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...

President-elect Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders have promised to repeal and replace the ACA. It appears a re...

Why do we feel "tired" in the evening? Because of really big cats, of course. By David M. Balabanian ...

They can take f-o-r-e-v-e-r. In the latest round of one class action, the 9th Circuit will have yet another opportunity to wre...

Stop fretting about social media and instead harness its power to gain information and influence jurors. By Michelle Sherman

Moving offices may make a lot of sense for a law firm, but a move implicates the firm's obligations to retain or destroy docum...

As attorneys, we are often charged with making some of the most important decisions in our clients' lives and usually, that in...

While the hyperbole surrounding artificial intelligence sometimes nears hysteria, three initiatives attempt to bring multidisc...

President Obama shares much in common with that other tall lanky lawyer from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, who after serving as p...

Among the proposed revisions to the California Rules of Professional Conduct are substantive changes to Rule 3-120, which gove...

MFAs are a great way for lawyers to resolve fee disputes and avoid malpractice claims and State Bar complaints.

A recent Supreme Court case striking down a law as unconstitutionally vague has quickly become the most frequently cited case ...

Pennsylvania's Allegheny County District Attorney's Office apparently paid a bitcoin ransom to protect the privacy of its own ...

In 2010 and 2012, the San Diego County Water Authority filed lawsuits challenging rates charged by the Metropolitan Water Dist...

The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement recently provided guidance on the tricky subject of calculating paid sick leave fo...

The Eastern District recently decided that California law supports combining the limits of consecutive policies if the occurre...

Recently, the 5th Circuit weighed in on the ongoing debate surrounding the scope of computer-fraud coverage for a phishing sca...

In a recent ruling, the court became the first appellate court to consider whether the "Barton doctrine" applies to s...

While the apparel industry has been aflutter as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the protection the Copyright Act affords the gra...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated insider trading decision, the first time the court has addresse...

Patent damages, no longer the sleepy sister to the hustle and bustle of patent infringement and validity, requires thorough pr...