Appointments to the board that will lead the California Privacy Protection Agency include five individuals with deep backgroun...

Wednesday is the deadline for certain California employers to submit their annual report on pay, hours worked, and demographic...

Before gifting to foreign charities (through checks, credit cards or Venmo), consider that charitable giving outside this coun...

Court records are generally available to the public. That is, everything discussed in the case can be accessed and inspected b...

From a short list of highly qualified candidates, Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to reshape the political leadership of the state...

After three decades in practice, I have seen too many mentally ill and legally incompetent individuals languish in jails, whic...

For many of the planet’s 7.8 billion inhabitants, there will never be a world without COVID-19.

A dissent in a recent D.C. Circuit case challenges the continuing legitimacy of the infamous New York Times v. Sullivan Ruling.

On August 1, 1939, 250 state and local law enforcement officers, on a hodge-podge of boats, raided four gambling ships anchore...

The experience of managing a law firm during the 12-plus months since California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his March 19, 2020, ...

A common mental trap entails thinking of the law and the practice of law in somewhat singular aspects as though crucial elemen...

From women’s rights champion Susan B. Anthony to historic athletes such as tennis great Serena Williams, the course of human h...

Can a federal court order deciding whether to compel arbitration be appealed? It depends.

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that will decide whether allowing union organizers to enter an employer’...

The selection of antitrust scholar Lina Khan to join the Federal Trade Commission is the latest shot across the bow for the te...

The 9th Circuit has asked the California Supreme Court to address whether our Labor Code displaces the McDonnell Douglas burde...

A recent appellate ruling demonstrates that bad faith liability for failure to settle may arise even in the absence of a deman...

A recent ruling by the 9th Circuit provides a timely lesson reminding us that it is long past time for employers to pay all wo...

On the eve of the Final Four round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, the NCAA will be fighting a battle of its own be...

On Friday, California reenacted and expanded supplemental paid sick leave for covered absences related to COVID-19 through Sen...

As the trial got underway, pundits speculated that Sue Ann would end up with the largest divorce settlement in history.

Remember last year? The normal April 15 deadline last year was extended to July 15. That brought millions of taxpayers some re...

Study after study after study shows that peremptory challenges are used to discriminate against people of color, Batson notwit...

As the U.S. continues to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination program, many employers are considering mandating vaccination to en...

Assembly Bill 3182 seeks streamline permitting for accessory dwelling unit construction as well as to limit the restrictions p...

Arash Homampour's recent op-ed opens with the phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well, the legal system is broken. Dis...

Some problems produce benefits. They can even lead to lasting improvements.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has assumed the helm of the U.S. Department of Justice at a critical time.

“Why is it that we don’t just shut down our courts?” begins the March 3 op-ed article by former judge Mary Thornton House.

A recent appellate decision will have a major impact on the approximately 300,000 licensed contractors in California. Not in a...