In Allen v. Cooper, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990, which authori...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling which will likely make it harder for copyright owners to prove infri...

I recently encountered a case involving a liability claim related to serving alcohol. The drinker’s intoxication was alleged t...

Businesses will lose billions of dollars because they cannot operate due to the coronavirus. People either will not enter reta...

The COVID-19 pandemic may give rise to a variety of novel insurance coverage disputes, and some of those disputes may include ...

This past weekend, California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, with the approval of the Judicial Council, took several ex...

“Let’s call it what it is — a disgrace – that the richest state in the richest nation, succeeding across so many sectors, is f...

A month ago, it would have been unthinkable to pay $50 for an eight-ounce bottle of hand sanitizer or $250 for a 50-pack of N9...

Most of California is now suddenly sheltering in place under local orders to combat the Covid-19 virus and the economy has ent...

The courtroom battle for control over the NCAA’s amateurism rules entered a new phase this month with argument before the 9th ...

Many public agencies contract with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, to provide pension benefits...

While investigating and prosecuting insider trading violations is a fixture of SEC enforcement activity, enforcement actions a...

Almost every city or county has abandoned, fire damaged, or otherwise dilapidated properties. The majority of the time these p...

A family limited partnership is a great platform to accomplish several positive results.

A summary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act’s tax provisions.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Act provides the largest fiscal stimulus in modern history and is estimated to cost ...

On Friday, a lawsuit was filed challenging Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s effort to shut down gun stores in Los ...

California, the largest purchaser of goods and services in the country—outside of the federal government—has been particularly...

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act significantly raises the debt ceiling for Chapter 11 debtors to elect to...

San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued a proclamation providing eviction protection to certain small and medium sized busines...

Governor Newsom’s order is especially jarring. Unlike emergency declarations issued by his predecessors, Newsom’s order contai...

When the Department of Homeland Security released its March 19 guidance to state governments, it identified 16 critical infras...

When we call something unconstitutional, it often goes without saying what constitution we’re talking about — the federal one....

Last moth, the California Supreme Court determined that time Apple retail store employees spent engaged in required searches o...

The California Supreme Court recently decided an important wage and hour case deciding whether an individual may still pursue ...

In the realm of trade secret law, an ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure. Remove that protection, and a company may s...

On the heels of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing in January, his widow, Vanessa Bryant, and the couple’s three minor children find...

The need to delay CCPA enforcement is particularly acute for the state’s brick-and-mortar retailers. For many of them, this is...

In an unprecedented move, both the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board recently took sweeping step...

Trade secret litigation in California is growing, in both volume and impact.