Chances are that you never learned about the State Bar discipline process in law school, and you likely did not learn about th...

On Aug. 2, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations restricting valuation discounts in estate and gift tax pla...

The estate planner's tool kit has expanded ever so slightly with the California Legislature's creation of "transfer on death d...

While California already has one of the nation's most progressive equal pay laws, taking the additional step of prohibiting th...

We'll have to wait for the California Supreme Court to settle the debate over whether a bankrupt California law firm's estate ...

The initiative provides voters a choice to allow murderers to have a prison death, while avoiding the protracted taxpayer expe...

The key to building a successful solo practice, apart from hard work and careful planning, is making it a sustainable model in...

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NONPROFIT NEWS: In this new monthly column, we'll take a brief look at recent developments in the laws and policies that affec...

Since January, California Courts of Appeal have handed down cases arising from 998 offers that, when read together, reveal a t...

As a consequence of the strange contours of California's spoliation doctrine, there may be circumstances in which your client ...

San Diego County Judge Theodore Weathers wins praise from attorneys for his steady hand.

There is a national movement to tighten up rules and regulations involving discrimination, harassment, and bias on the basis o...

Legislators and governors struggle to fight opioid addiction while still allowing legitimate patients access to their pain med...

If PG&E's plant to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is successful, it would be the first time a large commercia...

We need a broader discussion of defamation and privacy law and the First Amendment and other restrictions thereon in a digital...

The 9th Circuit recently considered whether a prominent politician's personal emails (no, not that politician) are di...

You might imagine that your clients keep big ledgers in which the details of your achievements are inscribed for all time, alo...

Supreme Court justices follow less stringent rules than members of Congress, cabinet heads and their staffs on issues ranging ...

It took many by surprise when the California Supreme Court adopted a proposal to abandon the practice of automatic depublicati...

The phrase "OODA Loop" refers to the decision cycle of observe, orient, decide and act. Military strategist United States Air ...

Effective settlement negotiations start with preparing a case for trial. In cases with multiple parties defendant, settlements...

If you make money, it is always taxable no matter what, but the rules are different if you lose money. If it is a real busines...

A recent, unpublished 9th Circuit opinion demonstrates the minimalist geographic market allegations antitrust plaintiffs can m...

Last month, the three Federal Trade Commission commissioners vacated their chief administrative law judge's bold decision to d...

What is a religion? Which beliefs will we grace with special exemptions from the law? Few have tackled the question of what th...

As mass production of these vehicles become a reality, it is logical to expect additional government regulation will be propos...

The proliferation of CEQA litigation as a tool to impede development for commercial, anti-competitive, or unsubstantiated "NIM...

From the defendant's perspective, getting the trial judge to toss out a punitive damages award a few weeks after trial is much...

If Donald Trump gets his way, the time-honored phrase "Stop the presses!" may take on a whole new meaning. By Karl Olson ...