German regulators recently issued the first fines on companies who were still relying on the now-defunct EU Safe Harbor Princi...

There has always been a tension between the immediate appealability of California anti-SLAPP orders and the finality rules in ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that private civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims must invo...

The California Supreme Court should put an end to these lawsuits, which only revictimize the victims of assault and ask courts...

If you are not outraged by the delays in your cases in superior court, you are not paying attention. By Neville L. Johnson and...

While the pendulum has swung in the slight favor of spam defendants in the past year, there have been multiple shifts in the l...

Who we are as a country can't be personified in a single person, whether he's a presidential candidate or rock star. By Dan La...

A lawsuit against video game developer Valve Corporation raises interesting tax issues, even if none of the parties is thinkin...

Since 2015, at least 11 cities and counties have passed their own minimum wage increases, most recently the city of San Diego....

Deunification proponents are long on bluster and short on common sense and reasoned analysis. By Paul J. Riehle ...

Powerful forces will no doubt support the Peruta plaintiffs in their reasonable, but misdirected, quest to fix our sights on t...

Parties to a dissolution of marriage action — or even someone thinking about divorce — may be tempted to erase, delete or othe...

Until recently, the federal rule governing classification of employees as exempt was generally irrelevant to California employ...

While the landmark patent case Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank has certainly caused software-related patents to be heavily scru...

The principal purpose of citing authorities is obviously to identify the applicable legal rules you contend the court must fol...

It is a virtual certainty that the high court will soon be asked to decide whether an employer may require its workers to be b...

As has been said by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, home to Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo: "The ostrich is a noble animal,...

When a business model centers around copyrights, patents, trademarks or trade secrets, these high-stakes cases are the proverb...

On May 26, 2016, the European Union adopted a trade secrets directive that promises to bring a harmonized trade secrets protec...

Political corruption — the use of power for illegitimate private gain by government officials — is the expected result of a sy...

Earn MCLE credit reviewing the power of judges and attorneys to compel parties and witnesses to attend court. By Douglas W. St...

While lawyers drive transformation in society, the profession has not been on the front lines when it comes to equality within...

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Seagate test for enhanced damages in patent infringement...

It's far too early to tell because the new treatment and community services created by Prop. 47 have yet to even commence. By ...

In both state and federal courts, lawyers call upon the United States and California Supreme Courts to decide whether a prior ...

A federal appellate court recently held that cellphone users do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cellphon...

A federal appellate court recently held that cellphone users do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cellphon...

Congress should support the Stopping Mass Hacking Act and encourage legislative and public scrutiny of remote access searches ...

There have been countless articles written about the perils of accepting a counteroffer. Most articles address senior level ex...

In trying to read the tea leaves on the case recently filed against Apple Inc. and Broadcom by the Caltech, a telling document...