Most insureds pay regular monthly life insurance premiums for years without a problem. Occasionally, a policyholder may miss a...

A couple of columns back, I reported comments from several superior court judges about what they do not like to see in trial c...

Last month the California Supreme Court ruled on who should bear the risk of the injury — the owner of the property, or the in...

Steinberg, the nation’s preeminent authority on securities regulation, has recently added to his already voluminous scholarshi...

Today, perhaps more than any other day, we mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Americans are hearty souls. In our litigious land of the free and home of the brave, our laws allow — and our grandiose notion...

Last month, an amazing decision by U.S. District Court Judge Linda V. Parker found nine lawyers from different jurisdictions s...

Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health have issued new public health requirements in response to...

The end of the legislative session in California is always a time of high drama as last-minute deals come together and many un...

In the to and fro of modern litigation, at the speed at which we practice these days, I occasionally get myself stuck in that ...

There’s a legal maxim that says, “for every wrong there is a remedy.” The catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers condom...

If you did not know about conservatorships before, no doubt you are acquainted with them now given the public light cast on Br...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided to hear and decide Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (19-1392) in its next...

Relatively few day-to-day lawyers have heard about experimental jurisprudence. The wording alone is apt to imply something oth...

As California applied for statehood in 1850, the slavery debate was consuming the nation. California intensified the debate, b...

Proposition 22 “appears only to protect the economic interests of the network companies in having a divided, ununionized workf...

When Apple announced last month that the upcoming release of iOS 15 would include two new safety features — Communication Safe...

Weeks and months after getting a COVID-19 infection, many survivors continue to experience disabling symptoms that limit or pr...

Governor Gavin Newsom faces the prospect of being recalled and replaced in an election in which he is the clear mathematical w...

A good Samaritan is distributing food and water at a homeless camp. She steps in the street to walk around a tent and is hit b...

When you receive a loan, is the money taxable? Of course not, because you must pay back the money. Can lawyers borrow, too, ju...

In a surprise decision with potentially far-reaching consequences for ride sharing companies and other companies that utilize ...

When litigating an appeal from an injunction, here are some key questions to consider at the outset: Is the order imposing the...

Facebook and other tech giants believe they can choose which speech to allow and which to ban because they are private compani...

I truly appreciate and definitely benefited from the Women’s Liberation Movement. Nonetheless, despite my very strong belief i...

On July 8, I found myself returning for my first in-person court appearance.

As law students return to class this fall, they arrive amid several positive signs for legal education. Most obviously, stude...

Gascón’s juvenile justice policy ignored individualized facts, like the sophistication or heinousness of the crime.

"Be the Jury" pilot program can help diversify juries.