In this article, we’ll answer the following three questions about the upcoming CPPA rulemaking process: How will this process ...

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During this holiday season, rituals abound. Church and synagogue services, Hanukkah rituals, and the usual smattering of weddi...

Brief writing and oral argument form the core of appellate advocacy. We previously provided a few tips on brief writing. We no...

We tend to take for granted California’s boundaries, which are unchanged since admission as a state. However, efforts to divid...

While no one is happy that the pandemic won’t go away, one city’s recent stunt will not result in anyone getting a Republic of...

A recent California Court of Appeal case provides guidance on when courts may dismiss Private Attorneys General Act actions du...

The recent statistics for the July 2021 California bar exam present further evidence that the process of lawyer licensing in C...

On November 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 14a-19 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, requiring pa...

As 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to report on what the Los Angeles County Superior Court has been able to do this year and p...

In a highly symbolic victory, employees at a Buffalo area Starbucks store have voted to form a union, 19-8, in a National Labo...

Members of the legal community should be societal leaders and live up to the California attorney’s oath, which contains the fo...

Should racial preferences in university admissions be legal? The U.S. Supreme Court has an opportunity to revisit that hotly d...

Returning to court for trial in 2021 was like being awake in a dream; many of the people and settings were familiar, but the f...

The court applied the “discovery rule,” which holds in general that the statute of limitations for certain financial and fraud...

A recent 9th Circuit decision provides answers to questions that have bedeviled district courts and practitioners in Americans...

In 2021 the Supreme Court did not issue any estates-related opinions — LPS conservatorship opinions aside — and the appellate ...

Despite having knowledge of major deficiencies with every part of the probate conservatorship system, Chief Justice Tani Canti...

The State Bar's justifications for the program ultimately fall flat.

It can sometimes seem like celebrities have it made, getting loads of free goodies and preferential treatment. Yet taxes are t...

In 1997 defendant Kenji Howard was convicted of murder of Arkett Mejia, attempted murder of Travon Johnson and two others, and...

Enter Resolve Law LA, a little-known program offering another approach. Using judge-ordered mandatory settlement conferences, ...

A selective reading of the facts about the failed Zoom acquisition of Five9 lends itself to a tempting clickbait headline that...

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson on Friday, has created a roadmap for how state gove...

As many employers know, the “80/20 tip credit rule” has long been at thorn in the side of employers in the hospitality and res...

So much is wrong with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday morning decision in the Texas abortion statute decision that it can’t al...

Brief writing and oral argument form the core of appellate advocacy.

However the Supreme Court ultimately justifies its decision in Dobbs, one thing is clear and unrefuted: upending decades of ri...

Appellate lawyers who do not routinely handle family law appeals may puzzle over unfamiliar statutes and rules applicable in m...