Over the past several months there have been some significant developments in connection with federal trade secrets law.

In his latest article on Kelo, Justice John Paul Stevens doubles down and purports to tell us in three easy steps why h...

Until recently, beyond occasional cases involving notice or cooperation clauses, few decisions addressed other aspects of cond...

As presently drafted, SB 123 is a very brief piece of legislation that identifies a conceptual framework for the establishment...

ScanDisk leaves no doubt that the standing required to bring an antitrust claim based on the fraudulent procurement of ...

But first a caveat: In this, my 210th column, you will be exposed to bursts of effusive praise for one of California's and the...

Lawyers are advocates and counselors, but on occasion they may be called upon to testify for a client. When that happens, ethi...

The first inventor to file system comes into effect March 16, bringing the U.S. more closely aligned with the rest of the world.

At the end of the day Greb is unfavorable to California corporations, which can be sued without time constraint after d...

My real purpose isn't really to "model" a mathematical formula to help settle cases - it is to use the concept of a formula to...

What may at first glance seem like a stake in the heart to the defense bar ultimately may provide us ideas for really challeng...

Although well meaning, these recommendations are at best superfluous; at worst, they will significantly burden students and ne...

I began reading with great anticipation the article titled "Diversity Lacking on State Bench." However, the piece failed to in...

Seventeen states have "parking lot" laws that prohibit an employer from banning employees from bringing guns to work, so long ...

The "sunk-cost effect" can be so powerful as to overcome logic in mediation - much like it did with the Jets' decision to keep...

Is it permissible for the parties to consent to allowing a bankruptcy court to issue a final judgment that it otherwise would ...

Initially, the SEC has moved deliberately, bringing relatively few of the threatened cases against private equity firms and pe...

Metrish presents the question whether a decision abolishing the common-law defense of diminished capacity eliminates th...

The Obama administration has created a working relationship between the U.S. and the ICC, though we still have yet to ratify t...

In planning and development circles, it is the heavyweight grudge match: infill development versus greenfield development.

What is it that happens when your life becomes so disjointed, so chaotic, so isolated that you lose your access to human conne...

Previous decisions led some to question whether the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion remains immediately appealable to the 9th C...

The goal of the recent amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act is to provide guidance and clarity to employers faced...

The enforceability of the spousal support limitations authorized by the California Premarital Agreement Act and incorporated i...

I admit I am sensitive about the "age thing."

In a closely-divided decision, the Supreme Court held that a conviction for transporting marijuana did not require proof the d...

Where can we look for protection of potential intrusion on our individual privacy through unauthorized access to personal elec...

In both same-sex marriage cases before the high court, the respective state and federal attorneys general refused to defend in...

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a different controversy arising from the Troubles, Moloney v. United S...