On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that will increase access for the disabled while also working to reduce some of the...

Our Constitution requires that a quality education be provided to our students, but the Legislature alone is responsible for s...

Refusing to set a minimum qualitative level of education turns the constitutional right to an education — which should be prot...

Virginia's former governor, Robert McDonnell, is asking the Supreme Court to authorize a new kind of poll tax on another right...

For many years, litigants have had original federal court jurisdiction for patent, trademark and copyright cases, while trade ...

What if I told you that the U.S. Supreme Court's most significant digital privacy ruling this year is not decision in a high p...

The California Public Utilities Commission has reopened a settlement over a failed nuclear power plant following persistent ch...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors can and should adopt whatever reforms are necessary to ensure that the Department ...

One of the benefits of liability insurance is, of course, the fact that an insurer has an obligation to fund reasonable settle...

California lawmakers are considering fining jurors caught violating court orders not to Google — or consult with or post on Fa...

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether laches may bar patent infringement claims brought within the Patent Act's six-...

A careless clerk foiled Amazon's attempt to scrub the public record of evidence it knew about unapproved charges by minors. By...

One of the most common arguments between taxpayers and the IRS continues to be how post-mortem events affect an asset's value ...

So how about taking a tax deduction for all that stuff in your closet that you only bought because you needed it for work? Aft...

No published case law less than 50 years old exists on whether sub rosa video footage may be protected as an attorney work pro...

State courts offer plaintiffs advantages over federal courts in Section 11 securities actions. By Priya Cherian Huskins ...

Courts in Washington D.C. and California will grapple in the next year with the highly charged issue of the extent to which pu...

Software patents have had a rough run. Courts have declared many software-based inventions invalid and the Patent and Trademar...

Software patents have had a rough run. Courts have declared many software-based inventions invalid and the Patent and Trademar...

Why is it necessary or even useful to enlist the aid of complete strangers to the case who, in the day or two they devote to i...

Last week, the California Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that addresses the constitutionality state laws which allow ...

A new law includes several important changes for California's craft distillers that chip away at, for the first time since the...

April has come and gone, so most of us can breathe a sigh of relief that tax season is over. For those that get audited the ni...

While efforts are made during the period of probation or supervised release to assist convicted felons, there are substantial ...

Despite myriad benefits, joint sessions have continued to fall out of favor, without any apparent damage to the rate of settle...

One of the defining characteristics of any partner or group departure from a law firm is that once you announce the departure,...

Recent cases demonstrate that the struggle referred to by former Chief Justice Warren Burger continues to be expressed through...

Lately, Hollywood has been making a lawyer's navigation through ethical challenges a main storyline. Lawyers behaving badly ar...

The Washington Redskins invoked a seldom-used Supreme Court rule that allows parties to seek certiorari in extraordinary circu...

Cruz and Kasich both used the term "suspend" when declaring they would no longer actively campaign for the Republican Party no...