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Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Whether these changes ultimately bolster or hinder the Antitrust Division’s efforts to detect and prosecute criminal cartels r...


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary


The more the conservative movement turns its back on stare decisis, the more our entire system of governance becomes a struggl...


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal


The Chief Justice has failed in her constitutional and ethical duties to ensure the timely adjudication of appeals in the 3rd ...


Intellectual Property, Antitrust & Trade Reg.


Those seeking to cancel a trademark application in federal court should thus craft their allegations to establish a nexus betw...


Torts/Personal Injury, Health Care & Hospital Law


The truth is that insurance companies do not settle frivolous medical malpractice cases and will take them all the way to trial.


It remains to be seen when the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 will be finalized, including when businesses will be requ...


U.S. Supreme Court


Apparently these candidates for confirmation were so excited about the prospect of appointment to the highest court in the lan...



Law Practice, Government, Appellate Practice


The bad news is that word appears to be getting out slowly. Anecdotal evidence points to apartment dwellers receiving food was...


Stephen K. Tamura and his family were also interned in Poston, Arizona. Captain Tamura served in the 442nd. He was wounded in ...


Real Estate/Development, Bankruptcy


With fair market values climbing almost daily, no bankruptcy attorney could absolutely guarantee that there would not be unpro...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


In a stinging opinion, the Court of Appeals noted that letting the Court know you believe it is wrong, even forcefully, is acc...


In its ruling, the court recognized that while having a heterogenous board may be a valid goal, the Equal Protection Clause pr...


The Cassirer case will be remanded to the lower court, which will decide the heirs’ claims based on the property laws of Calif...


We should be embarrassed that the institution as a whole isn’t doing enough to maintain the public’s trust – at a time the Cou...


Torts/Personal Injury, California Courts of Appeal


The Court found there was no reason based on any special foreseeability concerns to depart from the usual duty to exercise rea...


With less than 5% of the Office’s 500 attorneys devoted to affirmative litigation, the next City Attorney is poised to dramati...


Legal Education, Law Practice, Appellate Practice


When that rule change goes into effect, it will terminate the use of passim in the nation’s highest court. But there is someth...


Litigation & Arbitration


Intelligence, of course, is power, which in the choosing of arbitrators, comes down to intelligence ethically obtained - espec...


Trump appointed fifty-four federal appellate judges in his four years in office, one short of the fifty-five nominated by form...


Litigation & Arbitration


The parties bargained for arbitration, and, in turn, a different set of rules.


State Bar & Bar Associations


It seems the audit is more likely to lead to agency bloat than improved efficiency.


Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government


The government got its project. In the process, private property was taken. After a trial, that property was valued, and the g...


Litigation & Arbitration, Environmental & Energy


Just last year, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a decision in Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases v. Los Angeles Count...


Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Appellate Practice


Going forward, courts will likely consider new circumstances, and given the exponential increase in volume of remote work, new...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


Fortunately, there are a few cases that have poked some holes in the liability barrier erected by Section 230 – thanks largely...


In order to obtain coverage for disgorgement settlements, policyholders need to overcome a series of hurdles.


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


When evaluating a trial court’s rulings for potential abuse of discretion, look not only for both unreasonable trial court rul...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice


The airwaves, billboards, and internet, are now flooded with legal advertising – one result of which is to generate tens of mi...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Appellate Practice


Despite Batson/Wheeler, Black jurors are the subject of peremptory challenges about 72% of the time. In contrast, White jurors...