Counsel handling a personal injury for a married person or person in a registered domestic partnership must be aware of the po...

Pushing back on federal agencies’ attempts to immunize themselves from subpoenas

One of the best things I have ever done to establish credibility in jury selection is to memorize all of the names in the pros...

The U.S. Supreme Court forecasts a devolution of power to the state legislatures as the vehicles of democracy, which assumes t...

When responding to public records requests public agencies and attorneys alike are forced to address competing fundamental int...

Law schools and bar associations don’t accurately track the numbers of students and lawyers with disabilities, and the stigma ...

Rarely have Joe Biden and Clarence Thomas agreed upon anything. But their mutual recognition that something must be done to li...

When a drug house burdens a community, an enforcement agency should explore Drug Abatement/Red Light Abatement Actions.

Companies that market expressive works should avoid relying on anti-SLAPP to protect promotional claims and should be mindful ...

The Onion’s brief can fairly be described as a parody of a Supreme Court brief. Reading it raises the interesting question tha...

California’s Family Law Courts are quietly changing how they serve divorcing couples and their families. Here’s an easy fix.

As new technology develops, it seems that the requirement of human expression, whether in creating an original work or transfo...

What we don’t know yet is what other birth defects or conditions will develop in the children of parents who were exposed to t...

If the injuries to or death of a person are due to the actions of an animal that had theretofore been of peaceable disposition...

So lately grammar, its metamorphosis, something like K’s Metamorphoses, has become de rigueur.

Data shows number of environmental review lawsuits remain low while California communities reap benefits from strong protections

Assembly Bill 156, signed by Governor Newsom on Sept. 27, will help attorneys and consumers recognize whether they have a lice...

While it may not be obvious at first glance, the Texas Two-Step cuteness and other similar bankruptcy ploys that scream bad fa...

At its simplest formulation, the duty of loyalty is focused predominantly on conflicts of interest.

For example, coverage for such claims under a CGL policy is unlikely because an insured’s false representation or false advert...

In The Color of Wealth in Los Angeles report, it was estimated that Black Americans in Los Angeles have a median wealth of $4,...

The Supreme Court will again review prosecutors’ attempts to utilize the federal wire and honest services fraud statutes to ex...

The Chief Justice is telling us, I think, that the issue in the case is not simply whether, in ordinary parlance, bumble bees ...

Even with planning, the estates of artists and other creators can present complex valuation problems because of the unique nat...

It is always recommended that immigration attorneys take preemptive measures to make sure their foreign clients are prepared f...

Although it may take some time to fully implement and require adjustment by the various stakeholders, this system is sure to b...

Lawyers may be concerned about the impact this change will have on already heavily congested judicial calendars. The court, ho...

The plan will allow for a return of Civil courtrooms to our different local communities around our vast county – as was the sy...

Though the concept of trust is amorphous, successful mediators recognize that trust is vital to the process.

A protective order should only be renewed “if, and only if, it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the protected par...