While litigation serves a very important purpose in our society, it is a process choice for dispute resolution. It is by no me...

“Is the proper term ‘attorney fees,’ ‘attorneys fees,’ ‘attorney’s fees,’ or ‘attorneys’ fees?’” The next time you’re struggli...

We co-exist with about eight billion other individuals, nearly six billion of us are above the age of 15 and biologically capa...

Even the most experienced trial attorney would be lucky to have picked one hundred juries in their entire career. For this rea...

This strategy is not recommended, but if you are not interested in paying common benefit fees for your cases, you should remai...

Once upon a time, we all believed that Judges could always be impartial, but we have since learned that we (like all humans) a...

Most billing experts are not medical doctors and became “experts” by taking a short course in billing. This article illuminat...

As of July 1, over 1600 California attorneys were enrolled on administrative inactive status because they failed to complete t...

When you have a case that is low-impact, and thus has little to no property damage, it is important that you consider introduc...

Site inspections and #MeToo discovery are not appropriate for every case. Nonetheless, the best practice is to simply put them...

Core values, such as honesty, honor, and personal responsibility, can form the foundation of the defense theme.

Is the court's holding limited to real parties in interest in mandamus proceedings, or could non-party litigants in other type...

Motions in limine serve a critical function for trial, as they help frame your case and place necessary limitations on evidence.

Most premises cases deal with constructive instead of actual notice, due to a lack of evidence showing a defendant’s actual kn...

The tortures and extreme trauma that Everett Alvarez and other POWs experienced at the hands of the North Vietnamese and Viet ...

There is no inherent reason why remote appearance should be more casual and less decorous than physical appearance. But experi...

Two classic Supreme Court cases involved legislative decisions that were enforced during administrative proceedings. Had the C...

In this 340-page book, Tove Ditlevsen stays faithful to the grit of an exiled insider wandering her own cobblestone squares an...

In recent years, a win-at-any-cost mentality has increasingly pervaded the legal profession. An attorney who interrupts others...

Hollywood financier TSG Entertainment’s recent litigation against Fox and the Walt Disney Company is a tale as old as time.

An injunction clarifying and defining the Department of Cannabis Control’s obligation to establish a track and trace system co...

On Aug. 24, Lawrence Caplan filed what may be the first federal civil lawsuit against Donald Trump under Section 3 of the Four...

In reviewing cases dealing with rounding time policies, appellate courts up until recently stood behind the ruling in See's Ca...

The historical scenario that looms over Kamala Harris’ renomination is young Richard Nixon’s predicament in 1956.

International Rights Advocates recently filed a complaint with the United States Court of International Trade to force the Bid...

Done carefully and with the right kind of income, properly moving out of California can reduce or eliminate the sting of Calif...

The majority’s creative interpretation of the line between fact and opinion creates a slippery slope that will undoubtedly be ...

The primary question in two cases from separate circuits is whether laws restricting content-moderation on social media comply...

The CPUC’s decision is significant. San Francisco is an enormous market for taxi and ride-hailing services. It is the perfect,...

Can you imagine if you were able to have a trial, see the result, turn back the clock with a crystal ball, and then go to medi...