Arthur Gilbert and I have some things in common: we both have two first names — only mine, Gilbert Arthur, sounds literary. An...

When I receive an appellant’s opening brief or respondent’s brief from my opponent, I print it out. Then I close my eyes and h...

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement and proposed rule clarifying the types of evidence that the...

In a recent ruling, the 3rd District Court of Appeal considered whether Code of Civil Procedure Section 529 requires parties g...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been peppered with questions about whether he will “pack the court” by adding ...

There is an ongoing need to contend with differences between what the law states and what morality proffers. This is going to ...

Legal settlements are usually taxed as income, and they are usually ordinary. That is the IRS default position. But the IRS is...

Speak to a risk management specialist in just about any industry, and they will tell you one of the best tools to prevent clai...

Approximately 31% of workers switched from working onsite to working at their home offices by the first week of April. This ch...

This article considers where California law stands on broad advance conflict waivers in the wake of the California Supreme Cou...

On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom told the California Supreme Court that "racial discrimination infects the administration of Calif...

Earlier this month, the 1st District Court of Appeal issued an opinion that adheres to an unfortunate trend in some courts to ...

Recently proposed amendments to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act will increase interactive computer service provi...

A judge I regularly practice in front of once confessed that “move-away” custody cases are the worst part of his job.

Some questions, and few answers, about the ramifications of COVID-19 on disability claims.

While the lawsuit against Google is certainly a welcome beginning, it will take more than a single lawsuit to open up competit...

The Nevada Supreme Court recently issued a landmark decision interpreting the public trust doctrine that is fundamentally inco...

Neither I nor any of the numerous others who thought that the Supreme Court finally cleared the decks for federal court litiga...

The idea is that we benefit, perhaps selfishly, by acting with civility and professionalism: by simply being nice.

A recent California appellate decision has injected some doubt into the ability of municipalities to recover their attorney fe...

Does “hot pursuit” of a misdemeanor suspect categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance, excusing obtaining a warrant pri...

This month, the U.S. Supreme Court granted three petitions seeking review of a Federal Circuit decision holding that all admin...

A key challenge for policyholders seeking coverage under commercial general liability, directors and officers, and other insur...

The Department of Justice filed a motion to substitute the government for Trump as the defendant in Jean Carroll’s defamation ...

“Biggest ever” can be a term you might want to hear about some things. But if it is a tax issue you are describing, “biggest e...

In a year like no other, with a deadly pandemic raging and in the midst of a polarizing presidential election, a recent congre...

Lessons from an unorthodox career

We are now eight months into the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which took effect in February. The act attempted t...

Los Angeles district attorney candidate George Gascón proposes that domestic violence victims, even if served with a subpoena,...

Recent headlines have renewed questions about who will control the build out of the next generation of wireless networks, know...