No citizen — judge or not — should forget history or casually ignore the gathering storm of someone who would assemble power f...

Lawyers displeased about criticism — and there are a lot of them — have won one and lost one in recent high-profile California...

Newly required food defense plans raise unique future tort law questions. By Daniel J. Herling and Joanne S. Hawana

Incorporating the provisions of Senate Bill 33, the budget bill on health services recently signed by the governor ended more ...

The 9th Circuit's much-anticipated ruling in a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act case last week is already showing its impact in a ...

Developing a health app? What the FTC wants you to know. By Anna Hsia

The June 27 column "Time to transform juvenile justice" foists the authors' irrational criminal reform and knee-jerk compassio...

Regardless of whether the EU remain intact, Britain's exit is certain to have a cascading effect on economies and industries a...

Why should lawyers consider joining startups -- because it's hair-raising fun and you feel like you're on the precipice of a c...

A recent decision offers cautionary lessons that California's business judgment rule may only protect officers and directors u...

Gift limits, a strong, independent enforcement agency and reasonable limited exceptions to gift-limit laws, such as exist in C...

The question shouldn't even be a close one. Public records law followed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton home the day h...

The future of U.K. employment law is more likely to be influenced by who and what ends up in Number 10 Downing Street than fro...

The ADA and FEHA provide reasonable accommodations for an employee's disability. What if it is not your client who is disabled...

With legalized marijuana use on the rise, employees and employers are quickly finding themselves in a sticky situation. By Jef...

Under a recent California Supreme Court ruling, the sophisticated intermediary doctrine in an asbestos case is an affirmative ...

Each generation has its share of cant phrases. Here, with translations, are some currently favored by lawyers and others. By ...

A Wyoming federal district court dealt a blow to the Obama administration's environmental policies when it struck down the Bur...

To defend the Clean Power Plan successfully, the EPA will need to persuade the D.C. Circuit— and probably the Supreme Court — ...

Mathis v. U.S. places an impractical, burdensome duty on the courts to analyze state criminal laws to determine wheth...

From the frontlines of the data breach wars: new payment card industry developments warrant increasing attention from merchant...

The judicial officers of the Los Angeles County Superior Court readily acknowledge that there are significant delays in gettin...

Voisine v. U.S. is evidence that the right to keep and bear arms in self-defense is being banned and restricted case ...

The Government Accountability Office has been urging the IRS to go after offshore accounts even more aggressively.

Advances in technology now allow attorneys to work from anywhere. However, the convenience of technology comes with some risk....

Attorney mobility and partner departures are commonplace now in California practice, and for some very good reasons.

The transatlantic business community is still coming to terms with the complete upheaval and replacement of the EU's data laws...

Even though HBO's hit comedy "Silicon Valley" is rendered with satiric flair, it nevertheless presents the kinds of real-world...

To understand the severity of the punishment, one must understand the part probation plays in the overall sentencing scheme.

As part of California's 2016-17 state budget accord, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 836, which makes several changes to C...