In this fifth and final installment of our series on the CPRA, we provide an overview of expected enforcement activity, both b...

Due to the pandemic, parties entering into new leases now pay much greater attention to the force majeure provision. Tenants a...

The further irony here is the historical conduct of Thomas as a member of this bench: Maintaining a low public profile, almost...

Serranus Hastings did not massacre any group of people, commit genocide, or kill or knowingly participate in the killing of an...

What about all those statutes defining may as permissive and only shall as mandatory? What makes may something other than may,...

Bench officers have the ability to, among other things, lock someone up for life, tear families apart, and turn off life suppo...

EPA has granted waivers to California nearly continuously since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970. If the waiver provision...

The Ninth Circuit majority opinion said: “The IRS wants the ability to direct taxpayers to submit delinquent returns to its au...

The Court of Appeal concluded that the trial court’s denial of the right to jury trial was reversible error per se, so there w...

The EPA and Army Corps have not solidified a definition of WOTUS and have left the field filled with uncertainty.

The emotional, highly charged atmosphere regarding the third branch of our government, previously insulated by public deferenc...

Businesses that are heavily reliant on automated decision-making technologies may want to consider adjusting their processes t...

The franchise industry has been a particular target of state administrative actions and employee lawsuits because of franchise...

But let’s face it, most of the time the question from the civilian is about, yep, family law. And you don’t have a clue.

Beyond the dollar settlement itself, a trauma-informed mediation will include the opportunity for both employer and employee t...

How fire victims are taxed depends on their circumstances, what they ultimately collect, and what they claim on their taxes.

A Nicaraguan asylum seeker who had been returned to Mexico with another asylum seeker I interviewed paid $3,000 to a person in...

This state-by-state approach is certain to create a split among the circuits, which likely means that the matter will end up i...

The controversy about the Department of Education’s guidance is somewhat different in that the due process deficits were not o...

Some carriers have taken the position that where multiple policies are implicated, the insured must satisfy all the deductible...

In a post-Roe world, reproductive health data becomes immensely more valuable due to its intimate, personal and potentially cr...

In my experience, trial judges, by nature, presume professionalism, ethical conduct and good faith by the lawyers appearing be...

The Regional Director asked the Court to order Starbucks to cease and desist from committing unfair labor practices in violati...

In the Supreme Court Opinion written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Court notes that jurisdictional requirements mark the b...

Therein lies an unspoken major reason behind AB 2777’s enactment – money, or what legendary Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh called...