Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
California and Florida have conflicting laws about gender-affirming care. The divide will likely be resolved by the conservati...
Intellectual Property
The artist, the spouse, and breach of fiduciary duty
Copyright law seeks to protect an individual’s freedom of expression. Ordering a sale of artistic property would seemingly def...
California Courts of Appeal
This is the first time that any court has dealt with a settlement that is less than the 998 offer when the case involved a fee...
Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory
California employers with workspaces that are prone to extreme heat, such as warehouses, may want to review newly-proposed Cal...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Tell your story, but to a mediator
Outcomes in a courtroom are not sterile; they are the result of human beings assessing the motivations and actions of others. ...
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...
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 ...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Save the trees or harm the forest?
“The Save Our Sequoias Act suggests creating a Coalition of federal, state, and local entities to protect sequoia groves from ...
Constitutional Law
Denying the opportunity to cross-examine a witness raises concerns about the credibility of their testimony, as it may enable ...
Technology, Intellectual Property
As AI tools become more prevalent, authors and artists find themselves collaborating with algorithms, raising the question of ...
Judges and Judiciary
The definition of justice
Once upon a time, we all believed that Judges could always be impartial, but we have since learned that we (like all humans) a...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
New frontier for trust accounting
As of July 1, over 1600 California attorneys were enrolled on administrative inactive status because they failed to complete t...
Law Practice, Evidence
Core values, such as honesty, honor, and personal responsibility, can form the foundation of the defense theme.
Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal
Is the court's holding limited to real parties in interest in mandamus proceedings, or could non-party litigants in other type...
Military Law
An American hero of Hispanic heritage: Everett Alvarez
The tortures and extreme trauma that Everett Alvarez and other POWs experienced at the hands of the North Vietnamese and Viet ...
Law Practice
Saving remote appearance from itself
There is no inherent reason why remote appearance should be more casual and less decorous than physical appearance. But experi...
Contracts
TSG v. Disney is all about ‘Showing the Money’
Hollywood financier TSG Entertainment’s recent litigation against Fox and the Walt Disney Company is a tale as old as time.
Cannabis, California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court Review: August 2023
An injunction clarifying and defining the Department of Cannabis Control’s obligation to establish a track and trace system co...
Torts/Personal Injury
The majority’s creative interpretation of the line between fact and opinion creates a slippery slope that will undoubtedly be ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Robotaxi to SFO?
The CPUC’s decision is significant. San Francisco is an enormous market for taxi and ride-hailing services. It is the perfect,...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Effective use of focus groups
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...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Welcome to the premiere of ‘The Source,’ your monthly column to the dynamic realm of attorney business development. Whether yo...
Government
While the headlines are understandably focusing on Trump himself, the legal community should be looking to its own. We sit in ...
Intellectual Property
Nate Shelley left Ted Lasso and Richmond United to work for a competitor. What can Nate’s betrayal of Ted and Richmond teach u...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
“Our HR teams are creating the 21st century workplace, dealing with human potential, human aspiration, human skill development...
Family
Cultural Divorce: Time to retool your dowry ware
California has poor laws addressing cultural/religious marriage gifts. IRMO Noghrey (1985) correctly found that exorbit...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Procedure
There is no statutory requirement that the judge be available and physically present “within the state” to have the authority ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory
FTC chair plays the long game
Lina Khan has served as the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission for just 26 months, but already some commentators have decla...
U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s lack of candor
In the term that ended on June 30, the Court clearly overruled precedents without saying so. The only explanation seems to be ...
Judges and Judiciary, Family
Multigenerational households in child custody cases
An argument against a child living in a multigenerational household does not account for cultural differences. For the past ce...