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...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Attorneys should be aware of the discrepancy between California and federal attorney-client privilege standards when advising ...
SEC steps up enforcement in Activision Blizzard settlement.
To combat illegal evictions, we need to ensure that people know their rights and have access to civil legal services.
How to navigate and embrace change.
The next generation of competing ChatGPT’s will be writing judicial opinions, and we probably… no, more likely, will not know ...
International Law
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...
International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
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...
Intellectual Property
As it stands, there is currently no clear answer to whether AI-generated art qualifies for copyright protection.
International Law
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
Insurance considerations in maximizing medical expenses
When a plaintiff chooses to be treated outside of the available insurance plan, that person is in the same position as an unin...
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, ...
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.
When a judge’s unconscious or implicit biases affect decisions and actions in court, they can compromise the fair and impartia...
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
Receiverships are a viable remedy to community eyesores
Health and safety receiverships are a legal remedy to repair major nuisance properties and increase affordable housing.
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...
Military Law, Civil Procedure
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.