Suppose you represent a defendant at trial. The jury returns a verdict for the plaintiff, the trial court denies your motion f...

Can a taking within the meaning of either state or federal constitution be accomplished by animals? Strange question, you say....

Every day, people throughout California request restraining orders for various reasons. Whether your next restraining order he...

Law enforcement uses different techniques to cause suspects to make statements before formal charging. A recent appellate deci...

Senate Bill 331, the “Silenced No More Act,” has been added to the equation, and it could change the way parties consider sett...

Unless it’s your first rodeo, there’s a few things trial lawyers should know: Lie the distinction between impeachment and rebu...

What makes a good amicus brief? And what considerations should the parties’ and amici’s attorneys keep in mind to make sure th...

In part one of this two-part series, we address the first 10 of 20 questions that arise frequently related to nonparty discove...

Because many companies are waiting longer to go public, it is becoming increasingly common to conduct a private bridge financi...

Californians often take for granted that our consumer protections are muscular and new chemical dangers are addressed with an ...

If, as James D. Crosby states, “In most cases, a tough call has to be made between right and wrong,” my question is, why it is...

I have spent my 42-year legal career — so far — on the defense side of the civil litigation aisle.* This article is dedicated ...

While generally considered “strangers” to litigation, nonparties often play a significant role in discovery. In this two-part ...

Just this past week, jails throughout California have literally been shut down because of outbreaks of Omicron. When jails shu...

Why? A plan to use an innocent man’s conviction to demonstrate the unfairness of death sentences based on circumstantial evide...

From public service to big business

In October 2021, I walked into my office in downtown San Francisco after 18 months of working from home. What I had learned wa...

If the 9th Circuit is serious about protecting detained defendants, it must be willing to let courts dismiss with prejudice or...

It’s no secret that 2021 was a boom year for all sorts of transactions, including the Boss earning over $500 million for the r...

Current information security and risk mitigation approaches are ineffective. This is nowhere more apparent than in critical su...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine rules is an ominous ...

On February 1, the Los Angeles County Bar Association is presenting an online panel discussion titled: “Hastings Name Change: ...

The California Supreme Court recently answered this question in a case involving the following scenario: Plaintiffs sued defen...

When former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai left the agency, there was hope that government regulators mig...

Regarding Neil Auwarter’s January 7 guest column, “Of filibusters and festive bachelors: The dark purpose of the Senate’s mino...

In his January 10 guest column, “Talking to strangers: Lessons for lawyers,” Syed H. Mannan states, “As lawyers, this social s...

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has voted to adopt a new set of COVID-19 emergency temporary standar...

With the election of Donald Trump, law school deans experienced something extraordinary that goes to the very core of the miss...

A conviction need not be the end of the road for a criminal defendant. Here is a quick primer on the fundamentals of preparing...

Many attorneys view appellate lawyers like me as scholarly nerds, parsing ancient cases for tidbits of dicta that support a no...