I argued in a recent law review article that lying on dating apps or websites about a fact material to another person’s decisi...

Over the last two years, we have seen a wave of lawsuits against Big Law firms, challenging harassment, discrimination in pay ...

When an agency seeks a packaging fee, its interests are in conflict with those of the writer.

Emotions do not help you decide how to divide community assets, whether to sell the family residence, or what expenses you hav...

California’s new rule has overly burdensome supervision requirements that render it impractical for many in the community it i...

From ancient times, people have erected statues celebrating significant figures of their eras. As times change, such monuments...

Perhaps the question of resolution depends on how long and how hard the ATA is willing to fight for the status quo.

While building walls seems to be a thing in Washington these days, not all walls are physical. Legal walls are also being erec...

A recent case provides much-needed clarification for municipalities seeking to exercise local control over telecommunications ...

The amount of the penalties has increased substantially over the past few years. Additionally, employers can be subjected to p...

The famed director recently proposed that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences change its eligibility rules to keep...

The court has become a battleground between plaintiffs and defendants on the issue of Article III standing in the wake of Spokeo.

Amidst the furor over the Mueller report, not enough attention has been paid to a crucial premise for many of its conclusions:...

Hollywood talent agents and writers are at war with each other in what augurs to be the most important litigation in the enter...

A new issue quickly spilled onto center stage in a securities case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court: whether investors ...

Despite the fact that the FTC may demand consumer redress or relief, this has not transpired in any cases against influencers.

There are still legitimate reasons to sit on the sidelines. But confusion over the rules is no longer one of them.

Imagine being a teenage girl and locked up in a juvenile detention facility. Now imagine being sexually assaulted up to 10 tim...

We need to draw a bold line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior in the law. Take fees, for example. No, not my fees, ...

Claiming a shortage of certified shorthand reporters, big box court reporting firms are sending audio/visual operators to depo...

There is likely no more enticing place for a thief to commit cybertheft than in California due to our real estate prices. And,...

State law permits local jurisdictions to ban commercial cannabis storefront and non-retail operations within their borders, bu...

Mediators persist in efforts to rebuild and renew. The destroyers and innovative creators of the last 856 years in the evolvin...

Last fall, the State Bar’s Board of Trustees circulated for public comment rule changes for special admissions of attorneys li...

The Federal Circuit has again weighed in on patent subject-matter eligibility of natural phenomena, finding certain amino-acid...

It is truly a shame to see the California Supreme Court walk right up to the edge of aligning state and federal constitutional...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the scope of the trade secrets exemption under the Freedom of Information Act, which aff...

The aftermath of a massive natural disaster is at the same time mesmerizing and surreal. So too is the unfolding saga of two o...

The law changes, but not at the speed many of us wish. This observation can be seen in the approach the California courts have...

[TOP IP] Just last year, Congress passed the Music Modernization Act, a comprehensive bill that overhauled the copyright licen...