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From the start, the PPP loan program was destined for problems. Speed was prioritized over security, and conscious choices wer...


Securities, Administrative/Regulatory


While the industry watches and waits for the outcome of the lawsuit filed by six trade associations against the SEC, private f...


Intellectual Property, Administrative/Regulatory


The Google case is historically significant as the first major antitrust challenge against a tech company in over two decades,...


Administrative/Regulatory


If professional court reporters will not be producing the transcripts from recordings of court proceedings and gig transcriber...


Law Practice


When it comes to fostering a healthy firm culture, it’s all about supporting favorable behaviors that not only support today’s...


Music’s biggest star can teach some lessons to the defense bar.


Administrative/Regulatory


Unique to the FCA's structure is the right of private citizens - often referred to as "relators" or "whistleblowers" - to purs...


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


Copyright law seeks to protect an individual’s freedom of expression. Ordering a sale of artistic property would seemingly def...


Many people serving long sentences are also part of an aging population that is far less likely to reoffend, and costly to kee...


Judges and Judiciary


If judges were to avoid all bar association events that were sponsored by law firms, their absence would adversely affect the ...


Although the rhetoric around rescheduling marijuana is a positive sign, the notion of rescheduling cannabis to a lower schedul...


Currently, some districts divide their business geographically, so that a case filed in a particular division will only be hea...


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


Outcomes in a courtroom are not sterile; they are the result of human beings assessing the motivations and actions of others. ...


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


“The Save Our Sequoias Act suggests creating a Coalition of federal, state, and local entities to protect sequoia groves from ...


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


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


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


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...


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


Law Practice


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


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


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


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