The ACLU of Arizona recently filed suit over a newly enacted revenge porn law, alleging it is unconstitutional. But many of th...

When faced with difficult questions, courts love to punt based on standing. The Silk Road case currently in the Southern Distr...

Recent and ongoing political and economic developments in China pose unique challenges to American corporations seeking to do ...

Borrowing the title of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's book, the legal landscape today is hot, flat and crowded.

Few courts of the United States can find as many excuses to avoid capital punishment as the 9th Circuit.

Courts may be narrowing the protections that the Communications Decency Act provides websites. ...

The California Court of Appeal recently clarified two important issues regarding right of publicity cases: assignability and c...

There is no way to entirely prevent getting audited. While the Franchise Tax Board often piggybacks on whatever the IRS has do...

One of the enduring topics of interest in corporate law is why Delaware dominates the market for incorporations.

The music industry is currently transitioning from an "ownership" model to an "access" model.

I applaud the result of the Supreme Court's denying review in marriage equality cases involving five states, but disagree with...

A review of the laws implicated by the increasing prevalence of texting in the workplace.

When officers stop a car for a traffic violation, they may employ a trained dog to sniff the vehicle for drugs. But how long m...

As the U.S. seeks to expand its efforts against female genital mutilation, it needs a better understanding of its scale and se...

Every mediator and settlement judge knows this moment: The client or the lawyer has just made an outlandish, insane statement ...

Recently, the FCC unanimously voted to end its nearly 40-year-old sports blackout rule that barred cable and satellite provide...

Many lawyer jokes are about attorney fees. But bankruptcy lawyers didn't find anything funny last April when the 5th Circuit h...

New state legislation expanding the use of property tax increment through infrastructure financing districts gives local gover...

The U.S. Supreme Court recent granted certiorari in Tibble v. Edison International to answer an important ERISA question.

The Trade Secrets Protection Act would create a federal civil remedy for trade secrets misappropriation and improve our trade ...

Former managers and shareholders of AIG are suing Uncle Sam in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, claiming that the treatment t...

The legislative year that ended Sept. 30 dealt a number of losses to lawmakers who pursued high-profile consumer products and ...

Sequels are rarely bigger blockbusters than the original. But for the second time in three years, the U.S. Supreme Court has t...

Competitive Scrabble-players by Hasbro's attempts to claim exclusive copyright ownership of both the OSPD and OWL word lists a...

A few months ago I was at a "bar event." They are all the same. Lawyers and judges schmooze over h'oeuvres and drinks. (Will n...

The legal battles over public access to Martins Beach are by no means over and, in fact, create a potentially interesting back...

We must prioritize creative alternatives to incarceration that include community-based supports for people with disabilities.

Californians can thank their Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown for enacting a number of new laws that will serve to protect per...

The 9th Circuit recently ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires cities to provide on-street parking that is a...

On Sept. 22, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled that California's copyright statute includes the exclusive right to "p...