Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney's Office concludes her exploration of ethical and legal issues in the realm o...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Choose Your 'Friends' Carefully
By Wendy L. Patrick
In the age of electronic communication and social networking, attorneys must be aware of their ethical responsibilities, write...
Judge Rex Heeseman asks whether concepts such as "arbitrary" will have force in the world of punitive damages. ...
Learn why the recent layoff of court staff is the wrong approach to alleviating the budgetary deficit. ...
Charlotte Fishman of Pick Up the Pace says courts should know better than to green light gender stereotypes "dressed up" as fo...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
'Puff, the Magic Dragon:'Binding Mediation
By A. Marco Turk
Binding mediation, a hybrid ADR approach, is based on a misunderstanding of mediation's true nature. ...
Stephen Rohde of the ACLU says religion can thrive without indoctrinating children in public schools to espouse religious beli...
Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice
Untangling the Web: Motions for Reconsideration
By James C. Martin, Wendy S. Albers
James Martin and Wendy Albers of Reed Smith provide guidance on when to file a motion for reconsideration, its implications an...
Marco Turk of Cal State Dominguez Hills introduces "collaborative lawyering," which requires the parties and their lawyers to ...
Stephen Rohde of the ACLU comments on the finding that John Yoo committed professional misconduct and exercised poor judgment ...
Judge Andrew Guilford examines the issue of changing values in Justice Eileen Moore's book, "Race Results, Hollywood vs. the S...
Since it's easy to make mistakes about what we observe, Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District suggests another ...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Can Divorce Mediators Be Sued?
By Franklin R. Garfield
Family lawyer and mediator Franklin Garfield examines the application of quasi-judicial immunity in the practice of mediation....
Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University concludes his series on petitions for writ by offering tips on how to make your peti...
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...