COVID-19 has not stopped judicial outreach programs. But it will change them. Judicial outreach will emerge stronger and bette...

Defining “medical necessity” in the context of medical and surgical benefits has already been a challenge for health care, and...

As summer turns to fall, movie and TV production is just beginning to gear up in the face of a pandemic that is showing little...

Neither the courts nor federal agencies have addressed whether an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination requirement is lawful...

Businesses and investors can get ahead by embracing the changes that are here to stay.

Parties use a judge pro tem to ensure a decision maker is knowledgeable in the law applicable to the dispute as well as having...

Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to impose notice, record keeping and safety obligations on employers in Ca...

The COVID-19 edition of the 2020 NCAA college football season is unlike any of the previous 150 seasons.

In 2018, 55% of Californians at all income levels experienced at least one civil legal problem in their household, yet nearly ...

The “diploma privilege” boils down to full faith and credit access to justice for “Us” and no faith and credit for “Them,” mea...

President Trump issued an executive memorandum last month to allow payroll tax deferral for employees in response to the ongoi...

Upon learning that my client and I were going to be part of the first post-pandemic jury trial in San Francisco, I was nervous...

Mallika speaks to a critical race theorist and feminist legal scholar about challenging homogeneity of the profession and acad...

It is no secret that in 1776, when the Founding Fathers wrote the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, “We the People” did not i...

In the military, Jackie Robinson took a stand within a racist system

President Donald Trump’s constant attacks on the judiciary are a violation of the separation of powers set out in the U.S. Con...

A just society holds people accountable for what they do; it does not punish them for what they look like or where they may ha...

The constitutional due process implications of giving prosecutors discretion to investigate and charge women for engaging in a...

Do all-risk business property insurance policies cover losses related to COVID-19? A recent decision out of the Western Distri...

While some have been enjoying the return of baseball, albeit without fans in the stands, the Oakland A’s are moving forward w...

It took 70 years of advocacy for the 19th Amendment to pass, and it has taken a hundred more for the Equal Rights Amendment to...

Ruling in Judd v. Weinstein will help address sexual harassment in non-employment, professional contexts

Supposedly, women have equal employment opportunities within our nation’s armed forces. But to avail themselves of those oppor...

Neil Young recently filed a lawsuit against Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. for copyright infringement over use of his son...

When the system erred, it consistently showed that Black defendants were predicted to be higher risk, while white defendants w...

I had dinner the other evening with the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus. I remarked that Justice Ming Chin was retiring from...

Four U.S. Supreme Court cases from last term, coupled with the news that the Catholic Church received $1.4 billion in COVID-19...

Here are some pointers on how to avoid putting a foot in your mouth when the judge says, “Cross-examination, please.”

On July 8, the Supreme Court issued a blow to the ongoing fight for birth control access. The case in question involved a rule...

In part overshadowed by fears of COVID-19, the homelessness situation in Los Angeles and beyond is far from easing up. Once t...