What Congress and the Small Business Association giveth, the IRS taketh away.

To mitigate the unprecedented financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, lenders are reviewing their existing loan portfolios...

In a case watched closely by environmental attorneys around the country, the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the EPA's authority...

While it’s not possible to cover all of the legal issues that nonprofits are currently facing in this one column, I’m focusing...

The California Supreme Court is conducting oral arguments by video conference during the pandemic. I argued two cases there on...

It is important that businesses enduring significant financial distress, even if the problems only arose as a result of fall-o...

The presiding judge for Los Angeles County Superior Court recently announced that a “ramp up” gradual resumption to business a...

On April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts may not review a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institu...

On Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos finally made good on her promise to codify procedures that will provide a “consi...

For many attorneys used to the daily routine of going into the office, the pandemic has had a jarring impact on both their pro...

My prior columns on this topic suggested that a commercial tenant who fails to pay the rent because the corona virus undermine...

Can you imagine if the text of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion had no citations at all? You actually don’t have to.

The always forward-thinking New York City Bar Association has urged adoption of a humanitarian exception to its ethics rules t...

A book is about to be reissued — and I mean really reissued, 100,000 print copies — by the young Toronto writer Emily St. John...

The federal Paycheck Protection Program was meant to help small businesses keep their employees on payroll, and to pay utiliti...

This is the second part of my article on maximizing online platforms for success in arbitrations in the new normal of the Covi...

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict of guilt for serious crimes w...

Women are uniquely impacted by the coronavirus. Domestic violence has surged; industries in which women provide an outsized po...

This is the first in a new interview series through which Mallika Kaur will explore with lawyers from various practice areas t...

JMS Air Conditioning and Appliance Service, Inc. v. Santa Monica Community College District provides an interesting behind-the...

In my prior columns on this topic (which ran yesterday and the day before), I discussed various possible defenses a commercial...

In urging that eight-person criminal juries are good enough and would save money, Randolph A. Rogers overlooks the criminal ju...

My first piece of advice is to immerse yourself in law school with the courses that are most relevant to forming, financing, s...

The onset of COVID-19 flu has prompted physicians, researchers and health care practitioners to scramble to come up with treat...

Amidst all the chaos and concern, it can be easy to lose sight of some basic tax rules.

Last month the U.S. Supreme court ruled that the 6th Amendment requires a unanimous verdict in serious criminal cases; on Mond...

Take advantage of this quiet time as a point of self-reflection. If you have a lull in your practice, take advantage of all of...

It is still early in the post-COVID-19 credit cycle, but the pandemic is already working its way into credit documents, and ma...

Despite the apparent clarity and simplicity of the insuring agreement, insurance companies have typically denied forgery claim...

Part I of this series (in Tuesday’s Daily Journal) discussed possible defenses to a commercial landlord’s claim for unpaid ren...