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...

California’s Private Attorneys General Act — sometimes called “the Bounty Hunter” statute — allows employees to sue their own ...

The California Legislature has recently enacted a sweeping new set of laws that prohibit food packaging, cookware and children...

In a ruling that should extend well beyond the gridiron, the federal appellate court delivers a timely reminder that antitrust...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that could deter...

Where the Legislature is silent about retroactivity, courts presume that the new statute will apply to all defendants whose ca...

With the arrival of the California Privacy Rights Act, a document-retention policy is now critical to privacy compliance.

Much has been about the State Bar of California’s proposed paraprofessional program which would allow nonlawyers to practice l...

The most far-reaching work law development of the past three decades has been the rise of mandatory pre-dispute arbitration. O...

Roe, Casey, Dobbs: The last of those epic U.S. Supreme Court cases, which the Court heard on December 1, is the (biggest) bloc...

District Judge Roger T. Benitez applied the Supreme Court’s Heller test, holding that California’s ban was unconstitutional (a...

On December 1, the Supreme Court’s engagement on the topic of abortion was much more public and formal. A nearly two-hour-long...

To argue that prohibiting states from restricting pre-viability abortions allows the Supreme Court to avoid the philosophical ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument Wednesday in a case that could profoundly change American education.

Lawyers hoping to find goodies in their stocking should take stock of whether they have been “nice” lawyers in 2021. When Sant...

Myron Moskovitz knows a thing or two about appellate persuasion, and you can too with his new book, "Strategies on Appeal.