An appellate court held that California labor laws applied to crew members on a boat that docked at a California port and prov...

Since the goal is to present your case in a complete and helpful way, and ultimately to persuade the appellate court to agree ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision continues an important yet overlooked trend at the court since the early 1990s: broad agr...

Antitrust law is back in the spotlight.

Essentials during an emergency: Gasoline? Check. Groceries? Check. Medicine? Check. $32 restaurant prepared barbecue ribs? …Ch...

Article V should be amended by reducing the state ratification threshold from three-fourths to two-thirds. This would make the...

Jeffrey Clayton’s Dec. 22 column, “Gascón lacks authority to end cash bail,” grossly misinterpreted District Attorney George G...

A recent appellate opinion held that a qui tam action involving the California Insurance Fraud Protection Act to combat insura...

For or complex discovery issues, reference to a discovery referee can help expedite the trial process.

Despite statutory limitations, over the decades the California Coastal Commission’s mission and jurisdiction have steadily met...

Take time to recognize and honor the different identities on your team

Time will tell whether the divided approach in the Google antitrust cases will work.

The gist: “The Court of Appeal is not an appropriate forum to peddle far-fetched conspiracy theories, laced with sexism and ho...

A recent case emphasizes the importance of proper drafting of arbitration clauses in order to ensure the likelihood an arbitra...

A recent appellate ruling clarifies that product manufacturers can escape liability simply because their defective products ar...

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, California took swift action to protect workers and the public.

Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is clearly a man on a mission to create new laws, whether the...

County prosecutors are embracing the obsoletion of misdemeanors as a remedy for an overburdened criminal justice system, relyi...

The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2, gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses again...

Heated debate continues relentlessly regarding the U.S. Constitution and the meaning of this venerated document. One innovativ...

A Trump-appointed jurist said it most resonantly. Rejecting one of the 60 or so Republican lawsuits challenging the 2020 presi...

The recent antitrust cases against the social media giant signal new approach to antitrust enforcement

The U.S. Supreme Court left open one key question in its recent Seila Law decision: whether past actions taken by the CFPB und...

As the internet ever-increasingly becomes the default medium for advertising and commerce, businesses are pushing the boundari...

Important but little noticed changes to the California Family Rights Act become effective Jan. 1, and employers must be up to ...

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato.

This article compares Title IX investigations in recent cases at both universities and discuss the lessons learned.

With the end of the year nearing, investors must quickly yet carefully consider last minute tax planning strategies.

In 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division achieved what Director Stephanie Avakian described as “...