We set the stage with examples of how fictional attorneys handled a thorny issue, and then broke down how the attorney got it ...

California must invest in community mental health services and housing – with input from people with lived experience of menta...

While the California Net Neutrality law has been widely viewed as the toughest law legislation in the country, complaints must...

Demanding the physical surrender of private property to the government when there was no quid provided for this quo ran afoul ...

There is no easy solution and there are competing interests creating a constant political “tug of war.” Only time will tell ho...

Contributory trademark infringement based on willful blindness requires actual knowledge.

The strategic question for criminal defense attorneys is, how long can we delay cases while we wait for the courts to strike d...

SB 365 could potentially lead to parallel proceedings, where the main dispute continues in court while the appeal on the defen...

Respondents express concern that, under Mathews, a host of new procedural questions would arise, forcing federal courts to “mi...

Future litigants may not see dramatic changes to the existing SOX retaliation claim framework from Murray, and further ...

Many of our current legislators across America were former college athletes now living back home with enormous college stadium...

An open letter to the widow and son of murdered Family Law Judge Andrew Wilkinson of Hagerstown, Maryland.

Every other jurisdiction has in place a version of American Bar Association Model Rule 8.3, and California’s rule includes the...

Because of the way that streaming services compensate artists, there is a real concern that a flood of AI-generated content wi...

While SB 253 and SB 261 are similar to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed emissions disclosure rules that...

The most common ways your Client Trust Accounts may be compromised from both internal and external sources, and how to help pr...

How AI technology is transforming the legal landscape and holding unsavory experts accountable.

Arbitration may not be perfect, but it can provide significant value to litigants and the judicial system overall, taking burd...

Uber wanted to put the brakes on sexual assault multidistrict litigation. Instead, a judicial panel transferred 13 cases to th...

State legislators approved a bill in 2020 shortening the length of probation in most misdemeanor cases. It is this law – not P...

Domestic violence restraining orders based on disturbing emotional calm should be subject to a reasonableness standard.

Apart from the tax filing and payment delays, there are other tax benefits too. Individuals and businesses in a federally decl...

In 2022, a McMaster University health report stated that “China is the only country in the world to have an industrial-scale o...

How did this well-publicized gang operate for so many years with impunity? The likely answer is that the District Attorney nev...

Mediation is not solely a technical or procedural process; it is deeply rooted in human interactions and the ability to empath...

Because of the widespread fixation on serial litigation, a decision against Laufer would threaten not just avowed tester plain...

Legal aid organizations support the PBE, as it will help them recruit new staff attorneys, increase their capacity to serve th...

Rule 8.3 has the right intent, and one must not fault the powers that be for trying to take a meaningful step to curb unethica...

The issue might sound like a geeky question of statutory interpretation, but it has substantial real-world implications for wo...