The FCC proposes to establish a consumer consent framework for uses of broadband data that distinguishes between sensitive and...

In the absence of specific regulatory guidance, what should healthcare providers consider when deciding whether and how to ado...

One of the first and most important decisions you will face when starting a solo practice is deciding what type of law to focu...

As Californians place greater emphasis on physical fitness and healthy pedestrian lifestyles, cities struggle with aging infra...

A federal appellate court recently held that a software company could be held liable for Wiretap Act violations when a jealous...

The minimum salary required to meet the Fair Labor Standards Act white collar exemptions from overtime pay will more than doub...

The Defend Trade Secrets Act provides a number of practical or procedural advantages for a trade secret plaintiff over a simil...

Recent months have seen a number of statutory and common law developments relating to appraisal rights that will have importan...

One excuse to willfulness, a required element of the felony of tax evasion, is a good faith misunderstanding of the law. Imagi...

Rarely a month goes by without reading about banks and bankers who commit obvious crimes, but who are rarely prosecuted. If an...

The city of Huntington Beach is following the model of Ferguson, Missouri: raising fines on misdemeanors in order to generate ...

LA County Judge Julian Recana spent his life following his father, and now they are both judges.

Among the nearly 900 laws enacted this year was AB 691, which authorizes a decedent's personal representative or trustee to ac...

The jury trial constitutionally ordered in civil and criminal litigation emerged from English common law and exists today in e...

While laws are designed in a republic to be a means of checking the excesses of a tyrannous, biased majority — in reality, get...

The Zero Emission Vehicle Program is an affordable way for local governments to jump into the future with both feet. Electric ...

The principal claimed benefit of fee-shifting provisions is deterrence, i.e., discouraging the initiation of doubtful litigati...

Allegations of dirty dealings in the garbage business means it's time for the California Supreme Court to conduct another semi...

The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle tort damages against federal officials in their personal capacities and qualified immunity ...

LA County Judge Natalie Stone works to help parents get back on track to keep families together.

In the recent California legislative session, several bills aimed to address perceived abuses of Americans with Disabilities A...

There are many nexus issues, surprising withholding taxes, and tough residency rules. And the procedural oddities are not obvi...

At a federal and state level in California, retaliation claims are more common than harassment and discrimination claims. And ...

Even unplanned, last-minute partner departures can be handled in such a way as to minimize unnecessary adverse consequences.

For a time, it seemed that 9th Circuit might make the circuit split on ascertainability so stark that the U.S. Supreme Court w...

What a recent California Supreme Court decision means from a political perspective is that the desire of the state to extract ...

The legislation, motivated in response to the 2015 balcony collapse in Berkeley, passed the Assembly and Senate with bipartisa...

Amendments to Family Code Section 7613 clarifies that a man or woman's parenting "intentions" determine whether he or she is a...

Where a primary insurer rejects a reasonable settlement demand within its policy limits, a recent case holds that it can be li...

On Oct. 6, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that, while seemingly far removed from the insurance fie...