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

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

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

Lawyers looking to research the social media habits of prospective or empaneled jurors should take to heart the childhood adag...

A recent guest column suggested that President-elect Donald Trump is going to take our First Amendment freedoms from us. That ...

It remains difficult to tell what aspects of Trump's agenda are driving investors and business leaders. By Jeff Steiner and Se...

Despite all we do to support our students, like any law school, some of our graduates will not pass the bar on the first try. ...

One might expect bar passage improvements in light of the fact that many law schools are expanding the academic support and se...

The issue of whether there are too many lawyers is a fair one to ask, but it is not the California Bar's job to control that s...

It just cannot be that a single exam is the answer when it adds astronomically to the costs of legal education and erects a ba...

An even more important question than why the results were so low this year is whether the bar exam is even measuring the skill...

It is time for California to end the carnage and waste by adopting the Uniform Bar Exam and setting a pass score that is not p...

In fact, on the multi-state portion of the exam, California test takers - even including the roughly 7 percent of exam-takers ...

The national political process may be dramatically changed by a recent decision of a three-judge federal court in Wisconsin th...

The 3rd District Court of Appeal recently issued a writ of mandate ordering a stay of pending litigation until plaintiffs sati...

But if you're a contractor bidding on a public works project, those gifts may seem less altruistic, and more like bribery. By ...

Earlier last month, the 9th Circuit issued three opinions that together addressed whether counties in Hawaii are preempted fro...

Space technology is taking off, creating novel intellectual property issues and opportunities for science-savvy counsel.

In addition, a federal judge halted the enforcement of new overtime rules that had nonprofits divided, and the IRS issued new ...

The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether (1) a patent owner can use patent law to limit how a patented article is used or ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a set of cases which center on interpretation of the "church plan" exemption fr...

A large portion of Richard Cordray's work as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director could soon be scrapped because of ...

Changes to Rule 41 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure went into effect on Dec. 1, making it easier than ever for law enfor...

Santa Barbara County Judge John McGregor has enjoyed his long journey through court system.

In "Trump and my affection for the legal profession," (November 23), Professor Reuel Schiller blames a "broken system" because...

In August, Gov. Jerry Brown approved Assembly Bill 2159 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, which limits the use of...

Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in a pair of cases that raised the issue of wheth...

This is one of the most blatant areas in which U.S. law is becoming further out of sync with our needs. By Maya Shulman ...

When "arising out of" is used in an insuring clause, there is full agreement among California courts that it should be broadly...

A recent opinion would be not too concerning if the arbitration provision at issue were some sort of anomaly, but, as it turns...