What do the American Bible Society, Consumer Reports, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Sierra Club have in common? All of them use ...

The judicial career of the recently-passed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Philip Saeta is one that deserves more than...

Consider to what extent an incident, a moment in our past, is significant within the endless chain of what we think is cause a...

Americans, especially Californians, celebrate meritocracy, the idea that what what we do matters more than where we are from. ...

At the end of each year, for the past seven years, I have counted the number and type of motions that were decided in Departme...

2019 was notable for the number of white-collar criminal matters that broke into the public consciousness, whether it was the ...

In the almost two decades since 9/11, our nation has slowly started to restore the balance among the three branches of governm...

Recognizing the sea change in information technology in the 21st century, Congress is finally beginning to consider in earnest...

Legal profession surveys consistently show a persistent, systemic inclusivity problem: at 70% male and 88% white it is one of ...

As 2019 drew to a close, the National Labor Relations Board issued a number of notable National Labor Relations Act decisions,...

One leap forward and two missed steps

More than 43,000 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are living under the protection of California courts....

Two new laws restricting the creation and distribution of so-called “deepfake” videos – Assembly Bills 602 and 730 – will beco...

The law isn’t doing the job. The #MeToo Movement hasn’t made a difference. What about the movies?

New Year’s opening: no resolutions. At my age, it’s too late. And no clichés about it never being too late.

With the new year quickly approaching, now is a good time to reflect on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ significant cas...

Hurricane Harvey. Words that struck fear into many Texans a couple of years ago. The pain still lingers — as does the litigati...

The new laws, most of which take effect Jan. 1, 2020, cover a wide area from wage and hour and work classification to hairstyl...

Finding efficient solutions for high profile clients

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the federal Fair Housing Act with the goal to “guarantee a basic American ...

In October 2017, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 235, which amended Elections Code Section 13107 to call for the ...

A veteran’s access to a lawyer can mean the difference between living under a roof or under a bridge

A recent case has deepened a split of authority in dependency law. The split concerns one of the most frequently litigated gro...

Two high-profile cases have highlighted certain aspects of music copyright infringement litigation which have become quite con...

This, my December column occurs in the month when many readers may be vacationing, a perfect time to let it all “hang out” and...

“This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.” We have all heard this statement when we are on the phone with pr...

Whatever it takes

A new day has dawned with the California Supreme Court’s approval of new Rule 3.3, Candor Toward the Tribunal, last November. ...

Because 150 people became homeless every day, homelessness rose by 12% last year. We will never end homelessness if we only he...