Civil Rights, Contracts, Family, Health Care & Hospital Law
Parental right to embryo law goes too far
By Judith Daar, Michele Goodwin
Policing reproduction recently took a frightening turn in Arizona where lawmakers have intervened in disputes involving cryopr...
An exploration of recent nonconsensual pornography cases reveals hurdles victims and advocates face in fighting back against t...
A recently issued protocol has gone relatively unnoticed, but litigators should add the ISO’s suggested practices to their tec...
Law Office Management, Law Practice
The new frontier of innovation: How will law firms fare?
By Linda Pfatteicher, Stephen J. Goldstein
When we begin to think about how to maintain a thriving legal practice that is being outpaced by artificial intelligence, auto...
Government, Tax, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice should keep use tax precedent
By Clark Calhoun
For numerous reasons, the court should affirm the physical presence rule of Quill and allow Congress to decide what new stand...
Contracts, Law Practice
AI insight into contracts can help ensure GDPR compliance
By Genevieve D. Dong
Businesses across the world are bracing for the impact of the new European Union data-protection regulation, known as the GDPR...
Civil Rights, Labor/Employment
Hierarchical organizations and sexual misconduct
By John Winer
There are far too many examples of failed apologies and non-apologies, one response showcases just how removed from reality ma...
A core value of the American College of Trial Lawyers is to support and seek to preserve and protect the independence of the j...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
What law controls when a California worker works outside California?
By Brian S. Kabateck, Cheryl A. Kenner
California has a strong public policy of protecting its workers. And it’s even possible that California’s wage and hour laws m...
Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy, Government
SB 50 and the battle over federal property conveyances in California
By Alicia Guerra
Can California stop the Trump administration from unloading federal lands?
Environmental & Energy, Insurance, Civil Litigation
Insurance coverage in the world of climate change litigation
By Jaymeson Pegue
On April 17, the city of Boulder, Colorado, sued Suncor and ExxonMobil for damages suffered to persons and property as a resul...
Constitutional Law, Tax
Michael Cohen takes the Fifth, but with taxes, it’s tricky
By Robert W. Wood
Plenty of problems arise in the course of audits. What if the IRS asks you questions you are afraid to answer?
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
9th continues to ignore US high court on habeas review
By Lawrence Waddington
The 9th Circuit, having concluded the year 2017 with its usual record of U.S. Supreme Court reversals, opened the new year wit...
Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice, U.S. Supreme Court
Calling judicial bullshi*t
By Adam Kolber
The theater of the courtroom doesn't lie about judging but it creates an impression that may or may not reflect the truth. Sim...
Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Common ground on travel ban?
By Joseph F. Tartakovsky
It looks like the Trump administration has five votes after oral arguments, though there was more common ground than expected.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
Mooting mootness
By Benjamin G. Shatz
You guessed it: There are exceptions to the familiar justiciability doctrine of mootness.
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, International Law, U.S. Supreme Court
Narrowing the judicial role in international law
By Kristin A. Linsley
The Supreme Court’s holding that foreign corporations cannot be sued in U.S. courts for international-law violations absent au...
Moderator Dawn Haghighi shares what’s in store for the keynote fireside chat with Kathryn Ruemmler, White House counsel in the...
The consensus among legal scholars is that anyone can put an algorithm — an artificial intelligence — in control of an artific...
Having a duty to prosecute? To enforce laws? But prosecute who? What laws to enforce? It’s all about priorities.
Learn about the standards for recovery of fees as well as standards for appellate review of fees.
Labor/Employment, Law Practice, Civil Litigation
What is the gig economy, you say? Everything, I say
By David J. Byassee
The so-called "gig economy" embodies the rapidly growing on-demand workforce of freelance workers in every job sector.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
After equal pay ruling, employers should review practices
By Gary M. McLaughlin, Galit A. Knotz
Only job related factors can legally influence a disparity in pay between male and female employees. An employee’s prior salar...
The most important issue in a child custody case is simple: What is in the best interests of the child.
Labor/Employment, Law Practice, Letters
Incomplete access in any non-English language in the state workers’ comp system
By Kenneth Martinson-Gomez
Unfortunately, non-English speaking injured workers get less than substantial justice in the state workers’ compensation courts.
Criminal, Law Practice
Criminal continuances: Court culture creates calendar congestion
By Jaime R. Román
Delay affects each person who is subject to serial continuances awaiting disposition. It is tragic. It is costly to parties, t...
Judges and Judiciary, Letters
System needs judges who understand bias
By Kwixuan H. Maloof
It is disappointing that the Judicial Council of the CABL does not recognize the significance of four experienced public defen...
California Courts of Appeal, Family, Civil Litigation
A tsunami is coming to family law
By Claudia Ribet, Karen Silver
A recent decision will likely instigate a sea change regarding how family law trials and motions are litigated.
Attorney-client privilege is strong so clients will be forthcoming. But when it comes to taxes, lawyers and accountants are no...
Corporate, Government, Tax
With new tax law, there may be more co-ops in California’s future
By Phil Jelsma
In light of the recent tax overhaul, setting up a cooperative — mistakenly perceived to be the domain of farmers and workers’ ...