Marco Turk of CalState Dominguez Hills addresses the resistance lawyers have shown when informed of ethical considerations for...
Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Irvine School of Law says grant of en banc review in Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, California Courts of Appeal
Another SLAPP in the Face to Lawyers
By Stephen F. Rohde
Stephen Rohde of Rohde & Victoroff analyzes a case on anti-SLAPP litigation and whether lawyers can seek early dismissal o...
Litigation & Arbitration
Vacating Arbitration Awards, Now Less Daunting of a Task?
By Stephen L. Raucher
Stephen Raucher and Matthew Bartek of Reuben Raucher & Blum evaluate the consequences of a recent case affirming vacation ...
Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
Whistleblower Protection, It's Complicated
By Timothy P. Crudo, Adam Regoli
Timothy Crudo and Adam Regoli of Latham & Watkins say attorneys are the prime candidates for whistleblower protection. ...
Marco Turk of Cal State Dominguez Hills comments on State Bar Rule 2.30, which allows private mediators to practice as inactiv...
Government, Environmental & Energy
The Story of Los Angeles' Procrastination
By Jeffrey Dintzer
Jeffrey Dintzer and Denise Fellers of Gibson Dunn write about Los Angeles' procrastination on the issue of medical marijuana d...
Arthur Gilbert, presiding justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal explains why people who are 'somebody and nobody' are so...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation Confidentiality Should Be Inviolate
By Franklin R. Garfield
Family lawyer and mediator Franklin Garfield believes the court should not create excuses to allow for exceptions to mediation...
The law is no longer favoring brokers over policyholders. ...
Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Irvine, School of Law says constitutional objections to President Obama's acceptance of the Nobel priz...
Timothy Tosta of Luce Forward explains how developmental models bridge his world to that which is foreign. ...
Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law
Health Insurance for All Is Not the Answer
By Bruce G. Fagel
The health care reform debate is wrong to focus on providing insurance to all.
Constitutional Law
Justice Denied After Seven Years of Pain and Struggle
By Stephen F. Rohde
Constitutional lawyer Stephen Rohde calls for action in response to the denial of Maher Arar's claims against U.S. officials.
Mark Pulliam and Aryn Thomas of Latham & Watkins discuss when time spent putting on and taking off work attire requires co...
Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal offers his personal take on corporation First Amendment issues.
Marco Turk of Cal. State Dominguez Hills says it's time for mediation to enter the world of international conflict and post-co...
Federal court practitioner William Domnarski sets the legal profession against the backdrop of a grand arena. ...
Appellate lawyer Paul Kujawsky explains how inconsistency can seal the fate of summary judgment motions. ...
Stephen Rohde of the ACLU believes that habeas corpus should ensure safe harbor in the U.S. for detainees released from Guanta...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
A Blow for Freedom of Speech
By Charles S. Doskow
Charles Doskow of the University of La Verne College of Law comments on Westboro Baptist Church's stance on homosexuality. ...
Avoiding TranslationBreakdown
Elda Ellis of E.Y.E. Legal Language Services wraps up her two-part series on how to ensure an accurate professional translatio...
Corporate
A Reprieve Relieves Pressure on Proxy Season
David Lynn of Morrison & Foerster comments on the Securities and Exchange Commission's proxy access reprieve. ...
Goodbye Paper Documents,Hello E-Discovery
By Gordon J. Calhoun
Gordon Calhoun of Lewis Brisbois and Scott Woodworth of ACT Litigation Services advise on electronic discovery procedures. ...
Public Policy Weighs in On Land-Use Projects
By Charity B. Schiller
Charity Schiller of Best Best & Krieger says cities and lead agencies may consider public policy when rejecting project al...
Letters, Judges and Judiciary
Trial Judge for the Roman Polanski Case Was Not Anti-Semitic
By Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal says Judge Lawrence Rittenband was Jewish and immensely p...
Constitutional lawyer Stephen Rohde believes President Obama's noble aspirations may become mere rhetoric unless concrete step...
Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Irvine, School of Law dissects Salazar v. Buono, an Establishment Clause case set for review by the U....
Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert talks about budget cuts and the judiciary from an insider's point of view. ...
CombatingComputer Hacking
Henry Carbajal of Fenwick & West presents a strategic consideration of computer crime statutes in civil litigation. ...