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Letters

Article misquotes judge on ‘gender incivility’

Oct. 1, 2020
By Vince W. Finaldi

The headline to the Sept. 30 story, “Judge accuses lawyer of ‘gender incivility’,” inaccurately states that the judge in MJJ P...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Rights

The curious case of Amazon’s product liability strategy

Sep. 30, 2020
By Jeremy K. Robinson

Until recently, Amazon had a unified, and largely successful, approach to avoiding lawsuits over defective products sold on it...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Google likely would lose if sued by US for antitrust violation

Sep. 30, 2020
By Patrick E. O’Shaughnessy

Press reports suggest that the United States and nearly every state are in the midst of putting the finishing touches on their...


Labor/Employment

Governor Newsom expands California Family Rights Act

Sep. 30, 2020
By Christine H. Long

The governor approved a historic expansion of the California Family Right Act earlier this month when he signed into law Senat...


Labor/Employment, Covid Columns

Can employers require employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine?

Sep. 30, 2020
By Jackie Karama, Josh Henderson

Neither the courts nor federal agencies have addressed whether an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination requirement is lawful...


Letters

Headline for judicial profile was tone deaf

Sep. 30, 2020
By Holly O. Whatley

I was dumbfounded by the “Daddy’s Gill” headline in the Daily Journal’s Sept. 28 profile of Kern County Superior Court Judge S...


Probate

The bill increased thresholds for “small estates” to avoid formal probate proceedings.


Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions

Strategies for fund managers to avoid SEC pitfalls

Sep. 30, 2020
By Sara L. Terheggen

Whether you are a first-time fund, exempt adviser or registered investment adviser, all funds must be mindful of implementing ...


Real Estate/Development, Law Office Management, Covid Columns

The Great COVID-19 Office Migration: winners and losers

Sep. 30, 2020
By Daniel Teitelbaum

Businesses and investors can get ahead by embracing the changes that are here to stay.


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Advantages of using a judge pro tem

Sep. 30, 2020
By Patrick J. Mahoney

Parties use a judge pro tem to ensure a decision maker is knowledgeable in the law applicable to the dispute as well as having...


Last week, by a unanimous 4-0 vote, the California Fish and Game Commission agreed to accept a petition submitted by the Cente...


Labor/Employment, Covid Columns

Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to impose notice, record keeping and safety obligations on employers in Ca...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

RBG, her successor and takings law

Sep. 29, 2020
By Michael M. Berger

As this column is devoted to takings law, this seemed like an apt moment to examine the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s par...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

If the state of California is looking to reckon with the pseudo-symbiotic relationship between the justice system and law enfo...


U.S. Supreme Court, Letters, Government

Column on RBG’s death ignores recent history

Sep. 29, 2020
By Jacques Beugelmans

In his Sept. 25 guest column, Ben Feuer makes the dramatic pronouncement that “[Justice Ruth Bader] Ginsburg’s death could spa...


Government, Criminal

"General Michael Flynn is a defendant without a prosecutor" With that rhetorical hook, Sidney Powell, counsel for former Natio...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Entertainment & Sports, Covid Columns

The COVID-19 edition of the 2020 NCAA college football season is unlike any of the previous 150 seasons.


Intellectual Property, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Copyright ruling may limit protection for works involving history

Sep. 28, 2020
By Cydney Tune, Vijay K. Toke

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in a copyright case that may significantly limit the copyrigh...


A 19th century decision by the California Supreme Court is a tribute to those who stood against anti-Mexican racism.


Tax, Government, Criminal

In 2019, Cy Vance, the New York County district attorney, served a subpoena on Mazars, President Donald Trump’s accounting fir...


Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal

Ruling corrects troubling unemployment insurance claim trend

MCLE
Sep. 28, 2020
By Mai Linh Spencer

The 1st District Court of Appeal has issued an opinion one hopes will make it easier for some workers to obtain benefits where...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Four of the five conservative justices on today’s Supreme Court were nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote. Three ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education

In 2018, 55% of Californians at all income levels experienced at least one civil legal problem in their household, yet nearly ...


Technology, Law Practice

The core of our adversarial approach relies upon the essential groundwork of legal argumentation. Lawyers and legal profession...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Covid Columns

The “diploma privilege” boils down to full faith and credit access to justice for “Us” and no faith and credit for “Them,” mea...


Torts/Personal Injury, Law Practice, Covid Columns

Leveraging alternative dispute resolution procedures to stay afloat during a pandemic


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued proposed rules for claiming products are “made” in the USA, and penalties under t...


Environmental & Energy

No more water, and the fire next time?

Sep. 24, 2020
By Gerald George

The current disasters across California, the country, and the world are not the “new normal.” In fact, the magnitude and frequ...


Tax, Labor/Employment, Covid Columns

President Trump’s payroll tax deferral

Sep. 24, 2020
By Maureen Linch

President Trump issued an executive memorandum last month to allow payroll tax deferral for employees in response to the ongoi...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights

The court will consider whether the ‘arise out of or relate to’ requirement for a state court to exercise specific personal ju...