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While your financial situation has almost certainly changed as a result of your divorce, there are tools to help mitigate the ...


Labor/Employment

Asking about criminal history is off limits during job interviews

Sep. 13, 2023
By Julia Y. Trankiem, Steven A. Morphy

All California employers should be aware of updated regulations for the use of criminal history in hiring decisions, many of w...


Government

Government Transparency Act is a shameful abuse of the initiative process

Sep. 12, 2023
By Christine Wood, Darren Ziegler

While transparency is crucial, it must be balanced with the right to privacy, as outlined in the California Constitution. Wait...


Tax

The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed new rules meant to make it harder – much harder – for people not to pay tax on their...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Tell your story, but to a mediator

Sep. 12, 2023
By Greg Derin

Outcomes in a courtroom are not sterile; they are the result of human beings assessing the motivations and actions of others. ...


Criminal

Is this something to celebrate?

Sep. 12, 2023
By Louis J. Shapiro

Presumably the fentanyl death epidemic is what drove the prosecution to choose a murder over manslaughter. There is no questio...


Constitutional Law

Is Donald Trump ineligible to run as president?

Sep. 12, 2023
By Erwin Chemerinsky

It is disquieting to think of courts keeping someone with substantial public support from running for president, let alone a f...


Contracts, Construction

One issue that historically has never been addressed is whether Section 7031 bars a licensed contractor from seeking compensat...


Judges and Judiciary

Mike is new to the LASC – he’s been here about six months – but not to the California or national court information technology...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal

“My final words to our legal community”

Sep. 11, 2023
By James P. Gray

A former gang member’s penned sentiments to one of Orange County’s retired judges.


Law Practice

Lawyers can refresh their practices for ‘back to school’ season

Sep. 11, 2023
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

Lawyers can use this time of year to evaluate their internal procedures and take steps to reduce risk.


U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice, Civil Rights

Lawsuits have been filed against Perkins Coie and Morrison and Foerster challenging their DEI internship programs. Both firms ...


Many taxpayers spend hours itemizing deductions without realizing that the standard deduction is often a better choice, which ...


Entertainment & Sports

Stream It Tonight! "The End" (September, 2023)

Sep. 8, 2023
By Michael Asimow, Paul Bergman

Lawyers have been heard to say things like “I’m immersed in law all day, I want to escape from the law when I watch movies or ...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation

Remembering Korean Air Lines Flight 007 forty years later

Sep. 8, 2023
By Michael E. Rubinstein

The tragic downing of Flight 007 came at the height of the Cold War. For many years, courts in the United States, including he...


Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports

The thug. The actress. Her daughter. And homicide.

Sep. 8, 2023
By John S. Caragozian

Crane went downstairs into the kitchen, got a knife, and returned upstairs. She waited outside her mother’s bedroom door; when...


Letters

These columns promote fringe legal theories with potential appeal on talk radio but lack substantive value for the majority of...


Government

America is approaching its promised freedom

Sep. 7, 2023
By Richard A. Nixon

Assuming that Congress had enacted the Incorporation Doctrine as law, to apply the Bill of Rights (substantive law) to the sta...


Securities, Entertainment & Sports

The pitfalls of celebrity shilling

Sep. 7, 2023
By Ron S. Geffner

Prior to FTX, the risks of celebrities endorsing companies were evident, with the U.S. SEC investigating and settling cases wi...


Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation

Judgment enforcement is highly technical, varies state-by-state, and can involve complex interactions between state and federa...



Letters


Government, Environmental & Energy

Save the trees or harm the forest?

Sep. 7, 2023
By Christopher Rheinheimer, Tessa Opalach

“The Save Our Sequoias Act suggests creating a Coalition of federal, state, and local entities to protect sequoia groves from ...


Denying the opportunity to cross-examine a witness raises concerns about the credibility of their testimony, as it may enable ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation

When discussing healthcare with your clients, it’s crucial to explain the difference between the use of insurance, if availabl...


Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Despite the statutory provision labeling group or compilation registration as one work, case law makes clear that group regist...


Technology, Intellectual Property

As AI tools become more prevalent, authors and artists find themselves collaborating with algorithms, raising the question of ...


Labor/Employment

The legal framework behind labor strikes

Sep. 6, 2023
By John W. Fagerholm

Unpacking the potential Kaiser strike: A labor law perspective. Speculated to become the largest healthcare industry strike in...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law

The Inflation Reduction Act gives the federal government the power to negotiate the price of certain drugs for Medicare benefi...


Technology, Appellate Practice

My AI nightmare

Sep. 5, 2023
By Myron Moskovitz

Machines are skilled at persuading each other, so if machines replaced human judges, engineers could understand the judge-mach...