Whether or not Assembly Bill 5 was really aimed only at the “gig economy,” its absurdly broad language will cause widespread a...

On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will resolve a split in authority on standing to...

The Judicial Council has been misinforming the judiciary about the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act since t...

With thousands of children born each year using assisted insemination, in vitro fertilization, gestational carriers, many cour...

Impeachment isn’t the only trouble President Donald Trump is facing. Last Friday, three different federal judges rejected his ...

An appellate opinion's primary purpose is to resolve whatever dispute the parties have brought to the court. And yet there are...

The difficult aspect of investing in preferred stock is understanding what characteristics are best suitable depending on an i...

The State Bar of California recently amended its rules to allow distance learning law schools to apply for state accreditation...

This year I authored Senate Bill 17 to mitigate some of the gamesmanship that has become endemic in civil litigation. The meas...

In Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, S253593, the California Supreme Court is considering a ...

While arbitration may risk unbridled discretion by the arbitrator or ultimately involve the same inefficiency of traditional l...

The potential ramifications in conflicts involving trusts are significant

Over the past 230 years, patent law has adapted to accommodate new types of technology. The adaptations can be slow, inconsis...

In a 4-3 decision, and after many months of deliberation, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling on Sept. 16 in Bru...

As recent cases have exposed, trade secret theft from former employees and potential business partners have become a scourge i...

During the middle of his tenure, Attorney General Jeff Sessions promulgated meta-guidance: guidance on guidance documents. Unl...

Much of the discussion lately has been centered on AB 5, California's new worker classification law, but there are other bills...

A bill on the governor's desk would allow California athletes to finally earn name, image and likeness compensation

After argument, on September 19 the federal judge in Sacramento and granted the injunction on the enforcement of California's ...

Judges should be held to the highest of ethical standards, and there's no reason they should keep a reward, like a pension, if...

It should have come as no surprise when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals looked askance on a definitional game played by ...

A bankruptcy proceeding isn’t ordinarily what you think of as a Supreme Court blockbuster. But when the bankruptcy proceeding ...

Legal publications abound with articles about the benefits of working as an in-house attorney. Being in-house, however, brings...

The reports of Uber’s death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are greatly exaggerated. When Governor Newsom signed AB 5 into law, he ...

In America, litigation and lawyers are costs of doing business. Businesses can and do deduct their legal costs. And in most ca...

In three recent decisions, the California Supreme Court appears to have launched a campaign to curb the broad application of C...

The Los Angeles City Council is on the verge of enacting our own Right to Counsel Program, providing legal counsel to tenants ...

The California Supreme Court wreaked havoc on the trial courts when it issued its decision in People v. Sanchez, 63 Cal. 4th 6...

Do free speech principles prohibit political bias on media like YouTube and Twitter, or do these sites enjoy a property right ...