Lawyers have an ambiguous relationship with the usefulness of legal norms and decision-making processes outside the courtroom....

Attorneys should familiar with the new rules and the mediation process as applied to ESI disputes, and utilize the mediation p...

As millions of people are looking for tax deductions, can you deduct the cost of getting healthy? By Robert W. Wood ...

In California, a person who utilizes construction services can sue for return of money paid if the contractor was not licensed...

It's a deceptively simple question with two correct answers: Can Congress pass a law directing the outcome of litigation in a ...

The case will turn on whether California courts hold arbitration agreements to different standards that other contracts when d...

This week, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill dubbed the "VW Bailout Bill," which could severely limit class act...

Absent major reform, we should not only tolerate, but expect, those in command to lie, cheat and steal about the products thei...

Client disputes cost lawyers time and money, but there are fortunately many preventative steps you can take to reduce the like...

On Jan. 1, California played catch-up for a change and joined at least 27 other states that allow a low-cost way of avoiding p...

In this paragraph is an inchoate New Years' resolution. Not sure whether to do it. A successful businessman I knew said this a...

As the complexity and potential exposure of legal malpractice cases continue to evolve, the four basic elements of a legal mal...

We are all aware of increasing use of arbitration agreements and the court decisions bolstering them. In addition to being law...

On Jan. 5, the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Baltazar v. Forever 21, the latest of several signif...

To what extent is Netflix changing as it moves away from movies and toward original television program? ...

Opposition to class action waivers on both the political and legal fronts persists ...

The recent RBC decision further debunks the myth that Delaware is a defendant friendly jurisdiction in which plaintiffs...

When David Einhorn, the founder of Greenlight Capital, plays host to his investors at the American Museum of Natural History i...

There is something for everyone in this massive and surprising tax law. By Robert W. Wood ...

A state Supreme Court case may have unintended consequences for unrepresented family law litigants in 2016. ...

Can the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office refuse to register trademarks that are racist, offensive, and disparaging to minori...

Three bills taking effect on Jan. 1 will streamline the civil justice process, focusing specifically on expedited jury trials,...

In a recent case, the 4th District Court of Appeal outlined the law concerning resisting arrest when a person advocates non-co...

For the first time in over two decades, the official forms applicable to bankruptcy cases nationwide have been revised. By Dav...

Sumner Redstone's legal troubles are not limited to the proceedings going on in Los Angeles County Superior Court over his cap...

This year, California courts issued a number of interesting, and sometimes provocative, decisions on insurance-related issues....

Procedural fairness is not a panacea that guarantees a case will settle, but it can allow participants to find that overlappin...

Given their success rates, relative low cost, and willingness of district courts to stay infringement claims, AIA reviews have...

The recent data breach involving the personal information of millions of children and their parents from VTech Holdings, Inc h...

With a new year comes new California laws for employers to learn and understand, and 2016 is no exception. ...