Whatever it takes

Because 150 people became homeless every day, homelessness rose by 12% last year. We will never end homelessness if we only he...

While the expense associated with sophisticated M&A counsel may seem excessive, especially to first-time sellers, the real...

Among the flurry of bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October were Assembly Bill 61 and Assembly Bill 1493, which expand th...

The California Supreme Court recently brought welcome clarity to the law of the kill zone theory. But even after the latest ru...

Elijah Cummings, Daniel Goodman and George Washington.

Contempt for education threatens democratic institutions.

The Supreme Court should prevent further erosion of the lines drawn by the Constitution and strike down the CFPB's for-cause r...

Law enforcement agencies in San Diego County were early adopters of hand-held facial recognition technology. Now these SoCal c...

Understanding the myriad sources of confusion

Even our friends who lack a J.D. know, a witness typically swears that she will tell not just the truth, and not just nothing ...

It was recently reported that Ernst & Young subjected women employees to “training” that would keep the company’s men happy.

The California Supreme Court’s strict circumscription of the “kill zone” theory in a recent case was no doubt designed to shor...

My radical proposal is this: Where a state court misapplies — or even cites and then ignores — Supreme Court precedent, the Su...

How to stay golden when migrating from the Golden State

Shouting and blasting from synagogues to Washington DC

What ethical obligations arise when an attorney is required to withdraw from representation because the client’s claim(s) lack...

Due increasing lateral movement, it is more important than ever that firms take a close look at who they are hiring and how to...

In a 4-3 decision, and after many months of deliberation, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling on Sept. 16 in Bru...

Judges should be held to the highest of ethical standards, and there's no reason they should keep a reward, like a pension, if...

A bankruptcy proceeding isn’t ordinarily what you think of as a Supreme Court blockbuster. But when the bankruptcy proceeding ...

The Los Angeles City Council is on the verge of enacting our own Right to Counsel Program, providing legal counsel to tenants ...

With climate change at our doorstep, our state leaders know we don’t have time to wait until the next drought to create a more...

Based upon a long line of California cases, a new ethics opinion acknowledges the potential dual benefits to both clients and ...

Sometimes, a lawyer might be the first responder

In a recent case of first impression, the California Supreme Court considered whether settling with a party in a multiparty to...

Assembly Bill 1270 (Stone) is an attempt to expand the False Claims Act to allow the attorney general, local prosecutors and p...

The California Supreme Court has rejected the government's attempt to require a youth probationer, as a condition of release, ...

The shore defining the boundary of indigent defendants' constitutional right to forestall or forego liability for certain asse...

States are increasingly recognizing that lives can be saved by Extreme Risk Protection laws, which enable people who exhibit ...