The next time you are negotiating and reviewing contracts, remember the whereas clauses. Those sentences that begin with old, ...

Besides the embarrassment and humiliation involved in disclosing the family was hungry, the service member was required to get...

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In the age of social media, one’s words can take on a life of their own, regardless of disciplinary consequences and First Ame...

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Ginni Thomas’ words and actions have caused some academic and other commentators to find that Justice Thomas should have recus...

The question remains: what are Justice Thomas’ ethical obligations now and into the future should another election or Jan. 6 c...

Before we undermine the integrity of our state’s environmental protection system, we should do a reality check on the UC Berke...

Had Vince Lombardi coached mediators and not football players, his famous proverb might sound something like this: “Great comm...

On March 10, the California Supreme Court announced that it has declined to weigh in — for now — on the biggest brewing insura...

For countless law enforcement agencies, the scope of disclosures they are legally required to make often turns on what constit...

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This has probably never happened to you: The facts turn out to be very different than initially relayed by your client. Or a c...

In a landmark decision sure to have a significant impact on the real estate banking industry, the California Supreme Court dec...

We need political willpower and cooperation among officials to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft in L.A.

Don’t miss the broader legal significance of the Supreme Court’s vaccine-or-test cases.

As we enter the third month of 2022 amid swirling uncertainty in many aspects of professional and personal life, legal practit...

While my colleagues and I strongly support education and awareness to heighten our sensitivity to implicit bias, I cannot help...

What led up to recent executive order making sexual harassment an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

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How do we hold attorneys accountable for alleged misconduct that is not a matter of shortchanging clients, but rather an effor...

As part of its fair use analysis, the district court opined that Corellium’s use was transformative: Its product did not merel...

A few weeks ago in the California Court of Appeal, Arthur Lange tried to get the benefit of the exclusionary rule. As defendan...

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While the U.S. government has made some recognition of its of policy regarding China, it’s important to ask whether corporate ...

I cannot say I was surprised when I read a complaint filed last July in Connecticut federal district court on behalf of Black ...

In a recent decision, the California Supreme Court rejected a line of cases that required plaintiff-employees to satisfy the t...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission to decide whether fe...

Californians often take for granted that our consumer protections are muscular and new chemical dangers are addressed with an ...