Data Privacy
You’ve suffered a privacy breach. Now what? Learn about breach reporting and notification obligations in Canada.
By Imran Ahmad, Travis Walker
If the organization elects to notify and report, the Privacy Commissioner’s guidance is that both take place “as soon as possi...
Even if notice is not triggered under the California data breach law, it does not mean you’re out of the woods.
Sometimes, judges bend or even ignore finding facts and applying the law in a quest to stick it to a party they see as a Bad Guy.
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Five tips for reinventing yourself professionally
By Joan B. Kessler
How to navigate and embrace change.
The next generation of competing ChatGPT’s will be writing judicial opinions, and we probably… no, more likely, will not know ...
International Law
California International Arbitration Week - A hot ticket, high value, and free
By Giorgio Sassine
CIAW is set to take place March 13-17, with nearly all of the events in Downtown Los Angeles (and the events can also be watch...
Labor/Employment
Options for bypassing employment arbitration are changing
By Jonathan Andrews
So is this the end of the line for California’s efforts to limit or abolish mandatory employment arbitration? The state could ...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
Modeling justice in Georgia, New York, and California: Some contrasts
By George W. Nicholson
Perhaps now the story of these polar opposites may be seen as intellectual balm for the pervasively sour public and political ...
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Family
The increasing role of illiquid assets in divorce settlements (Part 4)
By Leslie L. Abrigo, Barry Levine
Article 4 of 4: Private equity and real estate funds and understanding the underlying structure of these investments.
Intellectual Property, Ediscovery
Florida sides with California on delayed discovery in copyright cases
By Douglas L. Johnson, Daniel B. Lifschitz
The decision, which favored California instead of New York’s delayed discovery approach, increases the likelihood that the Sup...
International Law, Civil Litigation
California's emergence as an innovator in international arbitration
By Peter A. Neumann, Peter Rosen
A key milestone on California's road to being an international arbitration innovator was a legislative breakthrough. On Jan. 1...
Using the ballot to attack California’s progressive worker’s rights agenda.
Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Appellate Practice
Be intentional in both the treatment and trajectory of women in law
By M.C. Sungaila
Women’s progress in the law: Three take-aways for women lawyers and law firms from The Portia Project®
Labor/Employment
Obey now, grieve later: Understanding the offense of insubordination
By Christopher David Ruiz Cameron
In employment litigation, whether contested in court or in arbitration, the question whether just cause supports the disciplin...
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Family
The increasing role of illiquid assets in divorce settlements (Part 3)
By Leslie L. Abrigo, Barry Levine
Article 3 of 4: Personal residences and reverse mortgages.
International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Losing sleep over the Midnight Clause: Drafting disputes provisions for cross-border technology agreements and foreign investments
By Sarah Reynolds, Yasmine Lahlou
Cross-border technology disputes typically are high value, and often involve trade secrets or other forms of proprietary infor...
Labor/Employment
Viking River PAGA ruling has no clear destination for employers
By Tal Burnovski Yeyni
A California court of appeal held it was not bound by SCOTUS’ ruling.
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Bias awareness and the motivation to be fair matter
By Mark B. Baer
Realizing and caring that our perception of fairness on any given issue is egocentric involves self-awareness, the very founda...
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Family
The increasing role of illiquid assets in divorce settlements (Part 2)
By Leslie L. Abrigo, Barry Levine
Article 2 of 4: Investment real estate that has been part of a 1031 tax-free exchange.
Technology, Constitutional Law
Federal Trade Commission Shines Light on Dark Practices of E-Commerce
By Anita Taff-Rice
The FTC’s move to expose dark patterns used by Epic Games is likely a harbinger of things to come and online merchants of all ...
International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Is international arbitration adapting to the speed of business?
By Laura Abrahamson
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the industry in 2023 is whether international arbitration can adapt sufficiently to remai...
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Family
The increasing role of illiquid assets in divorce settlements (Part 1)
By Leslie L. Abrigo, Barry Levine
In this first installment of a four-part series, common illiquid investments of divorcing parties will be explored. The goal i...
Intellectual Property
Artificial creativity: Navigating the copyright implications of AI-generated art
By James R. Molen
As it stands, there is currently no clear answer to whether AI-generated art qualifies for copyright protection.
The setup costs include completion and submission of Form 1023 to the IRS National Office. The IRS usually approves these appl...
Intellectual Property
U.S. Copyright Office weighs in on protection of AI-generated works
By Bennett A. Bigman
The Copyright Office’s decision may not be the last word on the subject, but certainly the debate over creation by artificial ...
International Law
California international arbitration comes of age: a personal journey
By Cedric C. Chao
As a measure of the growth of international arbitration in California this is the second year the California Lawyers Associati...
Intellectual Property
Eleventh Circuit affirms MTV Floribama Shore does not infringe Flora-Bama Trademark
By Lee S. Brenner
The court rejected the "Flora-Bama" trademark owners' argument that a title is artistically relevant only when its use is n...
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law
Insurance considerations in maximizing medical expenses
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. Wilkinson
When a plaintiff chooses to be treated outside of the available insurance plan, that person is in the same position as an unin...
AB 1287 is a stride forward in gender-based price discrimination, and consumers should see a big adjustment when shopping for ...
Government
Municipalities are being crushed by the weight of records requests
By Christine N. Wood
Requests for public records are choking some agencies and costing taxpayers billions of dollars.