Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Tax
States are fighting tax reform
By Robert W. Wood
Federal tax reform passed at year-end, but not everyone is happy. In fact, some states are not taking the changes lying down.
This week, the 51st rendition of the Consumer Electronics Show will rain down on the desert, Las Vegas style. Today the electr...
Ninth Circuit and the Department of Labor clarify when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and other employment benefits. ...
The presents I receive these days scare the hell out of me: "Alexa: How is the court to rule?"
Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Strategic reading
By Myron Moskovitz
As I discussed in my last column, there are plenty of books about how to write better. But what about reading? Who writes abou...
Administrative/Regulatory, Banking, Criminal
Policy shift creates uncertainty for cannabis banking services
By Allison W. Meredith
The Sessions memo will not stop the cannabis industry in its tracks -- there's too much momentum. But it will likely chill, if...
Administrative/Regulatory, Criminal, Government
Sessions turns his back on legalized cannabis
By Hilary Bricken
Since places will no doubt be friendlier to cannabis businesses than others, cannabis business operators should familiarize th...
Just as some judges are promoted within a judicial system, a judge will sometimes move from being a judge in one judicial syst...
Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
Will the Supreme Court silence whistleblowers?
By Mark Quigley
The justices appear ready to narrow an anti-retaliation provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial law, which is aimed at crac...
California Courts of Appeal, Family, Civil Litigation, Year in Review Column
Important family law decisions wrap up 2017
By Haleh Rashidi
In the final weeks of 2017, the appellate courts were busy handing down a few important family law decisions; covering militar...
Law Practice
The many benefits of using engagement letters
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
Simply put, many insurers view engagement letters as an effective tool that firms can use to limit the risk of legal malpracti...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Law Practice, Tax
Contingency fee lawyers dodge bullet in tax reform
By Robert W. Wood
It sure looked as if contingent fee lawyers in California and the rest of the 9th Circuit were going to be prejudiced by the r...
Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate, Government, Tax
Planning under the new tax law: relax
By Bruce Givner, Owen Kaye
It is too soon to make thoughtful decisions. We will have better ideas and more refined analyses in 30, and even 60, days. The...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Litigation
Mediation and control in a world of uncertainty
By Robert S. Mann
Whether it's a new tax bill, an outbreak of the Ebola virus, the threat of Russian expansion into the Baltic States or the re...
Family, Tax
Tax law will add complications to child support disputes
By Jeffrey P. Blum
Family law attorneys, accountants and courts will be busy figuring out how to address child and spousal support issues for the...
Jack Walker's powerful, insightful and moving "Eye Corps: Coming of Age at the DMZ," details his experiences as a recon patr...
Corporate, Intellectual Property
Intersection of patent and FDA regulatory considerations for life sciences startups
By Lisa N. Silverman
Careful IP planning is especially important in the life sciences, in which companies often rely on only a handful of patents t...
Administrative/Regulatory, California Supreme Court, Government, Labor/Employment
Promises to keep
By Eric Siddall
As California firefighters battle the Santa Barbara blaze, their pension rights are under fire in the courtroom.
Constitutional Law, Environmental & Energy, Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court
The little fish that’s killing Manhattan
By Gideon Kanner
Conclusion: ideas have consequences, and as this saga illustrates, by and large things are what they appear to be.
Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary
When 60 days is too late!
By Benjamin G. Shatz
Welcome to Exceptionally Appealing, a new monthly column devoted to exploring exceptions to general rules and procedures in ap...
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court
When the high court handcuffed student journalists
By Donna Myrow
High school journalism has been losing ground since the 1970s due to education budget cuts -- and rulings of the U.S. Supreme ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate, Labor/Employment
Workplace fairness: statutory reform is needed
By William M. Crosby
Absent a certain protected activity or status, there is no effective recourse for the abused or harassed employee under state ...
Constitutional Law, Letters, U.S. Supreme Court
It's for the legislature, not the Supreme Court, to decide
By Richard A. Nixon
A recent article by Professor Aaron Tang, "Hey, Courts: Don't be so quick to ignore political power," unabashedly advocates fo...
Many a bitcoin millionaire may be thinking like their forefathers did holding low basis stock in Microsoft, Intel or Starbucks...
Civil Litigation, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations, Year in Review Column
In the Matter of Ethics
By Brian Slome
The State Bar Court Review Department issued a range of attorney discipline opinions this year. As usual, the most common comp...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Asylum law meets eminent domain
By Michael M. Berger
The 9th Circuit just published an opinion that successfully weaves immigration law and eminent domain law into a coherent whole.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court, Corporate, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Year in Review Column
States vs US high court in arbitration tug-of-war
By E. Martin Estrada, Kuruvilla J. Olasa
There was a continued push-and-pull between the U.S. Supreme Court and state courts over the FAA.
Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Year in Review Column
2017 was a watershed year for cannabis regulation
By Joshua Schneiderman
This year we essentially marked the end of 20 years of an unregulated market and unpredictable legal environment for medicinal...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Will inter partes review survive?
By Nicholas A. Brown
Over 7,000 inter partes review petitions have been filed since 2012, approximately 1,600 of which are currently pending before...
The Federal Communications Commission defied the facts, flouted the law, and ignored the will of millions of Americans when it...