Clarification is expected by the end of 2016 with respect to several trade secrets, computer fraud and restrictive covenant qu...
One hundred and fifty years ago today, President Andrew Johnson surprised many in Congress by vetoing a bill to extend the Fre...
Generations of law students have studied Korematsu v. U.S. Lorraine Bannai's excellent new book tells the compelling st...
Every judge seeking to improve should read "Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary" by 7th Circuit Judge Richard A. Po...
Justice Antonin Scalia's written legacy will continue to inform any discussion of our law and our constitution and will show f...
Statutory and common law protections for employees in recent decades have largely eviscerated the presumption that employment ...
Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate
Disclosures when stockholder approval not required
By Marc Boiron, Kelly Galligan
A recent opinion sheds light on the disclosure obligations related to transactions that do not require stockholder approval bu...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Rights, Administrative/Regulatory
Tending to veterans' fertility needs
By Judith Daar
The Pentagon recently announced a series of measures aimed at attracting and retaining personnel who have a dual desire to ser...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices to look at when debtors can avoid debt
By Neal S. Salisian, Stephanie Chau
In March, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether debtors are allowed to transfer assets for less than equiva...
Administrative/Regulatory
Climate change by administrative law?
By Joseph F.C. DiMento
On Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court acted to prevent the implementation of an EPA rule requiring that states make cuts in greenh...
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon determine whether Congress intended to maximize the procurement contracts awarded to veteran-...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Law Practice, Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Is your firm considering a merger?
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
Whether a merger is appropriate for a firm depends on many factors.
In an interesting twist reflecting a sign of the times, but Army and Marine Corps top brass testified earlier this month befor...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court to hear enhanced patent damages arguments
By Blaine H. Evanson
The court's decision could have a significant impact on the way patent claims are litigated. By Blaine Evanson and Taylor W. K...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
The coming fight to replace Scalia
By Eric B. Kingsley
News of Scalia's death had barely sunk in before Sentate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell began politicizing it. ...
I come to praise Justice Antonin Scalia, not to bury him. By Dana M. Cole ...
This past weekend, we lost a great justice, American and individual. Scalia applied his approach to the law in a principled ri...
Unsurprisingly, the intense political fight over Justice Antonin Scalia's successor began within hours of his death. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Scalia's passing may change the ADR landscape
By Steven H. Kruis
The Supreme Court justice's recent and unexpected death may change the alternative dispute resolution landscape, at least as t...
A Supreme Court decision last month and several cases still on the court's docket could have a big impact on class action liti...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is a logical choice to replace Scalia
By Terry B. Friedman
Our nation should not suffer a deadlocked, eight-member Supreme Court unable to resolve major cases for a year or more. Obama ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Court of Appeal decision highlights exceptions to five-year statute
By Steven H. Kruis
Trial counsel are well aware of the five-year statute within which to bring a case to trial after the complaint is filed. By S...
Businesses are bracing for a new rule from the Obama Administration that would require companies to report employee pay data b...
California Supreme Court
A stunning about-face from the state Supreme Court
By Michael B. Salerno
On Jan. 4, the California Supreme Court decided its most significant separation of power case in decades. By Michael B. Salern...
Experienced counsel, understanding the risks of litigation and benefits of resolution, come to the mediation fully prepared wi...
Attorney solicitations tell the client what to do, but does the attorney know what to do? By Howard Smith ...
The California Supreme Court is currently reviewing several cases involving the state's anti-SLAPP statute, Code of Civil Proc...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The Final Word: the state high court on attorney conduct
By Joseph M. Lipner
In recent months, our state Supreme Court has resolved controversial cases that bear directly on the conduct of lawyers. By Jo...
Like love, being the Los Angeles County jail means "never having to say you are sorry." By Robert L. Bastian Jr. ...
Labor/Employment
Productions facing wave of wage and hour actions
By Kirstin E. Muller
Nothing is worse than a bad sequel. Unfortunately for the entertainment industry, productions in New York City have become the...