The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent civil unrest are having a disproportionate effect on people in California's low-income co...

Because current patent laws do not allow artificial inventors, we address two questions: (1) What can we do right now if a dev...

A society’s budget reveals its moral values, and by that metric, 21st century America barely hovers above bankruptcy. Our budg...

A conversation with a civil rights attorney about how she navigated intersecting traumas and gifts of growing up in Berkeley a...

Even the best tax planning tends to be complex and unpredictable. Recently, however, planners have become interested in a simp...

There would seem to exist a wide chasm between the constitutional protections afforded by the contract clause to protect again...

It’s a funny thing about the Rule of Law: It’s not a rule, and it’s not a law. It is, rather, a set of principles, a body of n...

State Sen. Susan Rubio has a venerable history of authoring legislation addressing the issue of domestic violence. However, un...

In a decision issued June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court missed an opportunity to address an important question: Does the abuse of ...

The commonly used methods of valuation are categorized into three primary approaches. The three approaches are the asset, inco...

On June 1, the Historic Courthouse in Auburn re-opened for business after being closed for two and one-half months due to the ...

On May 21, the SEC published its final rule regarding Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Business...

Many of my white friends have called to express their disgust at what they are seeing and to see how I am doing. Often the con...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed California local governments a major victory in what is likely the most ...

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California serves as a helpful reminder of the imp...

The Pentagon has already issued COVID-19 guidance, and then reversed itself. Before further COVID-19 policies are formulated, ...

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Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with far-reaching implications for regulatory agency enforcement p...

Legal fictions are problematic because we’re in the truth-finding business. These fictions are dangerous for judges, because ...

On May 7, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to prosecutors policing public corruption under federal property fraud statutes ...

A discussion about lawyering and trauma during the shutdown.

Up and down the state, judges, lawyers, court personnel and justice partners have been dedicating themselves to their mission ...

Can you imagine if the text of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion had no citations at all? You actually don’t have to.

Women are uniquely impacted by the coronavirus. Domestic violence has surged; industries in which women provide an outsized po...

This is the first in a new interview series through which Mallika Kaur will explore with lawyers from various practice areas t...

No intended obscenity in this column. So why the title? Because like so many other concepts based on beliefs or values, obscen...

Every year roughly 24,000 students graduate from ABA-accredited law schools and begin the arduous and time-intensive preparati...

Undoubtedly you did not purchase this newspaper to read this article. By the time it is in print it shall be marginally out-of...

The main effect of the means test is that it has increased the amount attorneys charge consumer filers since the form requires...

Size does matter, but not in the way you might think.