Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Please allow me to introduce myself
By Robert S. Mann
You have one chance to create the first impression of being professional, competent, organized and effective.
Government, Environmental & Energy
Environmental deregulation: all sound, no fury
By Gerald George
The Trump administration has repeatedly vowed to streamline environmental regulation, bring back coal, and make America No. 1 ...
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
Air quality district plans to regulate nitrogen oxide in the South Coast Air Basin
By Steve Farkas
The air basin is currently rated “extreme non-attainment” for NOx, which causes the formation of smog and acid rain.
Tax, Securities, Corporate
Common questions about tax rules for pricing options
By Michael Shaff
There are special rules for incentive stock options that a corporation can issue to an employee. Among those rules, the exerci...
U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Strategies securities defense attorneys may take to address the uncertainty surrounding the Supreme Court’s Emulex demurral
By David A. Priebe
One week after oral argument, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted a case which questioned whether liabil...
It is expected that by 2020, more than 2 million women will be in the veteran population. Their health experiences and needs a...
Labor/Employment
The secret to workplace compliance: Don't just check the box
By Beth A. Schroeder
In this complicated time for California employers, where a 3-4 percent unemployment rate makes it so challenging to recruit an...
Law Practice
A brief overview of the California Uniform Trust Decanting Act
By Jenny Hill Bratt, Catherine M. Swafford
The new law is long and complex. This article is intended to provide practitioners with a brief overview of the procedural and...
Daily we are bombarded in cyberspace with fake information, images and videos, and the law has failed to keep pace with the fa...
Government
Public entities: Beware the rise of web accessibility litigation
By Sean D. De Burgh
With technology dramatically changing how local governments service the public, the developing legal issue concerns to what ex...
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Ruling causing a stir in patent licensing community
By Bridget A. Smith, John B. Sganga Jr.
In a recent ruling the Federal Circuit held that an ordinary forum selection clause in a licensing agreement can prevent a val...
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
Farming and meeting water quality standards: Can the 2 coexist?
By Theresa A. Dunham
To produce sufficient food and fiber to feed California, the nation and the world, Central Valley farmers use synthetic and o...
Procedure is all around us
By Frank H. Wu
Why I admire Parliamentary procedure
Restoring the right to vote for incarcerated felons?
By Joseph H. Cooper
Several commander-in-chief hopefuls, seeking the White House residency beginning in January 2021, have begun stridently pontif...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
Statutory originalism & the Federal Arbitration Act
By Steven B. Katz
The U.S. Supreme Court’s latest arbitration ruling continues a proxy war over ‘statutory originalism.’
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit’s influence over TCPA jurisprudence is growing
By Artin Betpera, Susan N. Nikdel
California is a hub of TCPA litigation with new, major class actions being filed against all manner of major businesses on wha...
Civil Litigation, Government, Constitutional Law
Eminent domain process: Precondemnation to prejudgment possession
By Neli N. Palma
In this article and accompanying self-study test, readers will learn about the eminent domain process, its constitutional and ...
Civil Rights
Procedure in California state courts vs the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
By William Slomanson
There have been innumerable revisions to the state and federal procedural rules in the 80 years since promulgation of the Fede...
Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Website accessibility suits show no sign of slowing after 9th Circuit ruling
By Kristina M. Launey
The appellate court recently issued its fifth ruling on the issue of website accessibility in the case of Robles v. Domino's.
Government, Corporate
California leads on pay equity, but additional protections on the way
By Kate Collins
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill, now in the Senate, which seeks to ensure employees are compensated withou...
Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice
Justice Ming Chin by the numbers
By Kirk Jenkins
Today, we’re beginning a new series of monthly columns — analytics-driven profiles of every justice of the California Supreme ...
Civil Litigation, Criminal, Civil Rights
Lies, anger and false equivalence in dating platform fraud
By Irina D. Manta
I argued in a recent law review article that lying on dating apps or websites about a fact material to another person’s decisi...
Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights
Law firms on the hook: Discrimination claims lawyers can bring
By Alexandra Harwin, Kate Mueting
Over the last two years, we have seen a wave of lawsuits against Big Law firms, challenging harassment, discrimination in pay ...
When an agency seeks a packaging fee, its interests are in conflict with those of the writer.
Family
Why heightened emotions and conflict help no one in a divorce
By Michael G. Reedy
Emotions do not help you decide how to divide community assets, whether to sell the family residence, or what expenses you hav...
Letters, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Military spouse attorneys are not a threat to public safety; rules are overly burdensome
By Elizabeth G. Jamison
California’s new rule has overly burdensome supervision requirements that render it impractical for many in the community it i...
From ancient times, people have erected statues celebrating significant figures of their eras. As times change, such monuments...
Entertainment & Sports
What’s in the dispute between writers and agents?
By Rick Siegel
Perhaps the question of resolution depends on how long and how hard the ATA is willing to fight for the status quo.
International Law, Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
Added CFIUS scrutiny tests Silicon Valley’s creativity
By Thomas M. Shoesmith
While building walls seems to be a thing in Washington these days, not all walls are physical. Legal walls are also being erec...
California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory
California Supreme Court upholds local wireless facility rules, but the debate isn’t over
By Claire S. Lai, Jason S. Rosenberg
A recent case provides much-needed clarification for municipalities seeking to exercise local control over telecommunications ...