Recent rulings are a reminder that California’s “five-year rule” is strict and unforgiving.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear three cases in its October 2019 Term concerning whether LGBTQ people are protected from emplo...

California has had construction-related prompt-payment laws on its books for some time. But until recently there’s been confus...

California courts generally decide appeals with written decisions, but memorandum opinions do exist under California law.

I once made a mistake assessing students — not the first time, probably not the last time.

On this National Teacher Appreciation Day, let’s salute our teachers who make a difference every day.

There are approximately 300,000 elderly Californians currently living in assisted living facilities throughout the state. Whi...

Most everyone knows that nonprofit religious organizations are not treated the same as other entities with respect to some law...

Recently, I’ve been ruminating on my career as an appellate lawyer. Over the years, I’ve changed my approach — a lot.

You have one chance to create the first impression of being professional, competent, organized and effective.

The Trump administration has repeatedly vowed to streamline environmental regulation, bring back coal, and make America No. 1 ...

The air basin is currently rated “extreme non-attainment” for NOx, which causes the formation of smog and acid rain.

There are special rules for incentive stock options that a corporation can issue to an employee. Among those rules, the exerci...

One week after oral argument, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted a case which questioned whether liabil...

It is expected that by 2020, more than 2 million women will be in the veteran population. Their health experiences and needs a...

In this complicated time for California employers, where a 3-4 percent unemployment rate makes it so challenging to recruit an...

The new law is long and complex. This article is intended to provide practitioners with a brief overview of the procedural and...

Daily we are bombarded in cyberspace with fake information, images and videos, and the law has failed to keep pace with the fa...

With technology dramatically changing how local governments service the public, the developing legal issue concerns to what ex...

In a recent ruling the Federal Circuit held that an ordinary forum selection clause in a licensing agreement can prevent a val...

To produce sufficient food and fiber to feed California, the nation and the world, Central Valley farmers use synthetic and o...

Why I admire Parliamentary procedure

Several commander-in-chief hopefuls, seeking the White House residency beginning in January 2021, have begun stridently pontif...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s latest arbitration ruling continues a proxy war over ‘statutory originalism.’

California is a hub of TCPA litigation with new, major class actions being filed against all manner of major businesses on wha...

In this article and accompanying self-study test, readers will learn about the eminent domain process, its constitutional and ...

There have been innumerable revisions to the state and federal procedural rules in the 80 years since promulgation of the Fede...

The appellate court recently issued its fifth ruling on the issue of website accessibility in the case of Robles v. Domino's.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill, now in the Senate, which seeks to ensure employees are compensated withou...

Today, we’re beginning a new series of monthly columns — analytics-driven profiles of every justice of the California Supreme ...