With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s view that “California’s economy and its people thrive when predatory business practices are policed,”...

The unlikely setting of a depublication request in a recent case reveals the extent to which California lemon law litigation h...

The bill failed to garner enough necessary votes in the State Senate to send the bill to the Assembly. Authored by Sen. Scott ...

In a case of first impression, the California 4th District Court of Appeal recently held that a decedent’s will can be evidenc...

In a recent case, the trial judge in a civil rights case imposed a 90% haircut on fees, and a majority of a Court of Appeals p...

Recent decades have seen the rise of multijurisdictional practices as lawyers have taken advantage of new technologies to seam...

Proposed changes to Social Security Administration disability hearings would undermine fundamental due process.

At a hearing conducted on Feb. 4, the bankruptcy court in the PG&E Chapter 11 case approved a settlement between PG&E ...

The future is unmarried but entangled — fewer couples get married and more unmarried couples acquire property, pursue business...

Although California became the first state to enact a comprehensive privacy statute, it is unlikely to be the last. As more st...

Often referred to as the “New NAFTA,” the United States Mexico Canada Agreement brings significant changes to the investor-st...

The California Supreme Court just reopened the probate court to disinherited trust beneficiaries.

There is a pattern taking place throughout the entire country. More progressive individuals are running and being elected to ...

Mandatory arbitration agreements are used by employers to require employees, as a term and condition of employment, to agree t...

What do the American Bible Society, Consumer Reports, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Sierra Club have in common? All of them use ...

Many states in the United States permit contractual restraints on trade, provided the restraints are reasonable. California wa...

Artists’ moral rights, or the rights of creators of copyrighted work to protect and control the fate of their work, are arguab...

Even if something is not a crime, it could be a high crime? This non sequitur is outrageous on its face and cannot be true.

The military’s gay policy is still harming veterans

In what is the largest privacy class action settlement to date, Facebook Inc. announced that it will settle a high-profile law...

In fact, many investors who thought funds they received from Section 1031 exchanges last year are taxable and believe nothing ...

The judicial career of the recently-passed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Philip Saeta is one that deserves more than...

Last month’s column ended with an aphorism from Honest Abe about catching flies with honey. (But who wants to catch flies anyw...

Public Defenders are committed to the cause of justice for their clients. They fight vigorously to defend them. They work lon...

While the Court of Appeal’s decision is relatively straightforward it seems that its decision was grounded primarily on how th...

The time for recognition of a parent-child privilege has come.

Consider to what extent an incident, a moment in our past, is significant within the endless chain of what we think is cause a...

In a recent decision the California Supreme Court established a framework for determining when public school employees are eli...

Lawyers sometimes think, “The judge was wrong. That evidence was not admissible. So I’ll win the appeal. All I need to do is w...

What specific trade secrets were stolen, and why should they be given any protection? These seem to be fair questions to ask a...