California appellate courts have issued conflicting opinions on what ascertainability means.

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has added considerable clarity surrounding the avoidance powers of bankruptcy ...

A new trend is underway where media sources are threatening and suing celebrities for copyright infringement, and demanding m...

Though premised on violation of the state cannabis regulations, these claims will be actionable under state consumer protectio...

The Brown administration has appointed Hispanic jurists at nearly double the rate they found upon taking office in 2011.

The Supreme Court is weighing whether the process of determining foreign law should be different when the information given to...

Only two persons with disability were appointed to the bench in 2017 in the entire state of California. From 2011 to 2017, onl...

More than 50 years ago, Congress firmly rejected the notion that putting America “first” means excluding “persons of different...

The advent of inter partes review has revived excitement about sovereign immunity, an area of law that previously appeared lar...

Not since the epic battle between the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court over the execution of Robert Alton Harris a quart...

Hoping someone else might take the laboring oar and benefit you is a tremendous longshot. If you're a loser, own it: Act like ...

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vinod Khosla is taking his fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

A recurring issue in land use litigation is an argument advanced by project opponents that environmental review under the Cali...

Unfortunately, readers were given a partial, distorted snapshot of the unprecedented progress being made to diversify the benc...

The numbers show that this governor has made significant progress. But while well represented in the California Supreme Court,...

Last week, the 2nd Circuit joined the 7th Circuit in ruling that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.

For too many copyright stakeholders, litigation in federal courts is prohibitively expensive; especially in relation to the mo...

It used to be the case that user-generated content was seen as free for the taking.

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato

For now, unless I have reason not to do so, all incumbent judges have my vote.

A recent decision provides insureds with both legal support and a roadmap for holding insurers accountable for bad faith claim...

This axiom is on full display in one of the most interesting family law cases decided in 2017.

The U.S. Supreme Courts is poised to answer a key antitrust issue in a case against American Express.

The Delaware Supreme Court recently held that director compensation awards made pursuant to discretionary compensation plans a...

One conclusion is certain: The PAGA saga is far from over. Each new California or 9th Circuit case introduces another question...

It cannot be over-emphasized how critical it is to tender a liability insurance claim in a prompt and proper manner.

A March 1 article quotes Chapman University School of Law professor Lawrence Rosenthal as saying that Brady is only relevant i...

Over a year ago, the 9th Circuit asked the state high court to clear up a question concerning third-party claims.

It started when three Hamas suicide bombers blew themselves up on a crowded pedestrian street in central Jerusalem in Septembe...

Up until 2017, the California Code of Civil Procedure was unclear as to how one was to calculate deadlines for amending pleadi...