The appointment of a guardian ad litem in civil litigation is usually done under the radar and therefore avoids public scrutin...

Quarantines, business shutdown orders, and stay-at-home orders may be effective weapons in the global fight against COVID-19, ...

The California Supreme Court, for the first time in more than two decades, recently waded into the murky inverse condemnation ...

I hear the clamor at the courthouse doors: “I need this pandemic thing to end, at least in so far as it interferes with my lit...

I have been an arbitrator for 18 years (and was a sitting judge before that). It has been my experience that attorneys, even t...

The biggest media trend of the last decade was the widespread adoption of over-the-top, or OTT, streaming services such as Net...

University of Southern California and the Office of Civil Rights recently entered into a resolution agreement putting a (tenta...

Law professors have the habit of making three points.

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” meaning that o...

Picking up where we left off last column, the conversation continues between the old-timer (me) and my young associate (“YA”) ...

When disasters occur, this means challenging decisions have to be made. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic dedicated health ...

A core component of the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package allows the Small Business Administration to create a Paycheck ...

The social distancing regimen triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted – and outside the home mostly suspended – in-pe...

In the wake of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, local governments have begun enacting ordinances designed ...

This week the California insurance commissioner issued a bulletin and a notice to insurance entities in response to the COVID-...

Veteran service organizations fight for and support veterans as new concerns arise, including veterans’ issues resulting from ...

Despite rapid growth of regulated cannabis markets across the U.S. and its territories, conflicting federal and state laws con...

In October 2019, California became the ninth state to allow administration of medical marijuana to K-12 students on school gro...

I conducted a deposition over Zoom (and survived).

According to one recent COVID-19 survey, 74% of law firm respondents expect that there will be a modest to severe impact on le...

Over the past several weeks, news reports and their accompanying headlines have signaled what could be a pitched battle betwee...

Should you hire an M&A Attorney or an Investment banker first to sell your business?

A worthwhile image from past catastrophe to help guide us through the current coronal version is the conversation John Maynard...

Given the rise of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, it is safe to assume the world as we know it has changed and even a r...

I write in response to the April article, “Zero Cash Bail Order Could Show Whether the Idea is Good or Bad.”

The chief justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, is a leader who deserves special recognition as a beac...

Local governments have met the unprecedented circumstances surrounding COVID-19 with unprecedented changes in law. This is esp...

Sometimes you just know that the opponent’s story in your case doesn’t make sense; it doesn’t sound plausible. That should be ...

As president of BASF and JDC, I am grateful to report that your bar association has adapted to this new environment and has gr...