Letters, Judges and Judiciary
What’s missing from the Nassar discussion
Judges are required to be fair, neutral and impartial and to be perceived as such at all times.
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Big Sisters are listening
Suffice it to say, when addressing Siri, I did not use the four-letter word, the first letter of which appears toward the last...
Civil Rights
Marriage case will require balancing of rights
A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sex work ruling isn’t the end of the line
The Constitution protects an adult’s personal decision to engage in intimate, sexual activity with another adult, whether the ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory, Securities
SEC ALJs and the accumulation of power
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Securities and Exchange Commission's use of administrative law judges violates ...
California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory, Year in Review Column, U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Cases provide insight into shifting environmental policy
With the appointments of Scott Pruitt (administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency), Ryan Zinke (secretary of the Int...
Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment, Government, Corporate
The New Parent Leave Act expands access to 12 weeks of job-protected baby bonding leave to qualifying workers who work for emp...
Year in Review Column, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
New law is driving down motions
The Legislature enacted of Code of Civil Procedure Section 430.41 in 2016, and earlier this month a new set of changes took ef...
Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights
Access to justice for the disabled
Current court rules are vague and flimsy. It is time for the Judicial Council to flex its rulemaking muscles and protect vulne...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Why leave Mississippi's discrimination law in place?
When a new pope is selected by the assemblage of cardinals at the Vatican, the papal conclave releases white smoke into the sk...
Labor/Employment
Are Student Interns Employees?
Ninth Circuit and the Department of Labor clarify when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and other employment benefits. ...
Jack Walker's powerful, insightful and moving "Eye Corps: Coming of Age at the DMZ," details his experiences as a recon patr...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
When the high court handcuffed student journalists
High school journalism has been losing ground since the 1970s due to education budget cuts -- and rulings of the U.S. Supreme ...
The Federal Communications Commission defied the facts, flouted the law, and ignored the will of millions of Americans when it...
California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
Justices should uphold DNA collection law
People v. Buza provides an opportunity to ensure that fewer people in the state are convicted of crimes they did not commit an...
Corporate, Tax, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Attorneys: Get up to speed on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Here, we have tried to provide an early and high-level overview of federal income tax issues with which California attorneys s...
Two weeks ago, body camera footage of the police killing of Daniel Shaver flooded news outlets across the country, along with ...
California Courts of Appeal, Contracts, Appellate Practice
Beware boilerplate settlement agreement language
A cautionary tale on the perils of "plugging in" those standard settlement terms when more careful drafting is warranted.
California Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Justices should uphold state Reproductive FACT Act
Imagine that you're one of the more than 350,000 women in California who becomes unexpectedly pregnant every year. Maybe you f...
Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights
Leading us out of the cultural divide
Can court outreach inspire the public to dialogue with opposing factions on contentious social issues? It did just that with a...
Appellate Practice, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
How do you spell ‘G-U-I-D-A-N-C-E’?
Although the courts' hesitancy to give guidance for future cases seems maddening at first blush, there is some method to that ...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Regulators: approach cannabis with caution, not puns
As Los Angeles County's first cannabis management officer, it is my job to implement the cannabis regulatory policies of the L...
Real Estate
Residential Solar Rights
California is a leader in promoting alternative energy sources, including the use of solar power in connection with residences...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of California's "mandatory mediation and conciliation" p...
As fires consumed the outskirts of the Los Angeles basin fueled by strong Santa Anas, religious fervor heated up Tuesday morni...
Last month, Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors, issued a harsh criticism of Tesla, stating that its fixed costs ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Fighting housing discrimination in Orange County
In 1962, Dorothy and Lincoln Mulkey were living and working in Santa Ana in pursuit of the American Dream.
His extraordinary legal career and life in the service of others reflected the great courage with which he served as a United ...
Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary
To doubt or not to doubt
Perfectly acceptable words can become detestable through overuse and misuse. "Incredibly" and "iconic" vie for first place on ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Year in Review Column
Supreme Court shook up patent venue in 2017
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that venue in patent cases based on where a corporation "resides" is limi...