In deciding how long to keep documents, many attorneys consider the statute of limitation applicable to legal malpractice claims.

When the FTC sought information from the top social media and video streaming platforms, it was simply the next step in the ev...

Given the pervasiveness of illegal cannabis operations throughout California, the Court's upcoming decision in Wheeler ...

There is considerable academic debate over whether corporate political activism has any effect on bottom lines, with some rese...

Few other governors have been as deferential to the parole board as Gov. Gavin Newsom.

A threshold question likely to be presented by any such challenge is whether the FTC can make rules to regulate business pract...

AB 2098 targets pure speech by explicitly applying to advice. If it were meant only to regulate conduct, there would have been...

This case - Braverman v. BMW of North America - is an interesting, but narrow case on how the 9th Circuit handles non-m...

Can an AI program commit a fraud? Can it get its human overseers in trouble?

Meinhardt v. City of Sunnyvale highlights the confusion in California law as to what is or is not a judgment.

The increase in fertility clinic misconduct not only puts patients at risk, but also undermines the public’s trust in the indu...

Lawyers don’t care much about sealing, because it’s easier to just agree documents are confidential to expedite discovery. Jud...

Given a circuit split, plaintiffs seeking to recover for infringements occurring more than three years from suing currently ha...

We’ve all heard the stories of major brands engaging in costly litigation or settlements to preserve their right to use an est...

Next month, the Supreme Court will consider whether a direct listing on an exchange eliminates the need for a claim under the ...

While it may be too late to achieve tax relief this year, many investors, business owners and their counsel will be heartened ...

The major concern was that the oath threatened tenure, generally defined as a right to continued employment during good behavi...

Ending Russian/Ukraine hostilities: demilitarized zones, international funds, and the benefits of time consuming international...

The neurobiology of trauma is an established science, despite often being cast as junk science. Representing a client who has ...

Timing considerations for Rule 68 offers when summary judgment is pending.

Allegedly conspiring with a gang of local thugs to keep unwanted strangers out of town and concluding that such a conspiracy r...

A lawyer's clever attempt to trick a witness is the highlight of many courtroom movies, and so it is in The Young Philadelphians

Manela v. Stone, 66 Cal.App.5th 90 (2021), is the latest case to highlight the nuances of Business and Professions Code sectio...

First, avoid arguing with the client and trying to give the client insight into their own problematic behavior. You may be cor...

Women veterans have come a long way. At least there’s now an infrastructure in place with various entities on the lookout for ...

As attorneys, we have an opportunity, and perhaps a moral obligation, to use correct words and phrases, whether on the job or ...

Ethical considerations after the opinion in Pebley v. Santa Clara Organics, Inc. must be looked at by the California St...

Entrepreneurship comes with a lot of self-doubt. When I perceive the world through ”if only,” my molehills become mountains. B...

Among other things, this means that eligible taxpayers will also have until Oct. 16 to make 2022 contributions to their IRAs a...