This article will attempt to provide a framework for addressing the correct interpretative position regarding the Gramm-Leach-...

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The United States has a long, honorable tradition of religious accommodation. But there are important limits.

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One of the biggest surprises of the Supreme Court's recent antitrust ruling was the author of the majority opinion -- Justice ...

A confidentially marketed public offering is a particularly effective tool for small to medium-cap companies.

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I’ve written a few books and a bunch of articles, but there’s no way I can compare myself to my favorite biographer, Robert Ca...

It has long been a common practice for public agency employers and unions to communicate with the public and staff regarding l...

A Court of Appeal ruling demonstrates that “when objections are devoid of merit, the beneficiary who brought them should bear ...

It’s been an eventful year for the first cannabis patent infringement case, which was filed in federal district court in Color...

For those of you who weren't able to attend this month's festivities at the West Coast Casualty construction conference at the...

Without the written prohibitions and notice of penalty when non-licensees engage in a restricted activity, Justice Kathryn Wer...

Some law firms operate on a just-in-time approach to the rules, looking them up and referencing them only if and when an issue...

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The California Supreme Court recently held that a security guard’s state law claim for “waiting time” penalties based on unpai...

A tearful Felicity Huffman pled guilty in the college admission scandal on Monday and now awaits sentencing. How should we thi...

On its face, the Writers Guild of America’s war with the Association of Talent Agents wanting to eliminate packaging and agenc...

As the asset-light business model for hotel companies has become de rigueur, long-term management contracts have taken on incr...

With the intense pressure that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is under to draft the hemp rule in time for the 2020 plantin...

In a significant decision with major implications for California, the Delaware Chancery Court said that certificates of incorp...

Our founding documents — state and federal — placed some restrictions on the highest offices in the land but what about the le...

In his new book, “The Nonsense Factory: The Making and Breaking of the American Legal System” (Hachette Books, May 2019), lawy...

There is a unique relationship between the U.S. and China on civil trade secret litigation

This month’s Nonprofit News column addresses the issuance of updated IRS procedures for screening requests for exemption deter...

As more states begin to legalize medical and adult-use cannabis, there will be more non-cannabis companies seeking to join the...