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U.S. Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


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


Data Privacy, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Technology


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


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court


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


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


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


Unfortunately, in recent months a Big Lie about the California Environmental Quality Act has been popping up around California...


Government


Think outside the prison

Nov. 12, 2021

The largest U.S. infrastructure-focused budget should include investment in dedicated inpatient facilities for mentally ill an...


To paraphrase “Hamlet,” “Separated, or not separated — that is the question” The date of separation is legally the date of the...


The bill embodies a new, more just approach in which government initiates and completes the process for reducing, dismissing, ...


Congress recently floated a proposal to halve the estate and gift tax exclusion, effective January 1. As of this writing, this...


Beginning next year, a new state securities law will significantly reduce the out-of-pocket cost of raising up to $300,000 in ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters, Law Practice


Danny Abir’s recent column unfairly characterizes an organization and individuals with a proven record in expanding access to ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


As Americans question the capacity of their institutions to serve them effectively and people around the world voice doubts ab...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters, Law Practice


I initially had no interest in accepting the Daily Journal’s request to its subscribers to submit articles either in support o...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice


The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System’s pursuit of and support for new legal service models in variou...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal


If the pandemic has had any kind of benefit, it’s that it has raised awareness of the functions and dysfunctions of our courts...


Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation


The Washington Department of Ecology allows public employee union representatives to communicate with workers in the building’...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


A pair of 9th Circuit cases will examine what the Constitution requires Congress to do when confronted with the present-day ef...


Law Practice


As wide-ranging as the practice of law is, so too is the range of potential legal malpractice claims. But, at their core, many...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


You’ve been arrested and charged with a crime. You’ve been denied pretrial release, and you don’t have the money for bail. So ...


Insurance, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Three recent 9th Circuit rulings held that business income and extra expense losses incurred following business closures order...


Criminal, Civil Rights


There are many ways to answer the question of whether the drug wars are racist, and all of them are “yes.” In California, spec...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


My warranty is up

Oct. 5, 2021

I am optimistic that Supreme Court justices who read this column will take my advice and write shorter opinions.


Mexican-Americans faced horrifying discrimination in this country. In her book “All For One & One For All,” author Amy Wat...


A court reporter’s gavel-to-gavel account of a four-month Zoom trial during COVID


Corporate, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


A recent appellate court opinion that is now certified for publication resolves some open questions about how membership inte...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Family, Constitutional Law


The national debate over vaccines for adults and minors is not a novel debate for the law. Court decisions on regulations rega...


Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy


After agreeing to settle some 2,600 separate lawsuits over the company’s involvement in fostering the nation’s opioid crisis, ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


The burden of overwhelming debt is hurting many new graduates — including lawyers — and that affects the American economy. You...


Discover some effective terms for seeking and obtaining indemnification that protect both parties and reduce the likelihood of...


Decades of underbuilding, largely due to red tape imposed by prohibitive land use laws, has pushed California into a housing c...