Evidence, California Supreme Court
Gray areas
The recent People v. Gray decision has the potential to significantly dilute the predictability that comes from the bri...
Securities, Corporate
2024 IPO outlook: Rise or fall of the unicorn?
The badge of unicorn requires more than just a lofty idea and a hint of innovation, it demands revenue numbers that can be tra...
Evidence, Constitutional Law
In the free-speech zones
The issue in Camenzind v. California Exposition & State Fair was "whether, under either the First Amendment or the ...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Unmoved by the employers’ argument that its holding would rob courts of their “full toolbox” to ensure judicial economy, the C...
Criminal
Penal Code Section 654
How to determine whether multiple counts arise from a single act and from an individual course of conduct, the applicability o...
Government
With the passage of AB 2773, advocates argue that the new law will help protect citizens who are disproportionately impacted b...
Civil Rights
The womb on trial
The significance of laws banning abortions even in the cases of rape or incest cannot be understated – these laws put women an...
Law Practice
Eppur si muove
It takes courage to settle cases. Often parties must change course after confronting uncomfortable facts which differ from wha...
Law Practice
Unless counties invest in creating healthy and vibrant well-funded public defender offices, caseloads balloon and defenders le...
A public institution as large as the Los Angeles County Superior Court includes tremendous responsibilities, and needed an A-G...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
998 offers to compromise breed confusion
For a law intended to facilitate settlement of disputes, Section 998 has fostered more than its share of perplexity among prac...
Criminal
Human trafficking is happening in places you might not expect and what the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice is doing to ...
Insurance
Recent cases affirm a duty to defend, and insurance coverage, even for economic losses without allegations of bodily injury.
Entertainment & Sports
When conducting an investigation that has attracted media publicity, an investigator should be mindful of how that publicity c...
Civil Litigation
Individual case inventories increased because few cases were ready for trial in the first two years of the pandemic, and settl...
Government
Private prisons in America: punishment for profit
Because of the way contracts are constructed between private prisons and the government, private prisons depend on being at fu...
Constitutional Law
Is Donald Trump disqualified from being president?
It is tempting to be dismissive and speculate that the conservative Roberts Court, with three justices appointed by Trump, wou...
Labor/Employment, Environmental & Energy, Corporate
With increased green marketing claims comes greater scrutiny, which courts are taking seriously.
Technology
Tesla recalls: Too little, too late?
Whether because of the lawsuit or for some other reason, Tesla has now recalled just about every car it ever built. Despite th...
Corporate
Managing ESG litigation risk for companies
ESG-related litigation can take many forms, but there are clear guidelines for companies seeking to mitigate against the risk ...
Health Care & Hospital Law
As care providers prepare to engage in statewide health information exchange in 2024 under the California Data Exchange Frame...
Labor/Employment
For whom the statute tolls
The statutory filing deadlines for Fair Employment and Housing Act discrimination claims to the California Civil Rights Depart...
Family
Seventeen questions and answers about Family Code Section 6309 – the new law permitting (and limiting) discovery in domestic v...
Judges and Judiciary
Stuff happens
When I write or speak about Herb Morris, I use the present tense because his presence is palpable. His influence in many disci...
Securities
A new day? A 2024 U.S. private equity outlook
The Fed is poised to reduce interest rates, which should stoke deal activity both by calming deal makers’ nerves and by openin...
Criminal
Judges and Judiciary
Memorable court moments
Memorable court moments don’t occur too often, but they do make for great courtroom war stories.
Intellectual Property, Government
Sino-US scientific cooperation needs to continue
Claims of intellectual property theft, though a problem, are exaggerated and pose a threat to the extension of the U.S.-China ...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
From current time-rounding practices to whether public entities are exempt from certain Labor Code obligations, 2024 promises ...
Environmental & Energy
Recent petitions provide the U.S. Supreme Court a rare opportunity to resolve a conflict between presidential monument designa...