Lawyers receive and send more Forms 1099 than most people, in part because of tax laws that single them out.

My law school profs taught me that precedent is everything: judges study and reverently follow "the law," as stated or ...

Even if a witness ultimately does testify to hearsay before the January 6 Committee, the Rules of Evidence do not apply to Con...

Not every tax matter is quirky or interesting, but you might be surprised how many are.

Insurance, after all, is a method for the economic transference of the risk of accidental losses and is a numbers business.

Construction defects can cause long-term damage and compromise the safety of a home, costing thousands of dollars to repair an...

The electoral college is a mechanism for minority rule. If poll after poll is to be credited, the country as a whole did not w...

At a basic level, we learned online visual meetings can greatly enhance our communications and negotiations.

There will be litigation over when government employees’ speech can be prohibited because it is within the scope of their duti...

Patent office issues new guidance on controversial IPR discretionary denials

It is a reflection of 19th century values that Fremont was tried and convicted of disobedience, but not of genocide.

The Field case reminds both plaintiffs and defendants that crafting evasive discovery responses can hurt you in the long run –...

What we don’t yet know is how the law and its requisite training will affect drunk drivers and those injured by them.

Being sensitive to the effect that the observer may have on the observed could help prompt seemingly deadlocked negotiations t...

There was a time when it seemed that the avalanche/tidal wave of new asbestos personal injury and death filings in state and f...

When a court determines that allegations of excessive force in the complaint are well pleaded but decides there is qualified i...

Beware: having a long period of time between setting up a structure and executing the strategy is no protection from an IRS ch...

Absent surveys that identify hospital drug acquisition costs, the Department of Health and Human Services has no right to with...

Increased violence simply hasn’t been the result in the 43 states, nor in the two-thirds of California counties where licenses...

International arbitration has long been a favored form of dispute resolution because of its efficiency, finality, and other sa...

If government lawyers abandon professionalism under the pressure of politics, polarization and careerism, one pillar of our Re...