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Government, Tax

With a goal of fueling long-term private sector investment in low-income urban and rural communities, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Ac...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

Restore Federal Arbitration Act to its rightful place

May 14, 2018
By John F. Querio, Felix Shafir

The Supreme Court should reject the National Labor Relations Board’s interpretation of the FAA and ensure arbitration agreemen...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court

Worker civil rights depend on legal action

May 14, 2018
By Jocelyn D. Larkin

A decision by the Supreme Court to allow employers to deprive employees of their statutory rights to take concerted action wil...


Constitutional Law, Education Law

What can schools do about cyberbullying?

MCLE
May 14, 2018
By Gregory J. Rolen

The Founding Fathers could not possibly have anticipated bullying in cyberspace. But they did appreciate, and protected, the r...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment

Can prior pay inform a new hire's salary?

MCLE
May 11, 2018
By Kathryn G. Mantoan

Learn how the 9th Circuit’s en banc opinion in Rizo v. Yovino both clarifies and complicates the question.


Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Insurance

If the Legislature can move a bill like SB 917 to shore up coverage for landslides, can it also move to give more teeth to Ins...


Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Insurance

Why is the insurance commissioner sponsoring a bill that would make it easier for insurance companies to shortchange homeowner...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation, Tax

Need a CPA to produce records? Here’s their rules

May 11, 2018
By Benjamin Koodrich

Even if a subpoenaing party has complied with the notice procedures, there may be other reasons that a CPA may not be able to ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Transportation

Only time will tell whether scooter-share companies will have to face the regulatory music.


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation

There is a time and place for revealing the bottom line, but it’s usually at the very end, not the very start of mediation or ...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

If a shipment originates out of state or out of the country and is transported into California, for example, and then from the...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation

Festival 'radius clauses' put to test

May 9, 2018
By Delia Ramirez

Over the past few years, the festival industry has grown exponentially — and with that so too has the scope of radius clauses ...


Law Office Management, Law Practice

What to expect when leaving your firm

May 9, 2018
By Daniel O'Rielly, Dena Roche

It turns out that what may appear unlikely or uncommon is quite usual in partner departures, and some circumstances that may b...


Insurance, Civil Litigation

Under a claims-made-and-reported policy, the consequences of a delay in reporting can be disastrous, namely a complete loss of...


Constitutional Law, Government, U.S. Supreme Court

Aside from the legislative activity (or inactivity), there remains a heightened sensitivity to the use of eminent domain by pu...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

The simplicity of the employee classification test recently announced by the state high court is something of a double-edged s...


Intellectual Property

Patent eligibility memo seeks to translate rulings into guidance

May 8, 2018
By Evan S. Day, Joseph P. Reid

The Patent Office recently issued a memorandum to its examiners seeking to translate the recent Federal Circuit decisions into...


Constitutional Law, Entertainment & Sports, Government, U.S. Supreme Court

The smart money is on federalism

May 8, 2018
By Jonathan Wood

Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will announce its long-awaited decision in a challenge to the Professional and Amateur Spo...


California Courts of Appeal, Construction, Insurance, Civil Litigation

Here's one to check off your bucket list of ponderables: If you engage in an intentional act that results in an unintended acc...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice

Still not my vote

May 7, 2018
By Arthur Gilbert

We in the judiciary and the legal professions must inform the public how an independent judiciary is vital to our democracy.


Government, Civil Litigation, Tax, U.S. Supreme Court

Did something happen on the way to the Wayfair?

May 7, 2018
By William Gregory Turner

Maligned as it is, if not the Quill physical-presence standard, then what else?


Government, Civil Litigation, Tax, U.S. Supreme Court

The dog that didn’t bark at oral argument was whether Quill was rightly decided as a matter of law. It was not.


Government, Civil Litigation, Tax, U.S. Supreme Court

In the beginning there was Quill, then came Bezos

May 7, 2018
By Mark R. Yohalem, C. Hunter Hayes

South Dakota has asked the Supreme Court to say what the commerce clause requires, and the court should give what it knows to ...


Bankruptcy

This article seeks to address the general mechanics of the debtor's ability to "cram-down" undersecured liens in a Chapter 11 ...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice

Should lawyers ‘make up’ stories?

May 7, 2018
By Myron Moskovitz

People love our stories more than they love the raw facts


Administrative/Regulatory, Government, U.S. Supreme Court

The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act was enacted into law on March 23 — after oral arguments before the Supreme Cour...


Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation

A recent appellate decision analyzed complicated issues relating to which party in a “reverse CPRA” lawsuit pays attorney fees.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice

Know when to withdraw

May 4, 2018
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

While clients typically can fire their attorney at any time and for any reason, attorneys do not always have the same luxury.


Administrative/Regulatory, Government

State AGs seek to fill CFPB vacuum

May 4, 2018
By Jeff Tsai, Nancy Sims

In a series of announcements last week, one of the country's largest law enforcement agencies underscored its aim to fill a pe...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

E-discovery for lawyers who like paper

MCLE
May 4, 2018
By Bob Mehr

In truth, the electronic process is not that different from the paper process these lawyers may be accustomed to, and may even...