State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters
In order to better serve the public, why doesn’t the State Bar turn its attention to partnering with the local bar association...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters
The statement that “everyone’s against it” is false. The State Bar staff report clearly states that 84% of the public support ...
Tax
New IRS guidelines to thwart unsubstantiated ERC claims
In response to unlicensed credit promoters failing to substantiate ERC claims, the IRS announced new guidelines for reviewing ...
Judges and Judiciary, Family
Guide to Family Court “Buzzwords” (Part 1)
The purpose of this guide is to provide an instant definition of most of the common terms and “buzzwords” heard in a Family La...
Insurance
Opportunities for insisting on independent counsel
Although the court's holding in Long v. Century Indemnity Co. had to do with whether Long's suit was subject to mandato...
Constitutional Law
Bump stocks, machine guns, and the rule of lenity
A brief submitted by the Pacific Legal Foundation focused on the “rule of lenity,” a doctrine that requires resolving ambiguit...
Letters, Family
The Emperor Has No Clothes (in family law)
A system of justice that adds years to the emotional injury of divorce litigation, where justice is delayed and fractured, whe...
Labor/Employment, Construction
Strategies for minimizing exposure under California Labor Code Sections 218.7 and 218.8.
California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court Review: October 2023
Two cases are pending before the California Supreme Court: One involving the learned intermediary doctrine; the other whether ...
Construction, Administrative/Regulatory
There are far too many cases in which the Contractor’s State License Board has wrongly failed to suspend related licenses, ins...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
For those interested in statistics, the median test taker’s score has declined by about one-third of a standard deviation. Whe...
Torts/Personal Injury
Why LA County’s talc litigation misses the mark
LA County’s talc litigation represents a colossal waste of taxpayer-funded time as public lawyers collaborate with private pla...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation preparation and negotiating strategies
“Sell” your case in the brief and impress the mediator with your grasp of the facts and law. Do not rehash obvious legal princ...
Tax, Labor/Employment
The credit’s popularity unwittingly resulted in an uptick of ERC scamming companies that persistently misinform taxpayers of t...
International Law, Family
A view from The Hague
Although The Hague Convention is not a topic we deal with every day, the core values of the Convention are topics that we deal...
Technology, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Human mediators have their own personal life experiences and in almost all cases, a successful outcome hinges on the parties f...
Intellectual Property, Consumer Law
E-commerce platform liability for trademark infringement
As online shopping continues to surge, nonparty e-commerce platforms can be held liable for helping merchants sell and adverti...
Ediscovery, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediating E-discovery can save time and money
While e-discovery mediation can take many different forms depending on the scale and complexity of the discovery dispute, ther...
Technology, Labor/Employment
Five ways AI will change the workplace of the future
Employers may see the trade-off as an opportunity to trim budgets by eliminating jobs that can be done faster and cheaper by A...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Chino Valley Unified School District’s policy and other similar ones target transgender and nonbinary students, in violation o...
State Bar & Bar Associations
The State Bar Board of Trustees recently approved and staff have submitted to the Supreme Court for its review several import...
Technology, Intellectual Property
The intersection of AI and trademarks may include rights holders seeking to select marks using machine- generated output, uses...
Judges and Judiciary
FACTS
It is redundant to refer to facts as true. It is illogical to refer to facts as false. If they are false, they are not facts. ...
Family
California considers custody of children as a matter of public policy. It is closely legislated and diligently enforced. As a ...
Labor/Employment
The new law requires virtually all employers to implement a workplace violence prevention plan by July 1, 2024, and expands th...
Torts/Personal Injury, Letters
Many trial lawyers did not see an end to fair and just jury verdicts. Instead, we realized that trial lawyers needed to stop r...
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure
Come fly with us – if it’s not moot
Voluntary cessation in No-Fly-List cases: Will the Supreme Court let a more lenient standard for the government fly?
U.S. Supreme Court, Admiralty/Maritime
The U.S. Supreme Court should seize the opportunity to adopt the Restatement with respect to maritime contracts.
Technology, Intellectual Property
The discourse surrounding generative artificial intelligence tools, including those that imitate celebrities’ vocals, has prim...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Part 3 – Money laundering and other illegal activity
There are steps you can take to proactively protect yourself from clients seeking to exploit you and your CTA for nefarious pu...