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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s effort to turn the Occupational Safety and Health Admi...

Practitioners representing survivors of sexual abuse sue the State of the Vatican City (i.e., Holy See) because they argue tha...

Last week, the Central District of California announced the suspension of civil and criminal jury trials.

What appellate courts have said about Penal Code Section 1170.91

Will try to be optimistic about the future. Sorry, I can only try. But I can be certain about a resolution that is an acknowle...

A victim of domestic violence is expected to speak to dozens of players up and down the chain of our various legal systems, fr...

When I speak with other managing and supervising partners at plaintiffs' firms across California about this need to soldier on...

As 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to report on what the Los Angeles County Superior Court has been able to do this year and p...

Should racial preferences in university admissions be legal? The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to revisit that hotly d...

Despite having knowledge of major deficiencies with every part of the probate conservatorship system, Chief Justice Tani Canti...

Where the Legislature is silent about retroactivity, courts presume that the new statute will apply to all defendants whose ca...

District Judge Roger T. Benitez applied the Supreme Court’s Heller test, holding that California’s ban was unconstitutional (a...

On December 1, the Supreme Court’s engagement on the topic of abortion was much more public and formal. A nearly two-hour-long...

To argue that prohibiting states from restricting pre-viability abortions allows the Supreme Court to avoid the philosophical ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like bias / Everywhere you go / Take a look at Cal and the feds, not listening once again / Just ...

Along the California coast, we have a case where the rhetoric of property and liberty have met the reality of the California C...

Houses of worship must be kept safe, secure and welcoming for all members and visitors. And we must come together to stand in ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a “Strategic Roadmap” that sets forth the agency’s comprehensive plan...

The majority of federal district courts -- including those in California -- have enacted local rules requiring admission to th...

The federal appellate court recently issued an important ruling that helps clear the way for accountability for the private co...

For several decades now, the federal and California courts have been debating -- blessedly, not to the point of fisticuffs -- ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 29 agreed to review a 9th Circuit decision that broadly construed the right of individuals t...

Unfortunately, in recent months a Big Lie about the California Environmental Quality Act has been popping up around California...

The largest U.S. infrastructure-focused budget should include investment in dedicated inpatient facilities for mentally ill an...

To paraphrase “Hamlet,” “Separated, or not separated — that is the question” The date of separation is legally the date of the...

The bill embodies a new, more just approach in which government initiates and completes the process for reducing, dismissing, ...

Congress recently floated a proposal to halve the estate and gift tax exclusion, effective January 1. As of this writing, this...

Beginning next year, a new state securities law will significantly reduce the out-of-pocket cost of raising up to $300,000 in ...

Danny Abir’s recent column unfairly characterizes an organization and individuals with a proven record in expanding access to ...