California is the center of innovation for the U.S., with world-class universities, cutting edge research and development, and...

This week, my kindergartener’s school kicked off Black History Month in a beautiful ceremony. It reminded me of how much depth...

California provides three statutorily recognized construction payment remedies: (1) mechanics liens; (2) stop payment notices;...

As quoted in a 2017 Daily Journal article the federal antitrust agencies were serious when they warned: “DOJ intends to procee...

Per the familiar adage: “There is no wrong without a remedy.” A blatant exception is the California female who seeks a civil h...

Code of Civil Procedure Section 1209(a)(1) includes as a contempt of court: “disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior to...

Just because 2021 has arrived does not mean that injured plaintiffs and lawyers won’t encounter challenges which emerged in 20...

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato

The last time the federal government made significant progress toward integrating commercial drones into U.S. airspace, Joe Bi...

During the 2020 presidential campaign, a spokesperson for President Joe Biden stated, “Many technology giants and their execut...

Well-known appellate attorney Jon Eisenberg complained to the Judicial Performance Commission about delays in filing opinions ...

When a criminal defendant in a California state case is found guilty, but not by reason of insanity, aka “NGI,’ pursuant to Pe...

On Jan. 19, the 58th director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Andrei Iancu, stepped down from his post, the day befor...

I write to address comments by three appellate specialists in the Daily Journal’s January 29 article, “Complaint against 3rd D...

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that the "ABC test" applied Dynamex is retroactive.

On the eve of President Joe Biden's inauguration, a split-panel opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit deli...

In 2020 California courts rendered a number of significant decisions regarding insurance.

The California Courts of Appeal handed down two recent decisions which will have important impacts on the admissibility and sc...

Assume that the person you are listening to knows something you don’t.

In a welcome reprieve the night before the inauguration, opportunity zone investors now have more time to invest their gains.

Two recent decisions of the California Court of Appeal reached different conclusions on arbitrability.

Last July, the U.S. Supreme Court said, in essence, that the president is not above the law.

If Gov. Gavin Newsom appoints Justice Liu as our state’s top lawyer, the California Department of Justice will have a leader w...

There is a great deal of angst about personal digital identity and how to best legally provide a means for the public to mitig...

On President Joe Biden’s first day of office, he sent landmark comprehensive immigration reform legislation to Congress.

Last week, Americans, many of whom had no clue what the N-L-R-B stands for, suddenly were either overjoyed or outraged that, a...

This is a saga from the Hawaiian Islands. It being Hawaii and this being a column about property rights, it will not surprise ...

Where an employee of a company commits an intentional act, such as a battery or sexual molestation, the managers of that compa...

Civility is essential in our profession, but I disagree that it is decreasing in our profession.

Former district attorney administrations often did not pursue third strike prosecutions where the current offense was not that...