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Entertainment & Sports

The NCAA is at risk of losing its power and relevance, unless it can reform its rules and governance, and address the emerging...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Safeguarding client secrets: Considerations for attorneys traveling abroad

May 9, 2024
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

The ABA has urged the Department of Homeland Security to modify and clarify the directives for border searches of lawyers’ dev...



Labor/Employment

Employers should conduct a thorough and fair investigation when they receive or observe a workplace complaint, which involves ...


Torts/Personal Injury

Pedestrian fatalities have spiked. Who’s to blame?

May 9, 2024
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. Wilkinson

California has one of the highest rates of pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents in the US, with over 1,100 pedestrians killed an...



Recent climate disclosure regulations can be a catalyst for business transformation, as companies can use sustainability data ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate

The DOJ's immunity program may undermine the effectiveness of internal compliance and reporting mechanisms in corporations, as...



Civil Litigation

California courts have seen a surge in filings for childhood sexual abuse cases due to the legislature's decision to extend th...


Judges and Judiciary

Who’s in chambers: Law clerk diversity

May 7, 2024
By Benjamin G. Shatz

Appellate lawyers should have a heightened interest in who works behind the scenes in appellate chambers, as they can have a m...



Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

Delaware needs to fix a broken dispute resolution process affecting Delaware-governed contracts, particularly M&A agreemen...


Construction, Torts/Personal Injury

A recent appellate case highlights the importance of avoiding turning a blind eye to the use of equipment by subcontractors, a...



The recent bill to ban TikTok in the United States highlights the country's complacency and overconfidence, potentially underm...


Law Practice

I didn’t do it

May 6, 2024
By Arthur Gilbert

Judicial opinions should be clear, comprehensible, and authentic. Otherwise, opinions should take a TV drug commercial approac...



Legal Education

Teaching Abroad Part II: The Play

May 6, 2024
By Myron Moskovitz

Examining a foreign judicial system can help us question our assumptions and goals, and there is no simple answer to which sys...


Labor/Employment

The California Supreme Court recently clarified which hours are compensable for employees ...



Constitutional Law, Government

The ruling could have broader implications for future state legislation that attempts to supersede charter cities’ authority o...


Data Privacy

Businesses beware – privacy plaintiffs are looking at you, too

May 6, 2024
By Eric Bakewell, Susan Rohol

Plaintiffs have filed a wave of privacy complaints against website owners, alleging violations of the California Invasion of P...



After being struck by a cargo ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, many people blamed diversity, equity, and i...


The Gunther case expressly declined to follow an earlier decision in the Fourth District, ...



The Supreme Court will decide whether 18 U.S.C. 666 only criminalizes quid pro quo bribery or also covers gratuities, such as ...


Employers may need to review and document their transfer policies more carefully and be prepared to face challenges and damage...



Agencies must decide whether to disclose records that do not clearly fall into the categories of mandated disclosure and shoul...


Real Estate/Development

Where is the distress, deals, and disputes in commercial real estate?

May 3, 2024
By David Wald, Anne Redcross Beehler

If the economy slows and consumers stop spending, underlying CRE demand will decline, and a great many legal disputes will fol...



Military Law

The Korean American Valor Act

May 2, 2024
By Eileen C. Moore

Under the statute, Koreans who fought in Vietnam to support the United States are eligible for health care at the VA.


The New York Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded Harvey Weinstein’s convictions for the rapes of two women, citing viol...



Family

For want of a nail: In re Marriage of Lietz

May 2, 2024
By Scott M. Gordon

The court in Lietz clarified that the holding of Sanchez, which was a criminal case, applies to civil cases, including ...


Government

What in the world is municipal disincorporation?

May 2, 2024
By James R. Bozajian

Bayshore City, which was founded for legalized dog racing and collapsed when it was outlawed, was disincorporated in 1940. Ver...



California Courts of Appeal, Intellectual Property

In a case of first impression, the California Court of Appeal decided a novel issue related to the type of damages that are re...


The Federal Circuit Court of Appeal has issued a significant ruling in Luv n’ Care, Ltd. v. Laurain, which clarifies that indi...



Constitutional Law, Education Law

The American Bar Association has passed a measure allowing law schools to restrict expression that violates the law, defames i...


Section 1031 of the tax code, which allows for like-kind exchanges of property, does not apply to cryptocurrency. Therefore, s...