It sounds like a hustle you might hear on a dark street, the chance to get $10 million and not pay any federal income tax on, ...
Corporate, Civil Litigation
Can corporate officers or directors be held personally liable for defective products?
By Brian Chase, Edward Spilsbury
A year ago, we heard the terrible news of two Boeing 737Max plane crashes, causing hundreds of deaths, because of a new flight...
Labor/Employment
Wrongful termination and defamation by self-publication
By William M. Crosby
Pitty the wrongfully terminated employee who, unable to make ends meet, must find a new job. Inevitably the questions are aske...
Government, Constitutional Law
The Constitution and the impeachment power
By John H. Minan
The Founders created the impeachment power as the method to remove presidents for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and ...
In 1996, the San Francisco Chapter of the YWCA decided to sell the building located at 1830 Sutter Street, in San Francisco’s ...
Tax, Criminal
Legal fee tax deductions could be tough in Varsity Blues cases
By Robert W. Wood
The college admissions scandal keeps bumping along. There was a spate of early guilty pleas, but some defendants appear to wan...
Real Estate/Development, Government
New legislation takes aim at California’s housing emergency
By Joseph von Meier
It’s no secret that California has a serious housing crisis — in fact, the state has declared a statewide housing emergency to...
Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution
California continues to fight back against forced arbitration
By Jeremy K. Robinson
In the latest volley, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two bills, Assembly Bill 51 and Senate Bill 707, that take ai...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Regional accreditation of law schools and the Constitution
By Stanislaus Pulle
A California appellate ruling throws into sharp focus the constitutionality of accreditation by regional accreditors such as t...
From ending the exploitation of wild animals in circuses to prohibiting the sale of fur, 2019 was a banner year for animal pro...
We have to worry about the consequences of putting bad federal judges on the bench. Unless the judiciary itself decides to ado...
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities
Supreme Court set to rule on legality of SEC’s use of disgorgements
By Jared L. Kopel
It is a classic situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission brings an action in federal court against an alleged frauds...
Any who would write and speak must read and listen.
Government, Criminal
PACT Act provides additional federal enforcement tools against extreme animal cruelty
By Bruce Wagman
What surprisingly remains permissible on the federal level is the actual act of animal “crushing.” That is, there is no specif...
Corporate
Activism in 2019: Late in the stages of an economic cycle
By Derek Zaba, Kai H.E. Liekefett
We will shortly be entering the 11th year of the current bull market. Over that period, there has been a dramatic rise in shar...
Real Estate/Development, Letters
The Tenant Protection Act Will not reduce homelessness
By James P. McBride
Thanks to Inner City Law Center Director Adam Murray for his piece published on Nov. 7 under the headline, “Best Way to end ho...
As the House Intelligence Committee begins impeachment hearings on Wednesday, I am struck by how many falsehoods are being utt...
Intellectual Property
Understanding the copyright small claims court law
By Dariush Adli
This article examines the key provisions of the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement Act, along with criticisms a...
Whatever it takes
Government, Criminal
The LA County Public Defender’s Prosecution Office
By Marc Debbaudt
One take on the current race to be the next district attorney of Los Angeles County.
Civil Litigation, Construction
Privette won’t always shield general contractors from liability
By Garret D. Murai
The Privette doctrine holds that a higher-tiered party such as an owner or general contractor, is not liable for injuries sust...
We professors mislead students. Among the means of doing so is emphasizing law to the exclusion of fact. We have pedagogical r...
Tax, Corporate
In make-or-break tax audits, five reasons you really should hire counsel
By Dashiell C. Shapiro
It is the worst nightmare for many taxpayers: A letter from the IRS announcing that they are under audit. The moment that lett...
Tax, Real Estate/Development
Year-end tax planning for opportunity zone investors
By Phil Jelsma
Ready or not, tax time is looming. And as we enter the last two months of 2019, many opportunity zone investors and developers...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
CalECPA and California’s digital privacy leadership
By Jacob Snow, Chris Conley
The landmark California Electronic Communications Privacy Act has had a broad impact in the four years since it was enacted, i...
Judges and Judiciary, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Life after life tenure
By Vaughn R. Walker
Where federal judges go after the bench.
Let’s face it, for better or worse, usually worse — lawyers like to be in control. In a lawyer’s perfect world, the testimony ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal
Candor to the tribunal is now mandatory in California
By Gerald G. Knapton
A new day has dawned with the California Supreme Court’s approval of new Rule 3.3, Candor Toward the Tribunal, last November. ...
Attorneys should exercise caution when using social media
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
Many attorneys still treat social media as a personal outlet that is distinct from their professional identity. Attorneys may ...
Government, Environmental & Energy
As California burns, inverse condemnation and cost recovery issues dominate California’s electric utilities’ legal framework
By Bradford B. Kuhn, Willis Hon
One of the main reasons inverse condemnation has received so much attention is because the majority of California’s electrical...