Intellectual Property
When your company is hacked, who gets the 3 am call?
By Sarah L. Bruno
The recent Yahoo you data breach brings new focus to privacy and security questions ranging from data breach notification resp...
Although it seems unlikely under current jurisprudence that the current cases against Yahoo will attain class certification, t...
Immigration, Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Unrepresented immigrant youth, Esq.
By Rachel K. Prandini, Alison E. Kamhi
A recent 9th Circuit decision makes it very unlikely that a child will ever even have the chance to argue for a right to couns...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Design patents return to the Supreme Court in Samsung v. Apple
By Ben M. Davidson
Next week, for the first time in more than a century, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving infringement of a desi...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Evolving standards of litigator conduct in California
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
History has shown that, as society becomes more litigious, fulfilling duties to clients without overstepping ethical boundarie...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Alternative Discipline Program can help attorney addicts
By Heather E. Abelson
Recognizing the alarming rate of substance abuse among lawyers, the State Bar offers the Alternative Discipline Program -- a c...
U.S.-based Liberty Media is purchasing the Formula One enterprise, and expect it to use its assets to indoctrinate the U.S. ma...
Perspective
Internet of Things will provide the next wave of patent litigation
By Christian E. Mammen
While patent litigation in the patent troll and competitor-versus-competitor battles for technology dominance is waning — IoT ...
Technology & Science
Are augmented reality companies shielded from liability?
By David R. Singh
Augmented reality app developers — like those behind Pokémon Go — will likely defeat most of the claims legal commentators bel...
Californians won important new rights with a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week. Senate Bill 1241 will prohibit corporat...
California's parole system offers inmates a critical but underutilized tool to ensure that their sentences are proportionate: ...
This "Legislative Advisory Proposition" on the ballot in November asks us a question: Should our elected officials use their c...
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Justices to weigh tippee liability
By Thomas A. Zaccaro, Nicolas Morgan
After a long hiatus, insider trading will return to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Administrative/Regulatory
NY AG's pursuit of Exxon may have violated ABA rules
By John Yoo
In his pursuit of Exxon, Eric Schneiderman must have had to ignore ABA Rule 3.8, designed to prevent prosecutorial abuse. By J...
Labor/Employment
Employer liability ruling is not what plaintiff's bar says
By N. Asir Fiola
The "required vehicle" exception to the "going and coming" rule has received a fair amount of ink recently, especially in ligh...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
PAGA and arbitration: It's déjà vu all over again
By Steven B. Katz
The 2nd District Court of Appeal recently held that employees cannot be compelled to arbitrate whether they are "aggrieved" in...
U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, Corporate
Bank fraud case shows the importance of charging decisions
By Michael M. Farhang
On Tuesday, the U.S. high court will hear arguments in a case that shows how crucial charging decisions can be. ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Free speech at the US Supreme Court
By Jean-Paul Jassy
For the most part, the high court led by Chief Justice John Roberts has been First Amendment-friendly since 2010 -- if you are...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
Case could discourage use of warrants
By Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann
If you are jailed for weeks without probable cause that you've committed a crime, have your constitutional rights been violate...
On Labor Day, 41 years ago, Justice Stanley Mosk swore me in as a judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court. Within a few days ...
Orange County Judge Douglas Hatchimonji hopes to guide juvenile offenders to a better life.
Litigation
Liability exposures unique to colleges and universities
By Jeffrey Atteberry
A recent decision,stemming from a tragedy at Bellarmine University over 10 years ago highlights the potential consequences sch...
Before filing your petition for rehearing to show the Court of Appeal the error of their ways, consider how grim your chances ...
Despite its importance, remarkably little is said about the role that trust (or distrust) between lawyers plays in the handlin...
On Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term, the justices will hear oral arguments about tricky question of d...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
The First Monday
By James Azadian, David Boyadzhyan
Today marks the 233rd day that the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia remains vacant. Famously known as "The First Monday...
Separate from its hot-button nature, the End of Life Option Act generates significant questions for health insurers and patien...
Orange County Judge Melissa McCormick makes sure defendants understand their rights.
Congress enacted the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in 1977 to protect consumers from abusive and harassing debt c...
This week the governor acted on the four arbitration bills sent to him by the Legislature. Earlier this year, the Assembly def...