I’d like to think Judge Romero was my friend. When I thought about applying to the bench, his was the first advice I sought. H...
U.S. Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law
The soft death knell of Roe
Today, perhaps more than any other day, we mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"Be the Jury" pilot program can help diversify juries.
Training programs, like a mandatory training on limited conservatorships conducted last week by the Los Angeles County Bar Ass...
If trends continue, California could lose Colorado River water supply.
As COVID-19 forces counsel to make remote court appearances, an inadvertent casualty of the pandemic is that some attorneys ar...
As we face the most challenging public health crisis of our lifetime, we should not forget how that crisis interacts with and ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Legal Education, Law Practice
Q&A with Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School
The revered professor has been for 40 years one of the nation's preeminent constitutional scholars. He's known as a great teac...
In a groundbreaking lawsuit, the Mexican government filed suit against eight American gun manufacturers, accusing them of bein...
Only days after admitting it needed Congress to help extend the eviction moratorium, the Biden administration went and did it ...
If California is proud of its position as the nation’s progressive bastion, it is absurd that it lets its residents go bankrup...
Titles can be misleading... even my own
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
While technology gurus have praised Tesla’s autopilot feature, the feature has put Tesla in uncharted legal territory. A recen...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Our nation and our people are strongly but fairly evenly divided. Both sides claim the high ground. Too many of us irrationall...
A five-justice majority of the California Supreme Court recently held that appellate courts owed no deference to a trial court...
Civil Rights, California Supreme Court
It is time to approach the officials with ultimate responsibility over legal ethics and the delivery of competent legal servic...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government
In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, a six-justice U.S. Supreme Court majority sent a message to the country: If you...
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld your constitutional right to privacy of association. On July 1, in a 6-3 opinion in American...
According to data from the last Homeless Count in 2020, the city will have to house more than 66,000 people. Now it’s time to ...
Just think if James Joyce were writing his magnum opus “Finnegans Wake” today on a computer, auto correct would drive him over...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government
There has been much buzz about the surprising loquaciousness of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a statement regarding...
Law Practice, Civil Rights
The pop singer’s conservatorship case is a perfect example of why laws that “protect” the right to counsel have too many looph...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
In Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, the Supreme Court spoke with one voice. Knick v. Township of Scott means what i...
Military Law, Law Practice
Hats off to Public Counsel's Amanda Pertusati and Paul Hastings' Andy LeGolvan
Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
The majority opinion encourages Congress to amend Section 230 to legally mandate that platforms adopt automated content filter...
Unfortunately, the pop star’s experience is a common one for people with developmental disabilities or mental illness, whose f...
A win in a class action is a win for many. It is not only the members of the class action who are directly part of the settlem...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Every lawyer knows that filing a complaint in court is only the beginning of the litigation process. Like the opening kickoff ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Family, Criminal
People living with HIV or AIDS must decide whether, how and when to disclose their positive status. In many states, different ...
Government, Constitutional Law
While Georgia, Texas and a plethora of other states look to undermine voting rights and further disenfranchise voters, right h...