This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
Columns

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Category
    Search by Headline


If government lawyers abandon professionalism under the pressure of politics, polarization and careerism, one pillar of our Re...


To date, Biggs has asserted he is a retired lawyer. Eastman is being investigated by the California state bar and Guiliani has...


Military Law, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government


Clear and unmistakable error is not defined in the statute, and efforts to parse the legislative intent have muddied the alrea...


U.S. Supreme Court, Education Law, Civil Rights


The Supreme Court decided Carson v. Makin (20-1088) yesterday, holding Maine violated parents' Free Exercise rights by excludi...


Labor/Employment


Some of my colleagues from the plaintiff’s bar have been quick to point out a potential silver lining in the outcome. I think ...


Insurance, Data Privacy


Three recent cases have affirmed coverage where a vendor has been impersonated and as a result the company sustained a loss.


U.S. Supreme Court, Government


Ginni is not a justice, of course, but this saga presents a test for the Supreme Court. Do these ceaseless revelations spur Ch...


U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court



U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law



Law Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


My criminal practice causes me to appear in court almost every day. Those experiences have led me to believe that judges and l...


While this is being touted as a major victory for employers. It is not that. The Court makes clear that the State may deputize...


The challenge now is one of stemming the tide and reversing the growing public perception that SCOTUS no longer commands respe...


The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted a slate of new disclosure rules special purpose acquisition compan...


Technology, International Law


Jurisdictions are substantially consistent that current patent laws allow only natural persons as inventors. However, no juris...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Civil Rights


Egbert is disheartening because the court returns to its peculiar tradition of selectively shaving and trimming rights and rem...


Through the mediation of e-discovery issues, litigants can help address outsized litigation costs, curtail the time and costs ...


Litigation & Arbitration, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


In our view, it is a mistake bordering on malpractice for the respondent's counsel to put off the opening statement.


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Dressed to deceive

Jun. 7, 2022

Dressing a client to mislead a jury? It’s time to call it what it is - rank deception - and somehow put some limits on it.


Law Practice, Civil Litigation


The 4th District affirming the agreement between San Diego and private lawyers may encourage more public-private partnerships ...


Administrative/Regulatory


These decisions will likely bring most SEC administrative proceedings to a screeching halt, at least in the Fifth Circuit.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


A “non-exam pathway” would undoubtedly allow many students to obtain licensure who are not minimally competent. Internship pro...


Judges and Judiciary, Government


To combat misconceptions about our courts and return the public’s trust in the judiciary, it is essential for the entire legal...


To my ear the tone was tinged with derision. I tried to shrink my slight, elderly frame into the grain of my big leather chair...


Law Practice



Technology, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law


The public debate around free expression and censorship ramped up when COVID skeptics, election deniers and conspiracy theoris...


Technology, Law Practice


Keeping up with changes in the law practice, including law tech’s benefits and risks, makes good business sense.


Law Practice, Family, Appellate Practice


Before we can talk about custody issues regarding transgender children, we must understand the important and complicated conce...


Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions


The volatile capital markets make M&A a more likely path for companies who are unable to raise capital or execute other ty...


Technology, Government, Civil Litigation


While other automakers have had lawyers draw up dreamy names to call attention to the fact that the car won’t drive itself, Te...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


How should the leak figure into law school teaching? Perhaps this dramatic departure from accepted norms presents an important...