A few weeks ago in the California Court of Appeal, Arthur Lange tried to get the benefit of the exclusionary rule. As defendan...

This is the story of a California couple caught in the cross-hairs of environmental bureaucracy bent on revenge for the crime ...

While the U.S. government has made some recognition of its of policy regarding China, it’s important to ask whether corporate ...

I cannot say I was surprised when I read a complaint filed last July in Connecticut federal district court on behalf of Black ...

In a recent decision, the California Supreme Court rejected a line of cases that required plaintiff-employees to satisfy the t...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission to decide whether fe...

Californians often take for granted that our consumer protections are muscular and new chemical dangers are addressed with an ...

From public service to big business

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s effort to turn the Occupational Safety and Health Admi...

Practitioners representing survivors of sexual abuse sue the State of the Vatican City (i.e., Holy See) because they argue tha...

Last week, the Central District of California announced the suspension of civil and criminal jury trials.

What appellate courts have said about Penal Code Section 1170.91

Will try to be optimistic about the future. Sorry, I can only try. But I can be certain about a resolution that is an acknowle...

A victim of domestic violence is expected to speak to dozens of players up and down the chain of our various legal systems, fr...

When I speak with other managing and supervising partners at plaintiffs' firms across California about this need to soldier on...

As 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to report on what the Los Angeles County Superior Court has been able to do this year and p...

Should racial preferences in university admissions be legal? The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to revisit that hotly d...

Despite having knowledge of major deficiencies with every part of the probate conservatorship system, Chief Justice Tani Canti...

Where the Legislature is silent about retroactivity, courts presume that the new statute will apply to all defendants whose ca...

District Judge Roger T. Benitez applied the Supreme Court’s Heller test, holding that California’s ban was unconstitutional (a...

On December 1, the Supreme Court’s engagement on the topic of abortion was much more public and formal. A nearly two-hour-long...

To argue that prohibiting states from restricting pre-viability abortions allows the Supreme Court to avoid the philosophical ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like bias / Everywhere you go / Take a look at Cal and the feds, not listening once again / Just ...

Along the California coast, we have a case where the rhetoric of property and liberty have met the reality of the California C...

Houses of worship must be kept safe, secure and welcoming for all members and visitors. And we must come together to stand in ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a “Strategic Roadmap” that sets forth the agency’s comprehensive plan...

The majority of federal district courts -- including those in California -- have enacted local rules requiring admission to th...

The federal appellate court recently issued an important ruling that helps clear the way for accountability for the private co...

For several decades now, the federal and California courts have been debating -- blessedly, not to the point of fisticuffs -- ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 29 agreed to review a 9th Circuit decision that broadly construed the right of individuals t...