Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation
Retained jurisdiction essential to enforce settlement agreement
By Steven H. Kruis
Seasoned litigators are well aware of the expedited procedures to enforce settlement agreements under Code of Civil Procedure ...
Corporate, Government, Tax
Tax reform in our stockings after Senate bill passage?
By Megan Lisa Jones
The plan is murky, as tax reform often is. Some handwritten comments are illegible. It is progress. Seemingly, soon, we will h...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
’Tis the season to take a pro bono case
By Hamid Yazdan Panah
The flexibility and independence of solo attorneys means that they are uniquely situated to take on pro bono cases and fill in...
Perfectly acceptable words can become detestable through overuse and misuse. "Incredibly" and "iconic" vie for first place on ...
Constitutional Law, Corporate, Civil Litigation, Securities, U.S. Supreme Court
About-face on SEC in-house judges is startling
By Ronald E. Wood
Trump Justice Department is turning its back on decades of history and process to argue that the Security and Exchange Commiss...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Anyone's guess how justices will rule in immigration case
By Philip L. Torrey
Regardless of how the Supreme Court decides Jennings v. Rodriguez, there is no doubt that its decision will have a significant...
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Labor/Employment, Law Practice
Thanks, CLRA
By Myron Moskovitz
I can't let 2017 end without congratulating California Rural Legal Assistance on its 50th anniversary. The legal aid group was...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, Year in Review Column
Supreme Court shook up patent venue in 2017
By David Lisson, Serge A. Voronov
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that venue in patent cases based on where a corporation "resides" is limi...
Administrative/Regulatory, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Corporate, Government, Mergers & Acquisitions
DOJ's lawsuit to halt AT&T-Time Warner deal is the right thing to do
By Warren Grimes, Christopher Sagers
The Justice Department's lawsuit is wise and courageous; it is a bold step to protect competition and consumers -- the primary...
tax lawyers are the first to point out that Meghan Markle's U.S. citizenship could cause major tax headaches for Britain's ro...
Administrative/Regulatory, Constitutional Law, Government
The CFPB and the swamp
By John C. Eastman
Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau whose tenure was marked by one constitutional controve...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
Courts clearing up police liability, immunity
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.
There are encouraging signs that both state and federal appellate courts are addressing distorted interpretations of statutory...
California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Criminal, U.S. Supreme Court
Issues with biometrics: Here’s looking at you, Fed
By Jason S. Leiderman
The iPhone X's facial recognition feature sure is cool. But what will it mean when it comes to your privacy, Fifth Amendment a...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judges and Judiciary, Obituaries
The Real Mayor of Los Angeles
By Christopher David Ruiz Cameron
The Real Mayor of Los Angeles passed away this week. Like the elected mayor who actually keeps an office in City Hall, this un...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judges and Judiciary, Obituaries
Judge Harry Pregerson was a Prince
By Julie A. Werner-Simon
In just the last few days, one charmed Prince Harry has gotten engaged and another Prince Harry has left us.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Office Management, Law Practice
Five tips for effective billing and collection as the year comes to a close
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
For all of the effort that goes into providing legal services, far too many attorneys take an informal, anything-goes approach...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation
Keyword mediation helps expedite e-discovery
By Daniel B. Garrie, Gail A. Andler
This alternative can benefit both parties, as well as the court, because a mediator can expedite an agreement in a technically...
Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Ripeness: the ghost of takings' past
By Michael M. Berger
As it is that Dickensian time of year, it seems appropriate to once again review the ghostly presence of the ripeness doctrine...
Administrative/Regulatory, Construction, Government
Legislature has the power to enact technology-forcing statutes
By Meredith J. Hankins
In a decision last year, the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that it would be "illogical" to uphold a law requiring new fi...
Corporate, Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court case could undo years of patent litigation
By Benjamin M. Haber
The high court heard arguments on Monday to consider the constitutionality of administrative proceedings that revoke issued pa...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Corporate, Labor/Employment, Tax
Tax gross up damages in the 9th Circuit beyond Title VII
By Robert W. Wood
Now that the 9th Circuit allows tax gross ups, will this spill over into other cases beyond Title VII?
Appellate Practice, California Courts of Appeal, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice
The dangers of attorney disqualification motions
By Matthew S. Kahn
Despite its holding, the Court of Appeal's decision (as well as the trial court's order) serves as a reminder that courts take...
California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court, Year in Review Column
Property rights hit by high courts
By Basil S. Shiber, Karl E. Geier
Like a lobster in slowly warming water, only in retrospect does the magnitude of the loss appear.
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, Year in Review Column
Anonymity is as fragile as a glass door
By Andres Hurwitz, Debra Garfinkle
New industries often lead to new legal issues, and the anonymous internet review industry represented by Glassdoor and Yelp wa...
Civil Rights, Labor/Employment
Sexual harassment in closed, quasi-closed systems
By Hannah Brenner, Kathleen Darcy
The recent outpouring of impassioned stories suggests that we are entering a new era in which these transgressions are being t...
Corporate, Securities
ICOs raise new questions for directors and officers
By Marc Boiron
The rapid rise of initial coin offerings has caused directors and officers of corporations with stockholders who are not offic...
Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate
Release of state regulations clears way for legal pot sales to begin
By Derek P. Cole
With release of the new regulations this month, cities and counties can now get a glimpse of what a regulated cannabis industr...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court
California ruling helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education
By Frederick P. Aguirre
A federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of California provided a key link in the evolutionary chain of school desegre...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government, Labor/Employment
After Vegas massacre, state should update workers' compensation law
By Keith More
During the shooting last month, four off-duty deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Department bravely jumped into action ...
California Courts of Appeal, Law Practice
When is a demand letter considered just a 'bluff'?
By Edwin F. McPherson
Several questions come to mind as a result of this case: How is it to be determined if a demand letter is a just "bluff," or t...