A decision by the Supreme Court to allow employers to deprive employees of their statutory rights to take concerted action wil...

The Founding Fathers could not possibly have anticipated bullying in cyberspace. But they did appreciate, and protected, the r...

Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will announce its long-awaited decision in a challenge to the Professional and Amateur Spo...

We in the judiciary and the legal professions must inform the public how an independent judiciary is vital to our democracy.

This article seeks to address the general mechanics of the debtor's ability to "cram-down" undersecured liens in a Chapter 11 ...

In truth, the electronic process is not that different from the paper process these lawyers may be accustomed to, and may even...

A recently issued protocol has gone relatively unnoticed, but litigators should add the ISO’s suggested practices to their tec...

These programs are helping create a generation of “social justice solos” while diversifying the legal profession.

We are fortunate that most people have forgotten that Article III judges were unceremoniously removed from office and that the...

We all have a stake in language access in California courts — the legitimacy and viability of the legal system in such a diver...

If fighting for your fees is going to trigger a lawsuit you might lose, it's best to settle than fight for a full recovery.

Without adequate foresight, a client may find that control of the privilege is now in the hands of the successor corporation.

Until a recent Federal Circuit ruling, the practical application of these duties and burdens in litigation was hotly disputed,...

Set sail on a voyage through the California Rules of Court for civil appeals. The booty: MCLE credit.

Proposed revisions to the Rules of Court would modify the rules for attorneys in conservatorship proceedings.

It’s time for a new standard: Police should be legally required to de-escalate or use alternatives to deadly force whenever po...

Lawsuits should not be the first recourse to sound mental health policy and effective programs.

The commission was so preoccupied with whether or not it could regulate short-term rentals, it didn't stop to think if it should.

On March 23, President Donald Trump signed a law that could undo the very protections for privacy and autonomy that American c...

When any of us fail to “take actions that place the good of society above self-interest,” the public perception of the integri...

Note to valued readers: What appears in the following column is not an April Fools' joke. Please observe that the publication ...

As Justice Anthony Kline reminds us, certain developments in recent years have threatened to make it more difficult for courts...

If courts allow companies to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to block automated access by competitors, it will threaten o...

The widening gap between how the law is expected to be (and generally is) practiced, and certain events transpiring in our pol...

During Monday’s State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye once again called on California lawmakers...

Does the judicial branch ever tell the political branches of government, "Hold my beer"? The recent efforts to reform Californ...

We feel the recent story on Jerry Brown’s judicial picks doesn’t paint an accurate picture of all that the governor has done t...

I am generally pleased to note that the vast majority of the current field of candidates for Los Angeles County Superior Court...

The California primary election takes place on June 5. The state’s general election follows on Nov. 6. This includes the elect...

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