Two recent Court of Appeal decisions are rare rulings addressing California's Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. ...

Justice Breyer ignores the necessity of precedent or reference to the Constitution. ...

Should marijuana businesses pay tax on gross profits or net profits? The 9th Circuit grappled with the question last week. ...

S.D.N.Y. Judge Jed Rakoff recently authored an opinion in a 9th Circuit insider trading case. It's the latest by the influenti...

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Until relatively recently, there were a rich diversity of major book publishers in the U.S. Now Amazon sells almost 40 percent...

Contrary to Chief Justice John Robert's dissent in the recent same-sex marriage ruling, the decision was based on the Constitu...

When it comes to contigent compensation deals, studios sometimes make it difficult for talent to get their money. ...

Lawmakers in Europe are finalizing a new European Union law known as the EU Data Protection Regulation. By William R.M. Long a...

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the EPA in a case about carbon dioxide emissions. But was it really a victory...

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2014 saw a record number of exonerations. While there are many factors leading to false convictions, a few simple reforms to t...

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San Francisco's new "buyout" law is flawed even from a tenant-perspective, and may be held unconstitutional. ...

This case is the next chapter in the saga to determine what must be demonstrated (and by which party) to justify a so-called '...

Recent cases consider some of the vexing question that arise when California tries to project its regulatory power beyond stat...

A recent Supreme Court ruling can be viewed as a victory - but not a complete victory - for those who champion disparate impac...

On the one hand, why anticipate an argument that your opponent might never make? Why run the risk that the court will be impre...

Judges often decide cases involving arcane subjects in which our knowledge or skill is severely limited. For me, it is the eso...

According to a recent decision, a passenger who engages in reckless "backseat" driving may now be liable as an aider and abett...

Not on same-sex marriage, of course, but in a federal sentencing case that could send shock waves through California penitenti...

Learn about objections to questions considered vague, ambiguous or unintelligible, compound, argumentative, and asked and answ...

For the first time, a Court of Appeal ruling identifies that when a defendant is named later in the case, it is not naturally ...

Both the Senate and the House are working on legislation to rein in patent trolls. Don't be afraid to look at what they're put...

News reports on the "shocking" working conditions in many nail salons may well lead to the next wave of wage and hour class ac...

A class action filed Friday with the DOJ alleges that the court has been failing miserably in fulfilling its duty to provide l...

A recent opinion is a cautionary tale illustrating how a notice of appeal is jurisdictional and that, if the notice is filed t...

Last week, the provided inclusionary housing advocates a major policy and legal victory by unanimously ruling that an afforda...

As I listened to the interviews regarding Dolezal and the pundits of every color pontificating about a woman they don't know, ...