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Government, Civil Litigation

However future cases may interpret Pasadena Police, the case is consistent with California courts' general policy of construin...


Administrative/Regulatory

As the Aug. 30 effective date approaches, the new regulations already are having a significant effect on consumer product supp...


Law Practice

Tips for newly minted in-house counsel

Jul. 12, 2018
By Suzette Z. Torres

The road to success for in-house counsel is not about how to survive this corporate jungle, but rather, how to make your mark.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary, Letters

Kozinski column should have noted allegations

Jul. 12, 2018
By Heidi S. Bond, Alexandra Z. Brodsky, Charlotte Garden, Joanna L. Grossman, Katherine H. Ku, Nancy Leong, Leah M. Litman, Claire Victoria Madill, Sara A. McDermott, Emily R.D. Murphy, Dara E. Purvis, Nancy B. Rapoport, Beth H. Wilensky

The one-sentence biography accompanying the piece states that Kozinski “retired” from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...


California Supreme Court, Civil Rights

The California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling squarely addressing whether a nonparty online service provider could be ...


Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court

Janus was about state power, not unions

Jul. 11, 2018
By Deborah J. La Fetra

Much of the commentary ignores the fact that the unions had no power to take workers’ wages without state statutes authorizing...


International Law, U.S. Supreme Court

In its October 2017 term, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the amount of deference U.S. courts should give to foreign governm...


Administrative/Regulatory, Health Care & Hospital Law

Federal government’s annual health care fraud takedown

Jul. 11, 2018
By Nina Marino, Jennifer Lieser

Under the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, this years takedown focused on medical professionals seen as having co...


Corporate, Securities

New lessons about data breaches and insider trading

Jul. 11, 2018
By Joshua M. Robbins, Adam M. Sechooler

The massive Equifax data breach has brought new attention to the challenges companies face in securing consumers’ personal inf...


Books

Where the days go

Jul. 10, 2018
By Richard Wirick

Book review: Carlo Rovell's "The Order of Time"


Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation

Almost six years following the release of the series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” Jerry Seinfeld is facing a lawsuit fi...


California Courts of Appeal, Construction, Insurance, Civil Litigation

Insuring ongoing operations

Jul. 10, 2018
By Garret D. Murai

An appellate decision makes it clear that insurers intending to limit coverage to ongoing operations must use clear and unambi...


Books

Rose of Mississippi

Jul. 9, 2018
By Richard Wirick

In his new book “Varina,” Charles Frazier continues to be one of the great poetic chroniclers of the Upper South.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court

Kennedy and I

Jul. 9, 2018
By Alex Kozinski

Above all, Justice Kennedy’s decency and wisdom will perpetuate so long as the United States continues to be decent and wise.


Appellate Practice, Law Practice

What a judge wants

MCLE
Jul. 9, 2018
By Joshua C. Williams

Tips for effective writing and strong oral advocacy


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation

Discovery in arbitration

Jul. 6, 2018
By Charles H. Dick Jr.

Just because discovery tools exist does not mean they must be used, and they are not a muscle-flexing exercise. When discovery...


Law Office Management, Law Practice

Who didn’t pay their bill, and why?

Jul. 6, 2018
By Frederick Hertz

Trying to figure out why certain of your clients didn’t pay their bills in full is a truly worthwhile exercise.


Law Office Management, Law Practice

Don’t wait to the end of the year to address billing issues

Jul. 6, 2018
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

Addressing billing and collections issues throughout the year can both save money and can limit the headaches associated with ...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

What the high court said in OT ’17

MCLE
Jul. 6, 2018
By James Azadian, David Boyadzhyan

As was correctly observed at the beginning of this term by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “there’s only one prediction that’s en...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

With his concurring opinion in NIFLA v. Becerra, the high court's swing voter is leaving with roar, not a whimper.


Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation

Resolving the patent eligibility question

Jul. 5, 2018
By Emily Bullis

As James Madison once said, “It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are so incoherent that they cannot be unders...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankruptcy

Critical vendors can be key to Chapter 11 reorganization

Jul. 5, 2018
By David S. Kupetz, Asa Hami

A recent ruling shows that “critical” vendors can be key to a Chapter 11 reorganization.


Labor/Employment

California law requires companies having five or more employees to take “all reasonable steps necessary” to prevent harassment...


Constitutional Law, Criminal, Immigration

U Visa application status and compliance with Brady

Jul. 5, 2018
By George K. Rosenstock

The issue arises as to whether a victim’s U Visa application and/or status is subject to mandatory disclosure by a prosecutor ...


Law Practice

Some advice to new lawyers

Jul. 5, 2018
By Stacy D. Phillips

What has always been a constant for me is a principle on which I was raised: always act with integrity.


Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice, Civil Litigation

Riding the waive

Jul. 3, 2018
By Benjamin G. Shatz

Do you, Exceptional Lawyer, have the confidence to know when to waive oral argument?


International Law, Law Practice, Education Law

We encourage if not demand the Chinese to study American law and policy, which in the beginning and at the end are integral to...


Administrative/Regulatory, California Courts of Appeal, Health Care & Hospital Law, Education Law

On Monday, an appellate court threw out a challenge to the state’s mandatory immunization requirements for school children.


Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Care & Hospital Law, U.S. Supreme Court

NIFLA v Becerra: folly, fallout and follow-up

Jul. 3, 2018
By Sanford Jay Rosen, Devin W. Mauney

The Supreme Court's decision in the case was bad for women's right to choose, but Justice Kennedy's retirement may be worse.


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

I could not help thinking of Thomas Cromwell as I read the religion cases that have marked the Roberts Supreme Court.