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A review of a couple new laws on the horizon that will update California's Labor Code. By Chris Micheli ...
Perspective
Attorney-client privilege and nonattorney patent agents
By Matthew K. Blackburn
What happens in Texas stays in Texas — regardless of what the Texas Supreme Court decides, nonattorney patent agent communicat...
Construction
California protects contractor payments, but with a price
By Garret D. Murai
Little known fact of the day: California is one of only two states in the country (Texas is the other) which recognize a const...
A bill was introduced in Congress to amend the provision of the Internal Revenue Code that completely prohibits 501(c)(3) orga...
With constant accusations that the United States is "falling behind," it's satisfying to know that in terms of M&A, we're ...
Courts grapple with the jurisdictional challenges of executing search warrants in cyberspace. By Tyler Newby and Hanley Chew ...
Los Angeles County Commissioner Michelle Short has experience in handling divorce cases.
By allowing for the recovery of a plaintiff's attorneys' fees and costs, as well as the possibility of a punitive damages awar...
On Sept. 27, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1843, which limits an employer's ability to gain access into the j...
Perspective
Court weighs relief under the Homeowner's Bill of rights
By Mark S. Blackman
In 2013, the California Legislature enacted the HBOR in order to correct perceived and real abuses in the non-judicial foreclo...
Could a trade secret exist if it is known or readily ascertainable within an industry, and its value is derived solely from be...
In response to reader requests, here are more suggestions on usage. By David M. Balabanian ...
A fight over photos of Picasso's paintings in the 9th Circuit provides a useful review of how issues of foreign law should be ...
Corporate
As rules go live, tech steps up to help the crowdfunding cause
By Adam T. Ettinger
To help startups and other companies get their feet wet, some technology companies are developing blockchain-based systems for...
Prenuptial agreements are particularly important for clients with children from a prior relationship, older couples, clients w...
Brilliant or not, Donald Trump had big losses in 1995. And that means he could offset other income across many years. That's t...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Court affirms that SF ordinance preempted by state law
By C. Danny Wang
San Francisco property owners and landlords scored a recent victory after the 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed a decision...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Checkpoints again subject to challenges
By Ariana Seldman Hawbecker
For the past several decades, a checkpoint on Interstate 5 near San Diego has continued to operate with the purported permitte...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Positive (-ly false) reviews
By David M. Majchrzak, Heather L. Rosing
Attorneys, like anybody else, enjoy hearing good things about themselves. But problems arise when positive statements are inac...
Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate
Ruling doesn't alter a director's access to books and records
By Marc Boiron
A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery reinforces principles that often arise in the context of demands for books...
Fiduciary duty defendants should consider seeking dismissal of any previously pending books and records action, whether by req...
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...