Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal would get his second chance. Stayskal, who’s lung cancer was misdiagnosed by Army doctor...

If extended to the context of willful patent infringement, a recent ruling would suggest an implied privilege waiver in many c...

It’s been a long and dispiriting four years for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump.

As it began, so it ends. Over the past four years, the Trump administration has proposed a multitude of changes to environment...

Cannabis businesses have been able to find creative solutions for protecting their intellectual property rights — at least to...

Policyholders seek to maximize the benefits of insurance by characterizing costs as defense costs, while insurance companies s...

The supplemental request is an often underutilized tool in discovery in the current litigation environment. It’s so underutili...

There is a resurgence of interest in antitrust laws, aimed especially at the tech field and qualms about tech firms that have ...

The court will decide whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is essentially an anti-hacking statute or a data protection sta...

When it comes to terminology that is acceptable in legal briefs and judicial opinions, the California Style Manual is the bibl...

By the time the session closed on Sept. 30, less than half the typical number of bills had won final approval, with 372 chapte...

An appellate court held that California labor laws applied to crew members on a boat that docked at a California port and prov...

Since the goal is to present your case in a complete and helpful way, and ultimately to persuade the appellate court to agree ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision continues an important yet overlooked trend at the court since the early 1990s: broad agr...

Antitrust law is back in the spotlight.

Essentials during an emergency: Gasoline? Check. Groceries? Check. Medicine? Check. $32 restaurant prepared barbecue ribs? …Ch...

Article V should be amended by reducing the state ratification threshold from three-fourths to two-thirds. This would make the...

Jeffrey Clayton’s Dec. 22 column, “Gascón lacks authority to end cash bail,” grossly misinterpreted District Attorney George G...

A recent appellate opinion held that a qui tam action involving the California Insurance Fraud Protection Act to combat insura...

For or complex discovery issues, reference to a discovery referee can help expedite the trial process.

Despite statutory limitations, over the decades the California Coastal Commission’s mission and jurisdiction have steadily met...

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Time will tell whether the divided approach in the Google antitrust cases will work.

The gist: “The Court of Appeal is not an appropriate forum to peddle far-fetched conspiracy theories, laced with sexism and ho...

A recent case emphasizes the importance of proper drafting of arbitration clauses in order to ensure the likelihood an arbitra...

A recent appellate ruling clarifies that product manufacturers can escape liability simply because their defective products ar...

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, California took swift action to protect workers and the public.

Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is clearly a man on a mission to create new laws, whether the...

County prosecutors are embracing the obsoletion of misdemeanors as a remedy for an overburdened criminal justice system, relyi...