Because former redevelopment agencies still collectively own thousands of properties, those assets seem like a particularly ta...

One mechanism receiving more scrutiny today is California's Density Bonus Law.

Mediating meal period claims may be different post-Brinker, as class counsel emphasize different claims, but the same s...

The only defendants named in the suit are the University of Texas, a state university, and its officers who are sued in their ...

The initiative will drive an estimated 10,000 jobs out of the area, which will ultimately fracture a highly stigmatized commun...

Issues of professional responsibility and ethics may rise to the forefront when opposing parties find themselves communicating...

Though there are exceptions, recent decisions continue the long-standing trend of favoring brokers. ...

The FCC is taking a closer look at its indecency enforcement policy in an effort to ensure "the agency carries out Congress' d...

Sales and use tax were confusing enough even in the old days. Now that we all buy online, the confusion is more palpable and e...

More than one in three women and more than one in four men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an inti...

I am starting to conclude that a mediator's proposal isn't really an evaluation of the case, it's only an evaluation of the s...

Social Security has always been a "pay as you go" system, and even if there were a lock box, it would only be filled with gove...

Gov. Brown recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed courts to recognize more than two legal parents. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed several bills of interest to California employers passed during the 2011-2012 regular session. ...

The court's lack of understanding of ADR (alternative dispute resolution), currently known as CDR (consensual dispute resoluti...

When I am advising on a complex issue, I am wary of giving the "two-sentence answer" that is more often being asked of me.

There are instances when we already have the "golden goose" in our hands, and it remains only for us to lose it.

California's civil justice system is closer to gridlock than many realize. By Michael L. Stern of the Los Angeles County Super...

A recent op-ed attacking Proposition 34, a measure to end the death penalty, among other things, does a disservice to voters.

The doctrine of "minimum contacts" takes on a new dimension when applied to a defendant who does business only over the Intern...

Cases on the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming docket look to be as significant as those on last term's. ...

Contained within today's column is a solecism. Can you find it? ...

Sometimes the defendant simply doesn't have any more money, and the mediation becomes about an "economic based settlement."

Counsel must inevitably acknowledge the reality of changing times and conditions and consider modification of typical litigati...

From their earliest days in training, both doctors and nurses are taught to not discuss or even question medical mistakes that...

It is wrong to ascribe a nefarious purpose to the timing of the publication of the law review article on the costs of the stat...

An Obama victory this November with Clinton winning in 2016 could mean that by 2021 more than 50 percent of the active distric...

Long story short, the 9th Circuit is not always opposed to private property rights. It evidently depends on whose property and...

Earn MCLE credit polishing your knowledge of evidence rules regarding the Sixth Amendment's right to confrontation as applied ...

An awareness of the existence and impact of denial on the part of lawyers and their clients is critical to successful resoluti...