Military Law, Law Practice
Lawyers to the rescue of injured warriors and their caregivers
By Eileen C. Moore
Hats off to Public Counsel's Amanda Pertusati and Paul Hastings' Andy LeGolvan
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
High court says ‘concrete’ injury required for Article III standing for class members
By Anna McLean, Michael A. Lundholm
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
US high court can restore water rights promised to California farmers
By Lowell F. Sutherland
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
9th Circuit panel embraces mandating online filters, censoring users’ speech
By Aaron Mackey
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
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
High court authorizes PTO director to review PTAB decisions
By Ben M. Davidson
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
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.
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
IRS says more cryptocurrency transactions are taxable
By Robert W. Wood
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
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...
Labor/Employment
New emergency temporary standards and employer response to vaccine pushback
By Colin Calvert
With the latest emergency temporary standards for vaccinated and unvaccinated employees in the workplace and many employees re...
Technology, Law Practice
Ascertaining if the ambitious no-code trend stacks up for lawyers
By Lance Eliot
Law firms are being beseeched to consider using no-code capabilities, seemingly allowing lawyers and other legal professionals...
Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal
Courts look to the ‘central purpose’ of Labor Code Section 226 rather than focusing on technicalities
By David W. Moreshead
Recent decisions suggest that courts are increasingly inclined to take a measured approach to applying the Labor Code’s wage s...
Labor/Employment
If the remote workplace is here to stay, how will that impact employment law?
By Gina Miller
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
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
Challenges of implementing a global hybrid work mode
By Ute Krudewagen
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
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?
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
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
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 takes employers on a COVID-19 prevention rollercoaster ride
By Daryl Landy, Jason Mills
Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards have travelled a tumultuous road since their introduction in Nove...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Service of process by email: A modest 21st century proposal
By Michael L. Stern
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
State laws fail to recognize relationship between HIV, domestic violence
By Courtney Cross
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
Supreme Court taps the brakes on 'hot pursuit' doctrine
By Gary Schons
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
California international arbitration gets a booster shot
By Fred Bennett
In case you missed it, California is no longer an unfriendly venue for international arbitrations.
U.S. Supreme Court, Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Rule of Reason: Supreme Court sides with student-athletes, sidelines NCAA
By Nate Riley
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
Supreme Court, again, upholds the Affordable Care Act
By James Azadian
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 Pious Fund: A century-long fight over a 250-year-old charity
By John S. Caragozian
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
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
Scholars urge influence districts in city of Santa Monica
By Sara Sadhwani
While Georgia, Texas and a plethora of other states look to undermine voting rights and further disenfranchise voters, right h...