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Military Law, Law Practice

Hats off to Public Counsel's Amanda Pertusati and Paul Hastings' Andy LeGolvan


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court in a recent case sided with credit reporting agency TransUnion in ruling that thousands of consumers im...


U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy

The Supreme Court is considering whether to review a case involving a long-running dispute over water rights in the Imperial V...


Technology, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The majority opinion encourages Congress to amend Section 230 to legally mandate that platforms adopt automated content filter...


Law Practice

Spears conservatorship just the tip of the iceberg

Jul. 1, 2021
By Shannon Cogan, Anne Hadreas

Unfortunately, the pop star’s experience is a common one for people with developmental disabilities or mental illness, whose f...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property

The U.S. Supreme Court held that the administrative patent judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which decides inter pa...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities

Supreme Court brings clarity to ‘fraud-on-the-market’ theory

Jun. 30, 2021
By Thomas A. Zaccaro, Scott Carlton

The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed important substantive and procedural questions for class certification in federal se...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

Justice in the courtroom. Service in the community.

Jun. 30, 2021
By Daniel K. Kramer

A win in a class action is a win for many. It is not only the members of the class action who are directly part of the settlem...


Technology, Tax

On June 18, the IRS released Chief Counsel Advice 202124008, asking and answering a question: Does an exchange of (i) Bitcoin...


Letters, Law Practice

Service of process: Sacrifice in the name of progress

Jun. 30, 2021
By Randolph M. Hammock

I read with great interest my colleague Judge Michael Stern’s June 29 column, “Service by process by email: A modest 21st cent...


With the latest emergency temporary standards for vaccinated and unvaccinated employees in the workplace and many employees re...


Technology, Law Practice

Law firms are being beseeched to consider using no-code capabilities, seemingly allowing lawyers and other legal professionals...


Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal

Recent decisions suggest that courts are increasingly inclined to take a measured approach to applying the Labor Code’s wage s...


As the world slowly reopens, it has become abundantly clear that many employees are not rushing to get back into the office an...


Labor/Employment

COVID-19 sparks federal, state response with paid leave

Jun. 30, 2021
By Grant P. Alexander

The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down in numerous respects, leading to various policy and legislative changes to ...


Labor/Employment

While studies anticipate that some jurisdictions will embrace partial work from home more heartily than others, there is no de...


The brewing preemption battle over Iskanian’s PAGA rule

Jun. 30, 2021
By Felix Shafir, Peder K. Batalden

Will the high court address California’s attempt to wall PAGA claims off from FAA preemption?


Labor/Employment

Following failed organizing efforts at Amazon, where’s the PRO Act?

Jun. 30, 2021
By Stephen Lanctot, Fred Alvarez

In February 2020, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act — but it was dead upon arrival ...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court

Wage and hour law updates for interstate workers

Jun. 30, 2021
By David E. Mastagni

Last year, the California Supreme Court released the long-awaited decisions in two separate cases determining that California ...


Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law

Employment law and freedom of speech

Jun. 30, 2021
By Arlene Yang, David Mehretu

Employee political speech has become one of the hottest topics for California employers. This has been driven by the ubiquity ...


Labor/Employment

Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards have travelled a tumultuous road since their introduction in Nove...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

Every lawyer knows that filing a complaint in court is only the beginning of the litigation process. Like the opening kickoff ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Family, Criminal

People living with HIV or AIDS must decide whether, how and when to disclose their positive status. In many states, different ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, Constitutional Law

On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the “hot pursuit” of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect, as contrasted with a felon...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

In case you missed it, California is no longer an unfriendly venue for international arbitrations.


U.S. Supreme Court, Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

When the UCLA Bruins thumped the Houston Cougars by 32 points en route to their NCAA championship, Californians rejoiced. Last...


U.S. Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law

The Supreme Court’s ruling makes it more difficult for future court challengers of the Affordable Care Act to have their core ...


Law Practice, California Supreme Court

The dispute between Mexico and the U.S. over a charity established in the 1600s arose out of the two countries’ intertwined hi...


Constitutional Law

Judge ignored facts, law while taking knife to assault weapons ban

Jun. 28, 2021
By Scott A. Edelman, Jillian N. London

Earlier this month, Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California held in Miller v. B...


Government, Constitutional Law

While Georgia, Texas and a plethora of other states look to undermine voting rights and further disenfranchise voters, right h...