employ stronger security for their users' credentials. By Davi...


Law Practice

The year 2016 should be a wake-up call to recognize that, while state bars and legislatures have not yet imposed specific secu...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

In Shaw v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court has again unanimously affirmed a 9th Circuit decision expansively co...


Judicial Profile

Maurice Leiter

Dec. 21, 2016
By Arin Mikailian

LA County Judge Maurice Leiter's eagerness to learn wins praise in his first criminal assignment.


Tax, Banking

A Coinbase customer filed a motion in federal court seeking to intervene in the federal case and to block the IRS from enforci...


Perspective

Asimov's laws and the rise of self-driving cars

Dec. 20, 2016
By Patice A. Gore

The first of Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics states that "a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, all...


Perspective

Just whose side are you on?

Dec. 20, 2016
By David M. Balabanian

T ime is generally what we sell, which has led some to ask whether increasing the "cost effectiveness" of lawyers helps them o...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Criminal

The art of cross-examination

Dec. 20, 2016
By Marshall A. Camp

In my experience, witnesses seldom yell "You can't handle the truth!" immediately before making a case-dispositive admission. ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Corporate, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Consumer class actions: year in review

Dec. 20, 2016
By Christopher J. Lovrien, Jason C. Wright

The more significant developments relate to challenges over who may pursue class action relief, either because of waiver provi...


Civil Litigation

Right to privacy and civil discovery

MCLE
Dec. 19, 2016
By Patricia M. Lucas, Gary Nadler

Learn about the source of the right to privacy, the test for determining when discovery may be curtailed due to the right, and...


Judicial Profile

Theresa Traber

Dec. 18, 2016
By Arin Mikailian

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Pasadena) ...


Marketing

False endorsements lead to a lump of coal

Dec. 17, 2016
By Mike Starkey

Lawyers who use LinkedIn should opt out of the endorsements features, as baseless ones are dishonest and intentionally mislead...


GC Email

Before 2016, California law prohibited gender, race and ethnicity-based discrimination, but the 2015 and 2016 amendments signi...


Litigation

New favorite target for TCPA claims: apps

Dec. 17, 2016
By Natalie Nahabet

Social media apps have recently become a favorite target of the plaintiffs' bar for claims under the Telephone Consumer Protec...


Law Practice

Lawyers are breaking bad left and right

Dec. 17, 2016
By Lori Weinberg Kinsella

"Breaking bad" means "raising hell," at least according to Vince Gilligan. In that case, lawyers in California are breaking ba...


Law Practice, Law Office Management

Departures aren't always voluntary

Dec. 17, 2016
By Daniel O'Rielly, Dena Roche

Increasingly in law firm life, the decision on whether you will depart the firm is made for you, and it merits preparation bec...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Hiring decisions affect liability exposure

Dec. 17, 2016
By Louie H. Castoria

Hiring errors are not unique to law firms, but can be costly, sometimes more so than missed court deadlines or unforeseen conf...


Large Firms

The in-house lawyer, it seems, has but one client to worry about. But the reality is that in-house counsel have their own part...


Law Practice

Everyone seems to believe that federal income tax rates will go down in the new year (no, California tax rates will not!). By ...


GC Email

Many workers who participate in the gig economy do not meet the legal definition of "employee" because of their contingent sta...


U.S. Supreme Court

7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner recently excoriated the high court chief's management skills in a video interview that went v...


Government

Faithless electors and the Constitution

Dec. 16, 2016
By Michael D. Ramsey

To be sure, the 12th Amendment's text does not require electors to be faithful. But the assumption of its drafters and ratifie...