While historically the issue of noncompete enforcement has been left to the states, the last year has seen the U.S. Department...

Many of my white friends have called to express their disgust at what they are seeing and to see how I am doing. Often the con...

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders swept through the United States in a matter of days, and resulted in e...

A recent opinion should serve as a warning to cities and counties that development agreements are meant to provide protection ...

In the first published appellate court decision on the issue, the California Court of Appeal laid out a path for enforceable u...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed California local governments a major victory in what is likely the most ...

Although it certainly should not be the primary consideration, minimizing risk from potential lawsuits needs to be an importan...

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California serves as a helpful reminder of the imp...

A recent Court of Appeal decision demonstrates once again that an unusual statute prohibiting judicial reformations of power o...

There is no question that the first year of practicing law is meant to be challenging, but nothing could have warned the class...

The COVID-19 global pandemic is something of a perfect storm for those with a history of mental health and substance abuse pro...

Twenty-eight years ago, I was a new attorney practicing criminal defense law. I took court appointed cases. In the wake of the...

The Pentagon has already issued COVID-19 guidance, and then reversed itself. Before further COVID-19 policies are formulated, ...

In creating a drawing, the artist needs to consider whether she wants it to be obscure and abstract or crisp, marked by fine, ...

This is the first in a two-part series of articles addressing how today’s work-from-home world has changed how data is created...

The House has passed a bill to expand Payment Protection Program, or PPP, loans in key ways. The Senate has its own version un...

We are all engaged in a great struggle. Pandemic or not, this is the nature of our journey. Throughout our negotiations, we se...

Politicians from both political parties have floated various proposals for limiting or eliminating CDA immunity. If those effo...

California Assembly Bill 2501 would provide needed relief to consumers with mortgage and automobile debt. AB 2501 would halt a...

We have a choice. To stay silent. To yell. To destroy. To blame. To not see. To not hear. Or — like Gandhi, King, Mandela, Ken...

So-called “environmental, social and governance,” or ESG, disclosures may soon become a topic for an increasing number of comp...

The COVID-19 pandemic finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week. Unfortunately, it got there with a case, South Bay Uni...

This month, the California Fish and Game Commission will be evaluating whether to advance a petition to list the western Joshu...

On Monday, in a 5-4 decision issued, the Supreme Court made it a whole lot more difficult for retirement plan participants to ...

During the pandemic, California has experienced a perfect storm that might unleash waves of employment litigation.

Construction specifications generally come in two flavors: “design” specifications and “performance” specifications. Design sp...

Although the qualified immunity doctrine properly protects government officials for innocent mistakes, the doctrine is easily ...

Intellectual property and the exclusivity it provides its owners is a valuable tool for cannabis businesses, allowing them to...

Little is known about the process by which pre-IPO companies select independent, outside board members — directors unaffiliate...

A recent report by the Copyright Office includes a series of recommendations on how to reallocate rights and risks in ways som...