The court's lack of understanding of ADR (alternative dispute resolution), currently known as CDR (consensual dispute resoluti...

When I am advising on a complex issue, I am wary of giving the "two-sentence answer" that is more often being asked of me.

There are instances when we already have the "golden goose" in our hands, and it remains only for us to lose it.

California's civil justice system is closer to gridlock than many realize. By Michael L. Stern of the Los Angeles County Super...

A recent op-ed attacking Proposition 34, a measure to end the death penalty, among other things, does a disservice to voters.

The doctrine of "minimum contacts" takes on a new dimension when applied to a defendant who does business only over the Intern...

Cases on the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming docket look to be as significant as those on last term's. ...

Contained within today's column is a solecism. Can you find it? ...

Sometimes the defendant simply doesn't have any more money, and the mediation becomes about an "economic based settlement."

Counsel must inevitably acknowledge the reality of changing times and conditions and consider modification of typical litigati...

From their earliest days in training, both doctors and nurses are taught to not discuss or even question medical mistakes that...

It is wrong to ascribe a nefarious purpose to the timing of the publication of the law review article on the costs of the stat...

An Obama victory this November with Clinton winning in 2016 could mean that by 2021 more than 50 percent of the active distric...

Long story short, the 9th Circuit is not always opposed to private property rights. It evidently depends on whose property and...

Earn MCLE credit polishing your knowledge of evidence rules regarding the Sixth Amendment's right to confrontation as applied ...

An awareness of the existence and impact of denial on the part of lawyers and their clients is critical to successful resoluti...

A recent survey and found "data security" to be the highest concern to general counsel and corporate directors, even above ope...

The council could order its member states to, at least temporarily, bar global access to this video. ...

The court will decide whether statistical evidence can establish liability or damages when the employer has substantial eviden...

The 9th Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction preventing the city of LA from seizing property on Skid Row absent an objectiv...

There are many good reasons to retain the death penalty as a sentencing option in California for the worst of the worst.

Some of these schools are employing the same predatory practices that led to defaults and record high foreclosure rates during...

Corporate counsel -- and the businesses they represent -- run certain risks if they fail to investigate the credentials of the...

The business community shares the strong objections to court budget cuts that have been raised across the spectrum. By Kim Sto...

Did you know the number of calendars handled by temporary judges equates to the full time annual employment of 16 superior cou...

Successful litigators and musicians know there is a time to think, a time to let one's natural talent lead the way, and a time...

If the analysis of the constitutionality of a law is affected by the prosecutor's choice of whom to prosecute, does this influ...

Respected tennis referee Lois Goodman is charged with murdering her husband of 50 years with a coffee mug. ...

Under the new ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct lawyers are required to make sure that they are current regarding "more ...

A number of articles have been written attempting to explain why Apple won and Samsung lost the trial. It's so simple.