Lawyers contemplating going solo should assess their personalities to see if the lifestyle and day-to-day reality is a good fit.

The attorney-client privilege isn't cut and dried when it comes to sexual harassment investigations. By Stephen L. Ramazzini ...

The IRS just made it worse for married people and better for single people. If two unmarried people own a home, they get doubl...

Those of us who would prefer to sip and nosh blissfully calorie-unaware are in for bad news — the FDA will be raining nutritio...

Following a decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery earlier this year, some predicted a rush out of Delaware to other juris...

Games like Pokémon GO are forcing us to step into the unexplored territory of ownership of virtual reality — something that is...

Inadequate attention to founder stock and seed investments can lead to greater legal and tax expense, adversely affect new emp...

The Drumpfs' story reminds us that Alexander Hamilton was not a great founder of our nation in spite of his immigrant backgrou...

The system for resolving domain-name disputes is unique in that it gives the complainant the unilateral ability to choose the ...

Last week, the California Supreme Court answered two questions relating to the valuation of a strip of land condemned for road...

Proposition 60 is censorship in the guise of regulation and establishes a private right of action which could leave producers,...

The relative scarcity of female partners in law firms is due to firms' structure and culture — how they are organized and how ...

Regulations and litigation relating to tobacco and tobacco products had its initiation in the second half of the 20th century ...

Despite the Legislature's attempts to eliminate uncertainty regarding questions of appealability, a recent decision from the 1...

The question of whether private companies or public entities may prohibit their employees from wearing beards is somewhat of a...

On Aug. 9, the 9th Circuit considered whether Section 301 of the federal Labor Management Relations Act preempted various stat...

The Supreme Court recently decided that an anti-SLAPP motion may be brought against the portion of a mixed cause action that a...

When we receive documents such as court rulings, opposing briefs or contract drafts and lack sufficient time to form a reliabl...

SB 443 will not have a major impact on the forfeiture landscape because the federal government has already fixed the "loophole...

Despite the outcome of a recent 9th Circuit ruling, Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain cautioned that Congress could do an about-face ...

Athletes get $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. Fortunately, the value of the medals themselves is n...

As the elder care industry has increasingly faced significant liability arising out of elder abuse claims and class action sta...

A Chapter 7 corporate bankruptcy petition may be a quick, proactive means of ending litigation and collection actions against ...

FIRM ADVICE: Law firms dealing with impaired attorneys face conflicting obligations. By Jeffrey D. Polsky ...

Corruption and bribery in the Ecuadorian case against Chevron have led to an unenforceable $8.7 billion judgment. ...

Courts in the U.S., like the California Supreme Court, are often mistaken in assuming that eminent domain cases were not triab...

Each practice should determine the best scope of coverage for its specific needs, but there are many risks and rewards to cons...

Earlier this month, the American Bar Association approved Model Rule 8.4(g), making discrimination and harassment a black lett...

The Court of Appeal decision is one of the first in California to address the issue.