On Oct. 17, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in an unpublished decision that the issue of whether or not the Turtle...

Oral argument, it turns out, can be a remarkably powerful predictor of the justices’ votes.

This month, the Internal Revenue Service issued its first guidance on the taxation of cryptocurrency in five years. Revenue Ru...

A recent decision involving litigation over contaminants known as PFAS could potentially include every person in the United St...

The California Supreme Court’s strict circumscription of the “kill zone” theory in a recent case was no doubt designed to shor...

Recent CWA cases have produced fractured opinions, and circuits are split on how to interpret them — so can an ordinary layper...

If your company or business is the target of a merger or acquisition, ensuring that key employees are retained is a critical c...

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A CLAT can provide payments to a charity for fixed term of years. You can pick your favorite charity, which might be your own ...

In my salad days as an appellate lawyer, fresh off a clerkship with a California Supreme Court Justice, I believed my appellan...

Unfortunately, exactly when this massive regulatory regime becomes fully enforceable is unclear, leaving the business communit...

I have an opinion opposite that of the majority. I am not sure anybody thinks as I do anymore, that civil rights and free spee...

There are a number of major ambiguities in AB 5 that suggest litigation will be complex and may require, at least in early day...

Private actors like SpaceX can contribute to formal lawmaking by standing in the shoes of national governments — they can be ...

With several key rulings issued by the U.S. Supreme Court last term, 2019 has already been a big year for the class action bar...

SB 645 is unreasonable regardless of the number of asbestos defendants sued in a lawsuit or present at the plaintiff’s deposit...

Getting mail from the IRS — even a simple notice — can make your blood pressure rise. But what if you get something more threa...

How can opportunity zone investors grapple with the growing likelihood of lease termination costs?

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In an anti-SLAPP case, the court inadvertently highlighted one of the linguistic challenges in anti-SLAPP jurisprudence — what...

A fresh, new biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) gives good reason to visit the lif...

Recent controversial police shootings have led to heightened public scrutiny of the police in the media, the legislative floor...

The Private Attorneys General Act was originally enacted to allow private citizens to “help” the state of California enforce t...

Recently, Gov. Newsom and former Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that has significantly improved workplace protec...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that the United States and the United Kingdom have entered into the first of...

The state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom are to be commended for enacting two new laws designed to deal with the problem of...

Be careful what you ask for because you may get it. This old adage had particular meaning for the Federal Communications Commi...

There are three ERISA cases teed up on the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming docket for the 2019 term. In what will prove to be a ...

A few months ago, I had the privilege of attending a symposium (sounds too intimidating) — how about a discussion between two ...

Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed an annual 2% tax on those with a net worth over $50 milli...