During the 2016 presidential campaign, there was plenty of talk about estate taxes — death taxes to use a common pejorative te...

Consider the following hypothetical: A successful, charismatic businessman attends an out-of-town conference with his female a...

Data privacy law is quickly becoming the hottest legal issue of the 2020s. Over the previous decade — amid the rapid growth of...

Every person who served in the United States' armed forces is not a "veteran," under the law. Instead, Congress gave the Depar...

In an Oct. 26 column “A dangerous policy of inaction in domestic violence cases,” Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney ...

The Fourth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures, including the excessive use of force by ...

A recent research study carefully examined the growth in the laws over a 25-year period. This alone provides important and fas...

Since 2008 when she was involuntarily placed into a probate conservatorship in California, she has not been able to control he...

As more and more workers are required or encouraged to work from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the consideration ...

A recent Federal Circuit ruling has potentially far-reaching impacts in cases involving allegations of induced infringement.

With flu season approaching and the COVID-19 pandemic enduring, there is extreme concern about the possibility of getting sick...

The latest instance involves Goldman Sachs, which is paying about $2.9 billion to settle its role in the 1MDB scandal.

Whether you live in a city, a suburb, or out in the country, you have probably seen a “private property” or “no trespassing” s...

A recent decision confirms that the duty to defend is immediate and, as can be surmised from the Crawford decision although it...

The Double-O designation gives Bond a license to kill, but when lawyers misuse it, they’re merely abusing their license to ill.

This year, the commission considered amendments to six rules — Rule 115 (Notice of Tentative Public Admonishment); Rule 116 (P...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided to hear a pair of important 9th Circuit cases that seek to enjoin President Donald Tru...

Last month, the Eastern District of California granted a preliminary injunction against the state of California regarding Pena...

Five years into California implementing the most sweeping change to state water law in a century, the first lawsuits are hitti...

Arthur Gilbert and I have some things in common: we both have two first names — only mine, Gilbert Arthur, sounds literary. An...

When I receive an appellant’s opening brief or respondent’s brief from my opponent, I print it out. Then I close my eyes and h...

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement and proposed rule clarifying the types of evidence that the...

In a recent ruling, the 3rd District Court of Appeal considered whether Code of Civil Procedure Section 529 requires parties g...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been peppered with questions about whether he will “pack the court” by adding ...

There is an ongoing need to contend with differences between what the law states and what morality proffers. This is going to ...

Legal settlements are usually taxed as income, and they are usually ordinary. That is the IRS default position. But the IRS is...

Speak to a risk management specialist in just about any industry, and they will tell you one of the best tools to prevent clai...

Approximately 31% of workers switched from working onsite to working at their home offices by the first week of April. This ch...

This article considers where California law stands on broad advance conflict waivers in the wake of the California Supreme Cou...

On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom told the California Supreme Court that "racial discrimination infects the administration of Calif...