Technology, Law Practice
It might be turtles all the way down for AI and the law
By Lance Eliot
There is a notably fabled expression that touts the idea that it is turtles all the way down. This is a catchy reference to a ...
What do lawyers think about? Easy: what to advise a client, how to draft a document, which witnesses to put on, etc. But there...
Administrative/Regulatory
Surge in False Claims Act enforcement continues
By Nick Hanna, Jim Zelenay Jr.
As the Biden administration settles into its first year, the government has signaled not only that the FCA remains its primary...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Post-COVID legal landscape shows deep divides
By Gerald L. Sauer
As we enter the next phase of post-pandemic life, there are more unknowns than knowns.
Letters, Criminal
Column on Gascón’s policies demonstrates the impact of implicit bias
By Mark B. Baer
If you read Eric Siddall’s August 11 column, paid close attention to what he was saying, how he was saying it, and did not all...
Tax
Lasting tax lessons from Michael Jackson’s multiple legal battles
By Robert W. Wood
The King of Pop died unexpectedly in 2009. The recent Tax Court victory by his estate was momentous and provides useful remind...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Anti-SLAPP protections for hospital peer reviews: questions linger
By Barry S. Landsberg, Joanna S. McCallum
The California Supreme Court recently clarified the scope of protection under the anti-SLAPP law for communication and conduct...
Administrative/Regulatory
Californians can have their heightened animal welfare — and eat their bacon, too
By Rebecca Cary, Bruce Wagman
With the remaining components of California’s Proposition 12 — the state’s 2018 ballot initiative covering the in-state produc...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Civility is not dead: 8 tips for new attorneys entering legal practice
By Stephanie Dowds
The most artful attorneys can spar with opposing counsel, disagree with the judge, and have the jury nodding along with their ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Legal Education, Law Practice
Q&A with Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School
By William Domnarski
The revered professor has been for 40 years one of the nation's preeminent constitutional scholars. He's known as a great teac...
Legal Education
California accredited law school grads avoid crippling debt
By Mitchel L. Winick
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal lamented that law school has “lost its luster” as debts mount, salaries stagnate, ...
Civil Litigation
Mexico, drowning in American guns, is suing gun manufacturers
By Esther Sanchez-Gomez
In a groundbreaking lawsuit, the Mexican government filed suit against eight American gun manufacturers, accusing them of bein...
Government, Constitutional Law
When Washington bureaucrats control the reins of power
By Luke A. Wake, Ethan Blevins
Only days after admitting it needed Congress to help extend the eviction moratorium, the Biden administration went and did it ...
Technology, Law Practice
Attorney duty to inform clients about AI use in their practice
By Lance Eliot
Lawyers are legally bound by existing rules that require various stringent duties to communicate with their clients. A kerfuff...
Tax
Qualified settlement funds have become important dispute resolution vehicles
By Robert W. Wood
QSFs have blossomed into important as they possess remarkable tax efficiency.
According to District Attorney George Gascón, "The past four decades have not made us any safer." This recent ahistorical stat...
Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Making sense of the FAA exemption paradox
By Kevin Ruf
Courts have long struggled with the so-called “interstate commerce exemption” under the Federal Arbitration Act.
Government, Constitutional Law
COVID can’t cancel the Constitution
By Harmeet K. Dhillon, Michael A. Columbo
California has led the nation in responding to COVID-19 challenges with sweeping, unilateral executive decrees, rulemaking and...
Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
State high court: pay meal and rest period premiums at regular rate
By Jasmine Shams, Jason Morris
As many California employers know all too well, California’s employment compliance landscape is a dense maze that is constantl...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediating emotional employment disputes during COVID-19
By Stephen Sonnenberg
Before the pandemic, in workplaces different than many today, there was no shortage of employment disputes. Allegations of dis...
Security deposits are the most common fight we encounter between landlord and tenant — and the bigger the deposit, the bigger ...
Intellectual Property, Civil Litigation
When communications confer personal jurisdiction: a cautionary tale
By Garrett M. Fahy
It is a question many intellectual property lawyers navigating a potential infringement case have undoubtedly pondered: How ma...
A bill recently introduced in Congress would allow some college athletes to unionize and classify themselves as employees. As ...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
US women’s soccer team files opening brief in fair pay case
By Garrett R. Broshuis
Bested by their rival Canada in the semifinals, they failed to reach the gold-medal match for a second straight Olympics. At t...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Black Windows: Scarlett Jo vs Disney
By Neville L. Johnson, Douglas L. Johnson
“The truth rarely makes sense when you omit key details.” These words, spoken by Florence Pugh to Scarlett Johansson in “Black...
Tax, Government
Congress has the power to shine a light on Trump taxes
By John H. Minan
Congressional attempts to secure former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and related tax information is in the news again ...
Entertainment & Sports
Olympic reflections: the rules, the judges, the organization
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.
If the most potent existential threats to the Olympic Games are war and terrorism, pandemic also makes the podium. This year, ...
Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Books
Q&A with ‘Lincoln Lawyer’ author Michael Connelly
By William Domnarski
Known mostly these days for his character Harry Bosch–he of the popular television series bearing his name–best-selling Los An...
If California is proud of its position as the nation’s progressive bastion, it is absurd that it lets its residents go bankrup...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Effective strategies for lawyers considering transitioning to retirement
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
Attorneys may take varied views on the prospect of retirement. Some wish to remain practicing attorneys, or at least affiliate...