Do you want to help your employees right now to weather the COVID-19 storm? Here are two ways that go beyond the new small emp...

The Supreme Court likes to pick on the 9th Circuit, and may get another chance when it decides whether to hear a new petition ...

Hearings by video technology are not the only overnight structural changes sweeping through state court systems. From oaths to...

This week as part of a wave of unprecedented changes to American life, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye discontinued all c...

Broadly adopting remote appearances as a rule in the criminal context raises significant constitutional concerns.

Last year the court discarded the state litigation requirement, but questions remain.

Navigating California state and county COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.

President Donald Trump signed the Family First Coronavirus Response Act into law on March 18, which will be effective through ...

The unprecedented challenges created by COVID-19 have forced the state and local governments to exercise exceptional powers to...

The COVID-19 crisis is compelling us to think creatively about how we resolve disputes in an age of “social distancing.”

“Don’t worry, Tony,” my wife Beverly said in her sweet, reassuring way as we washed our hands. “We have enough soap.”

Before pulling into my garage last Thursday afternoon, I turned on the radio. I was just in time to hear Gavin Newsom rasp, “T...

For the past few decades, we have thought of the National Guard as being citizen soldiers, prepared to give up their civilian ...

The California attorney general’s office is still fine-tuning regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act and...

The crippling question for insurance companies is whether the losses sustained due to the business interruption and the inevit...

Batson’s prohibition is easy to articulate, but significantly harder to enforce.

I love teaching Civil Procedure. I loved studying the subject. I realize that is unusual. Even among people who enjoyed law sc...

Since our article that was published on March 18, there have been dramatic changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Suffice it to state that I read with great interest Mr. Timothy Reuben’s recent Daily Journal article, “Ballot designations fa...

DoorDash, like many companies, required its employees to sign such arbitration agreements because it thought workers wouldn’t ...

If you’re involved in a high-profile dispute, you should actually read your legal filings before they’re filed. Otherwise chao...

The prominent attorney Reginald Turner, president-elect of the American Bar Association, explained to reporters last week that...

Although the state’s constitutional and statutory framework provide the governor with significant concentrated authority in a ...

On March 9, the en banc 9th Circuit issued a decision to not re-hear the Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin case regarding the band's wi...

I’m an old-timer, so I tend to focus on research methods I used before internet searches became common practice. Here’s a conv...

COVID-19 continues to spread, and government officials are enacting new rules to best contain the virus. This places a tremend...

Jury selection involves a lot of people in close proximity. The temporary stays of trials currently in place will soon give wa...

It is often said that “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Consistent with that principle, California law generally requires t...

A working group from the New York City Bar Association recently proposed (as of March 1, 2020) changes to its rules to permit ...

As concerns mount, now is the time to be proactive. Landlords and property managers should start by applying best practices fo...