The Obama administration has created a working relationship between the U.S. and the ICC, though we still have yet to ratify t...

In planning and development circles, it is the heavyweight grudge match: infill development versus greenfield development.

What is it that happens when your life becomes so disjointed, so chaotic, so isolated that you lose your access to human conne...

Previous decisions led some to question whether the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion remains immediately appealable to the 9th C...

The goal of the recent amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act is to provide guidance and clarity to employers faced...

The enforceability of the spousal support limitations authorized by the California Premarital Agreement Act and incorporated i...

I admit I am sensitive about the "age thing."

In a closely-divided decision, the Supreme Court held that a conviction for transporting marijuana did not require proof the d...

Where can we look for protection of potential intrusion on our individual privacy through unauthorized access to personal elec...

In both same-sex marriage cases before the high court, the respective state and federal attorneys general refused to defend in...

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a different controversy arising from the Troubles, Moloney v. United S...

In some cases federal law has impacted aspects of a marriage relationship, but the court still adheres to the rule that the "w...

Treat this alternative view of rampage violence as a hypothetical. What if rampage violence is the result of "narrative failur...

While the government has often gone after parties that it has contracted with, a recent opinion shows that it can face substan...

Does the freedom of expression trump property rights?

Since the world has become a smaller place due to the Internet and the ease of international travel, the number of transnation...

Employers should pay attention to the following bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that go into effect in 2013. ...

In 2012, California appellate courts once again issued a number of decisions establishing or confirming important insurance pr...

A Kansas man who answered a Craigslist ad soliciting a sperm donor for a lesbian couple has found himself embroiled in a novel...

Last year federal funds continued to make their way to local projects and shovels continued to break ground for infrastructure...

California's recently enacted law, Senate Bill 1172, which prohibits "therapy" aimed at changing a child's sexual orientation,...

An expirement: Put a bunch of jelly beans in a jar and invite your co-workers to guess away, and you'll find that the crowd be...

If you can't fit your case into a story, you might want to reconsider the strength of your position because without a good sto...

If the case is dismissed and the lower court's opinion stands, would the judgment enjoin the enforcement of Prop. 8 for anyone...

Lawyers who yearn for a satisfying professional life are often chagrined to find that the practice of law is not at all what t...

Now that it's 2013 and the fiscal cliff debacle seems at least temporarily behind us, what do lawyers and their clients need t...

The governor approved a bill that apparently never saw the light of advance public scrutiny, eliminating application of the he...

Just like the rest of the entertainment industry, the world of free-to-play gaming is not without its dark, seedy underbelly. ...

Seven years and 3,000 non-billable hours ago, I joined a handful of public-spirited lawyers as counsel for the plaintiffs in A...

Employers should pay attention to the following bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that go into effect in 2013. ...