Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University illustrates how a petition for writ can be your ticket into the appellate court of y...
Konrad Moore of the Kern County Public Defender's Office considers the issue of reading Miranda rights to suspects in terroris...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Terrorism Law, the New McCarthyism
By Stephen F. Rohde
Constitutional lawyer Stephen Rohde says terrorism law uses guilt by association to punish lawful activities. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Silent War Between Arbitration or Mediation
By A. Marco Turk
Marco Turk of Cal State Dominguez Hills discusses the undercurrent of resentment and opposition to mediation as the ADR proces...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
The Implications of Citizens United
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky of UCI School of Law explores the far-reaching implications of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commis...
Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University presents the first in a four part series on how to win a writ. ...
Robert Bastian of Bastian & Dini peels back the layers of legal imagery in William Shakespeare's sonnets. ...
Mixed Motives in Discrimination Cases
By D. Gregory Valenza
D. Gregory Valenza of Shaw Valenza discusses the mixed-motive defense in cases alleging employer discrimination. ...
While confidentiality is said to be the backbone of mediation, there is no guarantee of such confidentiality. ...
Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal reflects on a friendship that began with a lawsuit over ownership o...
Concerns that the country is going to hell in a handbasket are overblown. ...
Government, Constitutional Law
Enough With the 'Judicial Activism' Shtick
By Gideon Kanner
Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School comments on the view that the recent campaign finance ruling is an act of 'judicial activi...
Today marks the one-year deadline on which the President vowed to close Guantanamo, Stephen Rohde of the ACLU comments on why ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Are We Really Talking About 'Mediation'?
By A. Marco Turk
Marco Turk of Cal State Dominguez Hills says failure to distinguish between settlement conferences and true mediation raises e...
William Crosby of Barnes Crosby says the high rate of workplace claims is due to employers who fail to impose proper personnel...
Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Irvine, School of Law, lists the top most significant Supreme Court decisio...
Military Law, Civil Litigation
Navigating Discovery When the Government Claims Privilege
By Carla DiMare
Attorney Carla DiMare provides discovery guidance for situations where the executive branch asserts the state and military sec...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law
Privacy in the Workplace
By Charles S. Doskow
Charles Doskow of the University of La Verne College of Law asks whether the Supreme Court will uphold protection of governmen...
Who has a greater influence on the development of California law, Sherlock Holmes or Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ...
Marco Turk of Cal State Dominguez Hills says a mediator's approach can run the gamut from facilitative to evaluative to direct...
Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal considers the meaning behind political affiliation and it...
Robert Bastian Jr. of the Law Offices of Bastian & Dini takes a look at Tiger Woods' professional accomplishments and pers...
Banking
Accounting Changes: Easing the Transition
By Elizabeth A. Han, Robert Hugi, Warren Loui
Warren Loui, Robert Hugi and Elizabeth Han of Mayer Brown comment on measures taken in light of changes to U.S. securitization...
Corporate
Selecting a Company Name in China, Not So Easy
By Allan Marson, Irina A. Shestakova
Allan Marson and Irina Shestakova of Baker & McKenzie explain the complexities of choosing a suitable Chinese trade name. ...
Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall sets forth the aggravating and mitigating factors that guide sentencing choices under the D...
The right to be healthy belongs in the Bill of Rights. ...
Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School says the law of eminent domain has historically suffered from the long-festering problems. ...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rex Heeseman retraces case history exemplifying the state Supreme Court's approach to punitiv...
Stephen Rohde of Rohde & Victoroff reviews the new book 'THE GUANTANAMO LAWYERS: Inside a Prison, Outside the Law.'...
Timothy Tosta of Luce Forward sends a holiday message to capture the spirit of the year as its coming to an end. ...