Strategies for minimizing exposure under California Labor Code Sections 218.7 and 218.8.

Two cases are pending before the California Supreme Court: One involving the learned intermediary doctrine; the other whether ...

The Beatles recently released a song titled “Now and Then” which used AI to separate John Lennon’s vocal stems from piano so t...

Qualified immunity only serves to deny our clients’ Constitutional rights and there is good case law on our side in the 9th Ci...

There are far too many cases in which the Contractor’s State License Board has wrongly failed to suspend related licenses, ins...

The filmmakers passed up a golden opportunity to portray the ineffectiveness of the defense team in the actual case. In a post...

To succeed in holding these entities liable, the crime must be reasonably foreseeable, giving rise to a duty to protect the pu...

Thirteen years after the Elkins Family Law Task Force created a series of recommendations to ensure access to justice and due ...

Developments on California Proposition 65: First Amendment, short-form warnings, and food products.

For those interested in statistics, the median test taker’s score has declined by about one-third of a standard deviation. Whe...

The Second Amendment helps preserve our other amendments and protect us from criminals, invaders, rebels, and wild animals. Lo...

The legal community has seen the emergence of a new law firm structure – virtual or distributed law firms – which allows lawy...

LA County’s talc litigation represents a colossal waste of taxpayer-funded time as public lawyers collaborate with private pla...

It is common for attorneys on boards to serve only in their capacity as board members. However, lawyers may feel tempted, ofte...

Today, the State Bar is likely to treat complaints about money, including bank reports of bounced checks, as worthy of a full ...

Legal work is very much a team sport these days, and optimally serving clients in complex matters almost always requires a tea...

Practitioners may wish to consider if the relation back doctrine applies to PAGA claims. The court in Hutcheson v. Superior Co...

How Trump’s fraud case could be an invasion of freedom of contract and a threat to market transactions

“Sell” your case in the brief and impress the mediator with your grasp of the facts and law. Do not rehash obvious legal princ...

Women’s collegiate sports are more popular than ever. A recent volleyball match’s attendance even broke a world record for int...

Chief Justice John Roberts was more insightful than he probably realized when, in 2011, he said that “at the end of the day, n...

Two cases pending before the Supreme Court are not examples of government infringing on free speech, and to rule otherwise cou...

California courts define sporting activities broadly. You name it; if it’s an activity that requires even a minor amount of ex...

The credit’s popularity unwittingly resulted in an uptick of ERC scamming companies that persistently misinform taxpayers of t...

A recent judicial opinion provides sobering guidance.

Although The Hague Convention is not a topic we deal with every day, the core values of the Convention are topics that we deal...

In the summer of 2019, I wanted to go beyond fiction and write a play where – through actors – I could more fully humanize the...

Human mediators have their own personal life experiences and in almost all cases, a successful outcome hinges on the parties f...

In Jarkesy, with oral argument scheduled for Nov. 29, the Justices will consider the legality of SEC administrative hea...

As online shopping continues to surge, nonparty e-commerce platforms can be held liable for helping merchants sell and adverti...