"Far-fetched" is not the same as "unlikely to be implemented."

Especially given that one division is already doing it. By Ciarán O'Sullivan ...

An independent and fair judiciary is the cornerstone of our democracy. It is imperative that we make informed choices in selec...

I recently noticed that my Saturday morning visits to the local farmers' market were filed with more tax law than I realized. ...

All is not well with the NFL. Last week, following TMZ's release of new video footage, the league indefinitely suspended Ray R...

President Barack Obama is legally and politically wrong in not seeking congressional approval for the continued bombing of ISIS.

While you may not take nude "selfies," you likely (and sometimes unknowingly) store copious amounts of personal information on...

May a couple be 'living separate and apart' when they reside in the same residence? The state high court will soon tell us.

There are myriad perplexing problems that will always exist when a lawyer sues his or her employer. ...

While the specifics of how to prepare an effective amicus brief vary by case, there are several rules of thumb that apply acro...

Can a person be guilty of federal bank fraud even where his scheme contemplates no deception of a bank? ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission may seem unstoppable to some. But who wins when the SEC sues Congress in a battle over ...

If you had to pick the most famous trademark in the entire world, what would it be? For millions - if not billions - of human ...

Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of an ordinance barring religious and charitabl...

Many have addressed the wisdom of proposed changes to Canon 2C of the Code of Judicial Ethics, but few have addressed its cons...

Edwin McPherson's article titled "TAA Violation for Record Producer Deal" (Aug. 18) discussed a recent decision by the labor c...

In the ordinary criminal case, if an accused's conduct is prohibited by the plain text of a statutory provision, the person is...

In the wake of the 6.0 earthquake that rocked Napa last month, property owners are now facing the financial fallout from the l...

Rarely will the conservative majority on the Supreme Court issue a decision so objectionable that it draws harsh rebukes from ...

Despite the bravado and confidence that judges and lawyers on occasion display, those who are truly enlightened know that the ...

In legal writing, don't give in to the urge to exclaim. ...

Anyone who has ever mediated a case, as an advocate or as the neutral, looks back at a marathon mediation session with either ...

The State Bar is now sending proposed rules of professional conduct up to the state Supreme Court one by one for formal adopti...

Patent protection is important to innovators in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals because it protects their substantial invest...

Manufacturers of reference products and biosimilars await further guidance from the Federal Circuit as to the metes and bounds...

Many fundamental issues concerning the BPCIA remain unresolved, making this regulatory pathway unattractive to some potential ...

In mediation, many different factors create "power" and "torque." But it's not always the case that those lead to "work," whic...

A new decision is instructive in how to draft tax-sharing agreements that specify each subsidiary's tax liability in a consoli...

The U.S. Supreme Court stayed of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' recent 2-1 decision holding that Virginia's limiting m...

On July 16, Judge Cormac Carney, ignoring the opinions of the U.S. and state Supreme Courts to the contrary, declared the Cali...