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U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


Given a circuit split, plaintiffs seeking to recover for infringements occurring more than three years from suing currently ha...


Attorneys should be aware of the discrepancy between California and federal attorney-client privilege standards when advising ...


Securities


Game On

Mar. 7, 2023

SEC steps up enforcement in Activision Blizzard settlement.


Government


Commute them all

Mar. 7, 2023


To combat illegal evictions, we need to ensure that people know their rights and have access to civil legal services.


Appellate Practice, Law Practice


How to navigate and embrace change.


Law Office Management, Technology


The next generation of competing ChatGPT’s will be writing judicial opinions, and we probably… no, more likely, will not know ...


CIAW is set to take place March 13-17, with nearly all of the events in Downtown Los Angeles (and the events can also be watch...


So is this the end of the line for California’s efforts to limit or abolish mandatory employment arbitration? The state could ...


Intellectual Property, Ediscovery


The decision, which favored California instead of New York’s delayed discovery approach, increases the likelihood that the Sup...


Civil Litigation, International Law


A key milestone on California's road to being an international arbitration innovator was a legislative breakthrough. On Jan. 1...


Cross-border technology disputes typically are high value, and often involve trade secrets or other forms of proprietary infor...


A California court of appeal held it was not bound by SCOTUS’ ruling.


Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Law


Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the industry in 2023 is whether international arbitration can adapt sufficiently to remai...


As it stands, there is currently no clear answer to whether AI-generated art qualifies for copyright protection.


As a measure of the growth of international arbitration in California this is the second year the California Lawyers Associati...


Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law


When a plaintiff chooses to be treated outside of the available insurance plan, that person is in the same position as an unin...


Tax, Government


AB 1287 is a stride forward in gender-based price discrimination, and consumers should see a big adjustment when shopping for ...


Requests for public records are choking some agencies and costing taxpayers billions of dollars.


Torts/Personal Injury, Ediscovery


Even seemingly ordinary negligence cases should be investigated immediately or referred to counsel with the experience, time, ...


Consumer Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


This was always about J&J wanting litigation advantage. This was about protecting J&J‘s brand. This was about stopping...


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A serial litigant’s intent to return may not be rejected “simply because” he is a serial litigant who brings numerous ADA cases.


Judges and Judiciary


When a judge’s unconscious or implicit biases affect decisions and actions in court, they can compromise the fair and impartia...


Civil Litigation


Frequency analysis gives the mediator a variety of ways to tweak the numbers to suggest to the parties that their gut estimate...


Sometimes, the potential clash between new Legislature-enacted laws and prior voter initiatives is obvious, and the Legislatur...


Real Estate/Development, Land Use


Health and safety receiverships are a legal remedy to repair major nuisance properties and increase affordable housing.


California Supreme Court


The California Supreme Court's recent decision, Yahoo Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, articulated...


Because the norms of professional ethics require lawyers to advocate zealously, deepfakes invite lawyers to raise new objectio...


Many of the symptoms of PTSD, including avoidance and anxiety, often prevent veterans from facing their trauma for years. Yet ...


California Supreme Court protects rights of noncitizens seeking relief from consequences of uninformed guilty pleas.