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Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court

“The only constant is change.” Heraclitus may have been talking about life. But he might as well have been talking about the c...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law

People clamored onto the courthouse steps in the case of the baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s nuptials — o...



Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights, Criminal, Government

The Los Angeles public defender has the potential to be the most influential public defender in the nation — and the office mu...


Administrative/Regulatory, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

The use of drones spurs reassessment of time-honored privacy concerns.



State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary

The Golden State should reform unnecessary, out-of-date and overly protectionist bar admission policies in federal district co...


Intellectual Property

The ruling is the first to hold an internet service provider liable for copyright infringement by its customers, making it a c...



Judges and Judiciary, Letters

Judges are required to be fair, neutral and impartial and to be perceived as such at all times.


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

Suffice it to say, when addressing Siri, I did not use the four-letter word, the first letter of which appears toward the last...



A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...


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

The Constitution protects an adult’s personal decision to engage in intimate, sexual activity with another adult, whether the ...



Securities, Administrative/Regulatory, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

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

With the appointments of Scott Pruitt (administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency), Ryan Zinke (secretary of the Int...



Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate, Labor/Employment, Government

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, Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary

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 Rights, Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary

Current court rules are vague and flimsy. It is time for the Judicial Council to flex its rulemaking muscles and protect vulne...


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court

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

Ninth Circuit and the Department of Labor clarify when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and other employment benefits. ...


Books, Law Practice

Jack Walker's powerful, insightful and moving "Eye Corps: Coming of Age at the DMZ," details his experiences as a recon patr...



Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights

High school journalism has been losing ground since the 1970s due to education budget cuts -- and rulings of the U.S. Supreme ...


Administrative/Regulatory

The Federal Communications Commission defied the facts, flouted the law, and ignored the will of millions of Americans when it...



U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court, Criminal

People v. Buza provides an opportunity to ensure that fewer people in the state are convicted of crimes they did not commit an...


Tax, Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

Here, we have tried to provide an early and high-level overview of federal income tax issues with which California attorneys s...



Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal

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

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

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

Can court outreach inspire the public to dialogue with opposing factions on contentious social issues? It did just that with a...



Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court, Appellate Practice

Although the courts' hesitancy to give guidance for future cases seems maddening at first blush, there is some method to that ...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory

As Los Angeles County's first cannabis management officer, it is my job to implement the cannabis regulatory policies of the L...



Real Estate/Development

California is a leader in promoting alternative energy sources, including the use of solar power in connection with residences...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of California's "mandatory mediation and conciliation" p...