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Letters, Government, Criminal

Gascon didn’t do this

Oct. 30, 2019
By Marc Debbaudt

Regarding the Oct. 29 article, “Gascon aims to make LA DA race about over incarceration” — a couple of things I know with cert...


Law Practice

Run to work!

Oct. 30, 2019
By Frank H. Wu

The best aspect of my work day is the morning commute. That is because I have become a run commuter. I travel on foot the 4.5 ...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Criminal

The whole truth

Oct. 30, 2019
By Michael J. Raphael

Even our friends who lack a J.D. know, a witness typically swears that she will tell not just the truth, and not just nothing ...


Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A recent ruling is an important case creating a new requirement that arbitrators disclose their ownership interest in ADR orga...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports

“Oh the Places You’ll Boldly Go!,” a literary “mash-up” that places characters from the “Stark Trek” universe in settings base...


Civil Litigation, Insurance, California Supreme Court

In Slater the Court of Appeal declared that no authority supports the proposition that public policy mandates that the notice-...


Tax, Corporate

The way the settlement or judgment is structured can have significant consequences when tax season rolls around. So it pays to...


Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court

California’s constitution needs some changes

Oct. 29, 2019
By Stephen M. Duvernay, Brandon V. Stracener

Several provisions in California’s constitution are dead letters, having been quashed by judicial decisions or otherwise rende...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is expected to answer open questions about the application of the anti-SLAPP statute, Civil Procedure Code S...


Judges and Judiciary

We count what we care about: Conservatees in California

Oct. 29, 2019
By Thomas F. Coleman

Bankers know to the penny how much money they are managing in their financial institution. Elections are based on the actual n...


U.S. Supreme Court, Tax, Government, Constitutional Law

Given Trump’s willingness to block any attempt to access his financial records and business dealings, the only thing certain i...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory

Businesses: What to know about draft CCPA regulations

Oct. 28, 2019
By Lindsey Tonsager, Jadzia Pierce

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the act, and published draft regulat...


Civil Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Antitrust battle continues between WGA, talent agencies

Oct. 28, 2019
By Michelle Lowery, Steven P. Vaughn

A Hollywood union’s recent amendments to its union rules sparked federal antitrust lawsuits by three of Hollywood’s top talent...


Labor/Employment

With the looming implementation of AB 5 many people in various trades and professions are asking, “Are we now employees?” One ...


Law Practice, Constitutional Law

The United States of America, it has been pointed out, was once a plural. Through grammar, you could discern that regionalism ...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The panel held that before an arbitrator is officially engaged to perform an arbitration, to ensure that the parties’ acceptan...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory

New law roundup: California cannabis laws continue to grow and evolve

Oct. 28, 2019
By Joshua R. Mandell, Claudia Fu

This month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed numerous bills into law further refining California’s already comprehensive cannabis regu...


The IRS has issued two new pieces of guidance. These rules are IRS interpretations of existing law, which means the IRS could ...


Criminal, Civil Litigation

Official records hearsay exception

MCLE
Oct. 28, 2019
By Elia V. Pirozzi

The objective of this article and self-study test is to review the law regarding the official records exception to the hearsay...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property

The Supreme Court’s ruling in a trademark case this term could have sweeping effects if it were to resolve the circuit split b...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

When representing a two person partnership or corporation, how does a lawyer avoid developing direct fiduciary duties to each ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Books

The Bow Tie Justice

Oct. 25, 2019
By Richard Wirick

A look at the late justice’s biography, “The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years.”


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution

That is the clear message sent to companies and employers with the recent passage of Senate Bill 707 in California by Gov. Gav...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature were duped earlier this month into signing off on Senate Bill 176, the li...


Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Rights

It was recently reported that Ernst & Young subjected women employees to “training” that would keep the company’s men happy.


Law Practice

In this chapter, we will look at what others have said, or are doing in furtherance of AI testimony, introduces the concept of...


Government, Criminal

California’s Legislature passed two laws this year, Assembly Bill 392 and Senate Bill 230, which modernize the state’s use of ...


Law Practice, Insurance, Contracts

For those in the live entertainment business, where venues have become targets, there has been a need to address operational i...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Takeaways from cert denial in website accessibility suit

Oct. 24, 2019
By Kristina M. Launey, Minh N. Vu

When Domino’s asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 9th Circuit’s decision to allow a website accessibility case filed ag...


Tax, Corporate

If you live in California, you probably know how aggressive California’s state tax agency can be. But even if you live somewhe...