Real Estate/Development, Tax
IRS releases long-awaited guidance on opportunity zone program
By Phil Jelsma
On Oct. 19, the Internal Revenue Service issued long awaited-proposed regulations and a revenue ruling on Opportunity Zones, a...
Part I: The Art of Rhetoric
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Education Law
Different conduct, different due process?
By Kelly Woodruff
Should different types of university misconduct require different levels of due process? The 2nd District seems to think so.
Mindfulness practice can be a life-changer for law students, lawyers and judges
By A. Marco Turk
The concept of being able to "get out of our environment" has become widely publicized and adopted in many forums -- for good ...
Corporate, Securities
Small companies would benefit if SEC legitimized finders
By Tamara M. Kurtzman
The real need for small business capital coupled with the inability of small businesses to attract traditional financing sourc...
Contracts, Entertainment & Sports, Law Practice
End of the Hollywood handshake deal
By Fredrick S. Levin, Adam Waldman
Artists who have been living under these oral percentage fee agreements should consider fully researching their rights before ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Tax
Nonprofit directors, donors and more
By Erin Bradrick
New ex officio director law, donor disclosures and more nonprofit news
California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment
Dynamex isn't just about Wage Orders
By Scott D. Nelson
The recent worker classification ruling by the California Supreme Court isn’t just about Wage Orders.
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation
What you need to know about mediation confidentiality
By Lars C. Johnson
Earn MCLE reviewing the ins and outs of mediation confidentiality in California.
Law Practice
Key considerations when using expert witnesses
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
As the expert is neither the attorney nor the client, the protections afforded in the attorney-client relationship may not app...
The Federal Communications Commission made an argument in federal court last week that puts in doubt the agency’s authority to...
Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
With SORNA, Congress chose to avoid difficult questions
By John H. Minan
A case pending on the Supreme Court’s docket revisits the “intelligible principles” doctrine under the Sex Offender Registrati...
Constitutional Law, Native Americans
What the ICWA ruling got wrong
By Keith Harper, Kathryn E. Fort
The Northern District of Texas made several mistakes in its recent ruling holding that the Indian Child Welfare Act is unconst...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Labor/Employment
The day the New Deal was born
By James Attridge
On March 25, 1911, a 30-year-old social worker named Frances Perkins was walking through Greenwich Village to visit a friend. ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Tax
New decanting law will make it easier to change irrevocable trusts
By Megan Lisa Jones
Last month, California enacted the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, which will now apply to all California trusts unless the trust...
Administrative/Regulatory, Labor/Employment
Navigating cannabis businesses through the state OSHA mandate
By Anthony McClaren
Without careful planning, a relatively straightforward claim for workers compensation benefits could turn into a huge legal fi...
Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment
Esports industry begins to resemble traditional sports model
By Tai Hsia
The esports sector is warming up to collective bargaining agreements, athlete rights, and streamlined media opportunities. The...
Entertainment & Sports, Government, Intellectual Property
Music Modernization Act brings royalty structure into internet age
By Delia Ramirez
After five years of collaborations between major players in the music industry, such as the RIAA, SirusXM and the Recording Ac...
Imagine if the law gave an appellate court jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the decision of the Senate Judiciary Committee ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Constitutional Law, Government
Net neutrality and the US Constitution
By Charles S. Doskow, Ezra Goldschlager
The conflict between California and the Trump administration regarding net neutrality is but one more area in which the confli...
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family, Native Americans
ICWA is under attack, again
By Jedd Parr, Delia Sharpe
The Indian Child Welfare Act, and potentially tribal sovereignty, suffered a significant setback last week when a federal cour...
Labor/Employment
One year on, what legal changes has #MeToo brought to life?
By Anthony J. Oncidi
Just over a year ago on Oct. 5, 2017, the news broke that Harvey Weinstein “paid off sexual harassment accusers for decades.”
Corporate, Labor/Employment
Mandating female representation on boards: California’s gender woke?
By Jen Rubin
California Gov. Jerry Brown just signed into law the nation's first gender diversity mandate for female representation on publ...
Judges and Judiciary
What Justice Kavanaugh can do to redeem himself
By Christopher Hawthorne
You might say I have a rooting interest in the redemption of people who have done bad things as children.
Administrative/Regulatory
Will consumers choose privacy over convenience under new privacy law?
By Kamran Salour
California Courts of Appeal, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Landmark wage and hour ruling
By Arthur F. Silbergeld, Natalie Ikhlassi
The California Court of Appeal recently certified for publication a landmark wage and hour decision upholding the legality of ...
Civil Litigation
9th Circuit clarifies statute of limitations for stolen artwork
By Kimberly Almazan
Victims of art theft, beware. If you think you know who stole your painting — even if you don’t know its whereabouts — don’t w...
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Get expert witness declarations right
By David J. Ozeran
In recent months, the California appellate courts have published a number of cases addressing the role of expert witness decla...
Antitrust & Trade Reg., Constitutional Law, Government, International Law
Would legal challenges to tariff policy have a chance?
By John H. Minan
Broadly based legal challenges are possible. The president’s power to conduct foreign affairs does not give the executive cart...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation
Settlements at mediation: the ‘as to form’ signature block
By Lars C. Johnson
If the attorney is appearing at mediation on behalf of his or her client, does the attorney sign the “as to form” line or the ...