Toby Ord whisks us in and out of environmental ethical puzzles with the speed of a Formula One racer — that exhilaration and ...

Later this term, Geiser v. Kuhns will present the court an opportunity to clarify what must be shown to establish anti-SLAPP p...

The California Supreme Court last month determined that the practice of rounding meal period time was impermissible under stat...

Law as code is bandied around as a crucial determiner of the future for lawyers and the practice of law. Depending upon which ...

The reality is that consumers just do not have the bandwidth to spend the time reading the notices. Even if consumers spent th...

Does the military really want women in its ranks?

Demystifying COVID-19 health order enforcement

The U.S. Department of the Interior plays an outsized role in California natural resources law and policy. Two examples: The f...

An excerpt from “Of Courtiers & Princes: Stories of Lower Court Clerks and Their Judges.”

The conceit of a regular columnist is to be published even when one has nothing to say. For this, I cite Myron Moskovitz's "On...

If prejudicial and properly preserved, these errors can result in reversal.

Only about once in a decade does the U.S. Supreme Court decide a case on First Amendment rights of students. This year, the co...

The right of a woman to use the extracted sperm of a deceased partner is a fairly new concept in California, and with the rapi...

Two rules can help avoid penalties.

The recent GameStop/Robinhood stock trading saga has proved resistant to easy analysis or quick conclusions, both dividing and...

A recent 9th Circuit decision was the first appellate ruling to permit a lawsuit to proceed on a challenge to forced membershi...

At the end of last year, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act expired. An enormous safety net for workers dealing with ...

Learn to avoid some of the common ethical pitfalls when it comes to potential clients.

The State Bar has proposed two ethics opinions, one on colleague impairment and another on potential client obligations.

Mediation advocacy and trial advocacy are not the same. In what ways, however, are they different? Should attorneys who are co...

While no attorney enjoys litigating their own conduct, motions to disqualify are not uncommon and can raise thorny questions, ...

Online geographical maps provide quite handy capabilities and many think of Google Maps as the kingpin of such apps. Envision ...

In Brinker, Justice Kathryn Werdegar stated: “If an employer’s records show no meal period for a given shift over five hours, ...

During the so-called “tough on crime” era, the pendulum in California sentencing swung heavily in favor of prioritizing punish...

It is now a matter of scientific consensus that schools — especially elementary schools — can reopen for in-person learning wi...

As of Jan. 1, the California homestead exemptions have changed significantly. Section 704.730 of the Code of Civil Procedure i...

Families with companion animals face additional stressors, trying to pay for their animals’ care and securing animal-friendly,...

Lest anyone forget: Superior court judges and staff are essential workers.

If you don’t spend a lot of time on #appellatetwitter, you may have missed a recent momentous event in citation history.

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case which stemmed from a driving under the influence with priors pr...