Three California civil rights enforcement agencies are effectively missing in action when it comes to protecting people with d...

In Caniglia v. Strom, 20-157, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether there is a “community caretaker” exc...

The intriguing title of my February column “Revelations” was an intimate look (not exposé) on how appellate opinions are “proc...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a case asking whether you have the right to privacy when you make charitab...

As presiding justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2, in Riverside, I come into contact with the men and women...

State-licensed marijuana businesses have high IRS audit rates and face big challenges to minimize their federal tax burden. On...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office created a process to prioritize examination of trademark applications covering certain CO...

An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case is highlighting the need to pay greater attention to the justices’ conflicts of interest a...

The board of trustees of the State Bar of California will be reviewing the Annual Discipline Report on Friday. During the meet...

The veteran community has unique needs as a client base which differ from civilian clientele. Consider some examples: A vetera...

When U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney dismissed charges against defendants in the Central District of California for the fail...

Los Angeles County Superior Court’s restraining order courts in a year of emergency.

The Supreme Court is poised to review the standard for a defendant to successfully show that an error in federal constitutiona...

Ralph Baxter and Zachariah DeMeola believe the legal system is broken. Their arguments for why and how nonlawyer ownership of ...

Wanna bet which proves more effective in speeding up justice for veterans… more government regulations or class action lawyers?

Public officials, even judges, may sometimes give voice to social issues

The top-down approach to conservatorship reform has been tried for nearly 15 years with very little success. Perhaps it is tim...

Before gifting to foreign charities (through checks, credit cards or Venmo), consider that charitable giving outside this coun...

The experience of managing a law firm during the 12-plus months since California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his March 19, 2020, ...

As the administrative state has expanded, so too has the importance of the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA ensures public scr...

A fundamental aspect of private property is that the owner can choose whom to let onto the property and who to exclude as a tr...

Does the military really want women in its ranks?

A recent 9th Circuit decision was the first appellate ruling to permit a lawsuit to proceed on a challenge to forced membershi...

If you don’t spend a lot of time on #appellatetwitter, you may have missed a recent momentous event in citation history.

A measure relating to appointed legal counsel in probate conservatorships was recently introduced into the California Assembly.

San Francisco lost sight of a simple truth when it decided that condo conversions presented an opportunity to require property...

To follow up on last month’s column “Revelations,” this column centers on, not centers around, opinion writing.

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a vexing decision in Castle Rock v. Gonzales. There, the court found that a do...

Clients should also be told about the risks of litigation, including trial, mediation costs and the financial advantages and d...

As a result of COVID-19, we all have experienced a state of seemingly unrelenting fear and panic, with family and health conce...