What can we learn from the oral arguments in the 84 cases decided by the California Supreme Court in 2017?

Earn MCLE credit learning about how to avoid disclosing documents that your company never expected to see the light of day

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, sitting with the 1st Circuit, recently tackled the question of whether an insu...

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The recent recall of Judge Aaron Persky -- the first recall of a California in 86 years -- is a serious assault on judicial in...

A recent Court of Appeal ruling is the first in a set of anticipated cases addressing the issue of the scope of local prosecut...

A murder defendant subpoenas social media posts by the victim and a prosecution witness to show that the victim had threatened...

When the facts are ambiguous about whether you have to pay back the money, thinking of it as a loan can seem expedient.

When considering buying a used aircraft, protecting against expensive mistakes is essential.

With the marriage deteriorating, Husband tricked Wife into returning to Fiji. He also tore out the page in her passport contai...

On Monday, the Supreme Court revisited the “American Pipe tolling” rule and, resolving a split among the federal circuits, sai...

A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court shows that defendants arguing error still have a steep uphill appellate climb.

Estimates suggest that by 2020, there could be around 50 billion devices of one type or another connected worldwide.

Earlier this year, a judge in New York denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings asking the court to find that the defenda...

A key tax question on each transfer is the market value at the time of the transfer. With the wild swings in value that many c...

While California farmers are the most recent casualty of state overreach, without the protection of the class-of-one doctrine,...

The lease-leaseback method of project delivery allowed new schools in California to be built without the need for up-front pro...

The Supreme Court should hear the case of Brendan Dassey, the intellectually disabled youth whose confession was obtained thro...

The seemingly narrow ruling is going to make it easier to find that the government is impermissibly discriminating against rel...

Several bills wending their way through the California Legislature aim to ramp up sexual harassment training in California wor...

To fully understand the ruling in Murphy v. NCAA, we must first go back to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

As the legal field tries to keep pace with medical advancements, complicated and interesting cases arise.

Could a program included in President Donald Trump’s tax reform bill help fuel development in economically distressed areas of...

How the JD-MD duo is the modern day Batman and Robin.

Like many, I found the 27.3 percent February 2018 bar pass rate distressing — particularly because some of the 2,644 unsuccess...

For attorneys, being sued for legal malpractice can give rise to a host of emotions, ranging from embarrassment to guilt to an...

The inclusion of junior associates in these non-traditional assignments will allow them to acquire a holistic understanding of...

With the advent of the #MeToo movement, however, some people are questioning the ways in which these allegations are addressed.

Aviation accidents spawn a defense to state law tort claims.

Please, people, I beg you to stop saying "that begs the question," unless it actually does.