About the only thing we can seem to collectively agree on when it comes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is th...

A new California law regulates public officials’ use of social media platforms.

Most people — even those who know very little about taxes — are likely to say that a stream of royalties is probably taxed as ...

With so much going on, you may have missed the release of the 9th Circuit’s updated rules, which took effect on Dec. 1, 2020.

In this article and accompanying self-study test, readers will learn about trial procedures in eminent domain cases.

On President Joe Biden’s first day in office, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would stop adding people t...

For 20 years I have been an individual calendar judge in Department 15 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

There is not a one-size-fits-all direction and there are several key distinctions between the two types of going public option...

In an evolving series of cases, restrictions on “nonessential” activities, including worship, have compelled the U.S. Supreme ...

After following a straight line for a few decades, the law in California regarding the proper classification of workers as eit...

Any argument that such behavior is excused by a lawyer’s duty to zealously advocate for his or her client must fall on deaf ea...

Employers are likely to begin settling claims they would once have litigated, and employees — who once would have held out for...

There is much debate about the eventual use of AI in the judicial capacity of judges. For sake of argument, let’s explore the ...

One of the advantages of being a mediator is that you can listen separately to the negotiating parties during the negotiations...

We have lost those courtroom and courthouse experiences I had as a young lawyer to time and progress and COVID, I’m afraid.

Attorneys general for several states, including California, allege that the rule allows nonbanks to avoid state usury caps by ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that one in 10 people over the age of 60 will exp...

Personal jurisdiction can be a powerful tool against forum shopping by the filing plaintiff. It is imperative to spot the issu...

Former President Donald Trump faces a mountain of legal problems now that he has left the White House for Mar-a-Lago. Trump no...

Many businesses, reeling from the economic impact of COVID-19, have put intellectual property protection on the backburner, wa...

LA DA George Gascón claims that when a prosecutor goes into court, she or he must do what Gascón orders, even if it is against...

Do you have the right to privately support charities and causes you believe in? And what standard applies when the government ...

Congress recently passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.

With the departure of Attorney General Xavier Becerra to Washington, D.C., Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon have the opportunity to...

It’s clear that the social media companies have been, and will likely continue to be, wholly unsuccessful at self-regulation. ...

Its main purpose — protecting the public — has been undermined to the point where one wonders why we should continue going to ...

In an opinion issued last week, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the narrow issue of whether the city of Chicago’s policy of r...

Southern California grocery chain Albertsons, which includes Vons, Pavilions and other major stores, has already announced the...

The new law dramatically changes permitted probation periods for various levels of crimes.

In the immortal words of Yogi Berra: “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.”