Administrative/Regulatory
Turning point for marijuana regulation in California?
By Ryan Lowther
The landscape of 2016 looks a lot different than the landscape of 2010. By Ryan Lowther ...
U.S. Supreme Court
US Supreme Court will consider class certification appellate jurisdiction
By Sonya D. Winner
May a plaintiff whose effort to obtain class action treatment is rejected obtain immediate appellate review of that decision s...
Perspective
Resale Royalty Act decision is a defeat for fine artists
By Melissa K. Dagodag
A federal court in California recently held that that the California Resale Royalty Act is preempted by federal copyright law....
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Attacks on minority voting will continue
By Charles S. Doskow
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision sustaining the use of total population as the basis for apportionment of legislative ...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's use of its in-house j...
Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
Where does the right to obtain evidence prior to trial fall?
By Brian M. Hoffstadt
Harmonizing competing legal rights is a little like playing the card game "War": Whichever card or right has the highest rank ...
A Delaware court recently considered disclosure obligations of the general partner of a limited partnership where the limited ...
Political junkies and "House of Cards" fans across the country are salivating at the possibility of an "open" Republican Natio...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Uber arbitration unquestionably unenforceable
By Chris D. Baker
The big question on appeal in the ongoing Uber litigation is whether the trial judge was right to find Uber's mandatory arbitr...
Education
Vergara reversed: Reform requires funding, not making teachers at-will
By Catherine L. Fisk
Professor Catherine L. Fisk gives her take on the recent decision in California's landmark teacher-tenure case. ...
Perspective
Vergara reversed: Unions can now rejoice at the expense of our children
By Michele M. Goldsmith
Attorney Michele M. Goldsmith gives her take on the recent decision in California's landmark teacher-tenure case. ...
One of the government's principal sources of financial recovery is at risk in a case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arg...
My guest column "Veterans, disabled lacking on the bench" (April 14) was written based on data obtained from the governor's of...
Appellate Practice
Oral argument: if not necessary, waive it goodbye
By Myron Moskovitz
Here's how most diligent lawyers deal with oral argument.
Administrative/Regulatory
Efforts to rein in Proposition 65 abuse have gone awry
By Thomas H. Clarke
The lofty goal of Proposition 65 was to incentivize manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers to refor...
Environmental
Grizzly ruling highlights rise in bear mortality rates
By Andrea Santarsiere
Last month, a judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got it wrong when it failed to consider the broader conseque...
The Supreme Court left some questions unanswered in a recent case — questions that may have greater significance for the rest ...
When Alameda County approved a moratorium on juvenile probation fees, it became the first in the state to hit the pause button...
In the context of resolving cases at mediation, the rules of the dance are these: Every dance must start with a demand. Every ...
California Supreme Court
Applying provisional remedies without waiving arbitration
By Todd B. Scherwin
Recently, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that a clause in an arbitration agreement permitting a party to seek p...
The early stages of the bankruptcy case have been defined by disputes between the distressed sporting goods retailer and its c...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Ethical e-discovery began with Scheindlin
By A. Marco Turk
U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin is retiring at the end of this month, leaving her legacy as the "mother of e-discovery...
The IRS is auditing only 0.84 percent of individual taxpayers, and recently, the IRS commissioner has suggested that the tax a...
Insurance
Insurance recovery: Silver lining to costly litigation?
By Dominic Nesbitt, Gary W. Osborne
When hard-fought litigation finally concludes, defendants are frequently a great deal poorer for the experience. However, ther...
For those wishing to understand the California appellate courts and appellate practice, what follows is a one, two, three and ...
In recent years, chemical and life sciences companies have increasingly turned to the commission as a forum for patent enforce...
Administrative/Regulatory
What sort of risk is enough to place information under seal?
By Mary Ellen Callahan, Reena R. Bajowala
A court recently found that a nonspecific risk of security breach is "good cause" to place information under seal In an IT out...
Letters, Judges and Judiciary, Government
Veterans, disabled lacking on California bench
By Peter A. Lynch
Earlier this year, Gov. Jerry Brown's office released data on judicial appointments in 2015. The release warrants further inqu...
Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Equal access to benefits and privileges
By Thomas L. Dorogi
The 9th Circuit has made clear that a deaf employee os entitled to a reasonable accommodation that would allow him to experien...
Administrative/Regulatory
FDA-regulated food companies facing more inspections
By Leslie Krasny
Last month, the FDA issued a warning letter to Pressed Juicery, a manufacturer of cold-pressed juices in Los Angeles, for alle...