Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Chino Valley Unified School District’s policy and other similar ones target transgender and nonbinary students, in violation o...
State Bar & Bar Associations
The State Bar Board of Trustees recently approved and staff have submitted to the Supreme Court for its review several import...
Technology, Intellectual Property
The intersection of AI and trademarks may include rights holders seeking to select marks using machine- generated output, uses...
Judges and Judiciary
FACTS
It is redundant to refer to facts as true. It is illogical to refer to facts as false. If they are false, they are not facts. ...
Family
California considers custody of children as a matter of public policy. It is closely legislated and diligently enforced. As a ...
Labor/Employment
The new law requires virtually all employers to implement a workplace violence prevention plan by July 1, 2024, and expands th...
Torts/Personal Injury, Letters
Many trial lawyers did not see an end to fair and just jury verdicts. Instead, we realized that trial lawyers needed to stop r...
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure
Come fly with us – if it’s not moot
Voluntary cessation in No-Fly-List cases: Will the Supreme Court let a more lenient standard for the government fly?
California Courts of Appeal
Now, every prevailing plaintiff’s attorney can expect to see defense counsel comb through every email and correspondence in th...
U.S. Supreme Court, Admiralty/Maritime
The U.S. Supreme Court should seize the opportunity to adopt the Restatement with respect to maritime contracts.
Technology, Intellectual Property
The discourse surrounding generative artificial intelligence tools, including those that imitate celebrities’ vocals, has prim...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Part 3 – Money laundering and other illegal activity
There are steps you can take to proactively protect yourself from clients seeking to exploit you and your CTA for nefarious pu...
Litigation & Arbitration, Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation
“New-clear” verdicts – don’t blame the jurors
It’s easy for the defense to see large verdicts as the result of vindictive, angry jurors. But this ignores the fundamental co...
Government, Cannabis, Administrative/Regulatory
These three cannabis bills are meant to encourage participation in, and the lawful operation of, the licensed market by increa...
U.S. Supreme Court, Land Use, Constitutional Law
In September, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider expanding the Nollan/Dolan test for exactions on legislative...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Rights
California must invest in community mental health services and housing – with input from people with lived experience of menta...
Insurance, Contracts
Wildfires spark challenges within the insurance market
There is no easy solution and there are competing interests creating a constant political “tug of war.” Only time will tell ho...
Judges and Judiciary
Your son needs to know that his dad was a hero
An open letter to the widow and son of murdered Family Law Judge Andrew Wilkinson of Hagerstown, Maryland.
Letters
Every other jurisdiction has in place a version of American Bar Association Model Rule 8.3, and California’s rule includes the...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Because of the way that streaming services compensate artists, there is a real concern that a flood of AI-generated content wi...
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
While SB 253 and SB 261 are similar to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed emissions disclosure rules that...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Part 2 – Internal and external threats
The most common ways your Client Trust Accounts may be compromised from both internal and external sources, and how to help pr...
Technology, Expert Advice
Unraveling the unscrupulous expert witness through AI
How AI technology is transforming the legal landscape and holding unsavory experts accountable.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Is arbitration truly cost-effective?
Arbitration may not be perfect, but it can provide significant value to litigants and the judicial system overall, taking burd...
Family, Criminal
Domestic violence restraining orders based on disturbing emotional calm should be subject to a reasonableness standard.
State Bar & Bar Associations
Rule 8.3 has the right intent, and one must not fault the powers that be for trying to take a meaningful step to curb unethica...
U.S. Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution
The issue might sound like a geeky question of statutory interpretation, but it has substantial real-world implications for wo...
Government, Civil Rights
The state has enough tools to address our homelessness crisis without seeking the Supreme Court's intervention to allow for ci...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Client Trust Accounts, Part 1 - The basics
Attorneys have a duty to perform legal services with competence, which includes a nondelegable duty to oversee and properly ac...
Judges and Judiciary
Apart from a discovery sanctions motion, it is difficult to imagine when a court would be the proper tribunal for Rule 8.3 rep...