Choosing a leader is about choosing what type of follower you wish to be.

“Mediation 101” teaches the importance of distinguishing between “interests” and “positions.” Trying to reconcile positions in...

Previous articles in this series about handling State Bar complaints have brought us to the point where the disciplinary compl...

If a settling defendant wants to ensure confidentiality, the terms of that confidentiality should be explicitly spelled out, t...

“There they go again,” moaned a number of Supreme Court watchers and appellate lawyers, as news came down of another apparent ...

With its newly-passed budget, California is taking steps to give low income residents greater access to the trial courts. But ...

Senate Bill 50, introduced late last year by Senator Scott Wiener, proposed significant changes to California’s zoning laws wi...

Having read in the Daily Journal the recollections of practice before the recently deceased U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, i...

There is a another remedy often employed in civil/quasi-criminal settlements between the government and corporate defendants.

The current administration’s proposed federal budget threatens to eliminate or reduce several funding programs upon which many...

Some advice for companies that are considering whether to take on a law student for an academic-credit learning experience.

Are they repairing or rebuilding their property, or selling and moving away, and what does their insurance cover? Another big ...

On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that may have profound and far-reaching implications for trademark law.

An attorney who signs a settlement agreement approving it as to form and content may be liable for breaching the agreement’s c...

In May 2015, The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board asked readers, “Could you live in L.A. on $221 a month?” The answer then, a...

One of the more notable themes of the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2018 term was how often Justice Clarence Thomas urged the o...

Why should all business attorneys be concerned about franchise laws? Businesspeople and attorneys often are unaware that franc...

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato

Mitt Romney once remarked that “corporations are people, my friend.” He was partly right. Corporations are like people, only d...

Judge Manuel Real was among the last of a vanishing breed of larger-than-life federal judges who run their courts in their own...

On June 26, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law approved the final draft of the Singapore Mediation Conve...

While the debate over compensation for college athletes is nothing new, two senators from California have championed a bill th...

The purpose of this series of articles is to show you what steps to take when contacted by the State Bar. While this might see...

Ethical lawyer advertising can be like a high-wire act.

This article discusses causes of action for the wrongful destruction of trees, including a measure of damage that remains unte...

The death of federal court deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous regulations, commonly known as Auer doctrine, has ...

Last week the governor signed Assembly Bill 1361, which will add Section 695.215 to the Code of Civil Procedure, clarifying th...

In the last year, litigation involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances has spiked across the nation. To date this litigati...

The Central District’s Conviction and Sentence Alternatives works, but since its inception fewer than 500 defendants have been...

As more and more states go green, the higher the likelihood that cannabis companies will need to engage a union. In particular...