In the first week of March, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions which expand the “state secrets privilege” and make it...

Notably, Assembly Bill 2289 isn’t an income tax at all; rather, it would be America’s first bona fide wealth tax.

In a landmark decision sure to have a significant impact on the real estate banking industry, the California Supreme Court dec...

Lawsuits filed by individuals with disabilities alleging they were denied access to a business’ goods or services due to acces...

If you settle a case on appeal and then ask the court to dismiss the case as moot, don’t be surprised, particularly where a de...

A recent decision is a helpful caution that the modification provisions of a trust must be carefully followed and that there i...

In "The Great Dissenter," Peter S. Canellos delves into Justice John Marshall Harlan's life experiences and judicial philosoph...

Whether an unconscionable waiver of spousal support in a premarital agreement signed prior to 2002 is enforceable has been the...

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is fully embracing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s endemic phase and seeks to transition the courts to “...

The job of a judge or jury is made much harder if they can see only someone’s eyes, or only the upper portion of a person’s bo...

Legislators in the European Union are drawing plans to dictate how its citizens’ user data gets transferred to the U.S., and a...

Late in the afternoon on Wednesday, Carter issued a decision: He will read the emails and their attachments in camera, and the...

Given its broad scope and promise of a complete dismissal of charges upon completion of a treatment program, effective defense...

The latest round of ballot measure insanity attempting to restrict fees in contingency matters is extremely dangerous.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with an issue that could provide a roadmap for limiting the excesses of creatively sta...

“Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts” (5th ed. 2021), edited-in-chief by Robert L. Haig, is immensely valuabl...

While the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude for some, it contains a loophole...

I have read a number of the Daily Journal’s recent articles regarding the dispute between Save Berkeley’s Neighborhood and the...

While litigants accept the inevitability of pretrial arguments over jury instructions, the process by which these instructions...

We need political willpower and cooperation among officials to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft in L.A.

The House Select Committee continues to investigate the causes that contributed to the violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2...

Businesses around the world are facing substantial financial impact from Russia’s invasion of — or war against — Ukraine. The ...

Against the backdrop of the LGBTQ equal rights legal movement over the last half century, a case the U.S. Supreme Court agreed...

Ignoring front-line employee concerns backfired for Elizabeth Holmes. How is it working for America’s most notorious progressi...

Don’t miss the broader legal significance of the Supreme Court’s vaccine-or-test cases.

There’s a reason more senior attorneys rely on referrals for business development: It’s one of the profession’s surefire ways ...

For the roadway contractor, it appeared to be an open-and-shut case due to an admission of liability. But that wasn’t how the ...

There is a speedier solution that might be the ticket — one that few will probably embrace but most can live with (aka a good ...

In three years, the governor’s appointment rate of people with disabilities is less than 1%. It is also my understanding that ...

In a case that asks whether the federal Controlled Substances Act preempts certain state workers’ compensation law, the U.S. S...