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Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Please allow me to introduce myself

May 6, 2019
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

May 3, 2019
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

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

MCLE
May 3, 2019
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

One week after oral argument, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted a case which questioned whether liabil...


Law Practice

Unique risks for women who serve in combat

May 2, 2019
By Eileen C. Moore

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

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

MCLE
May 1, 2019
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...


Criminal

The dangers of deepfakes

May 1, 2019
By Rebecca Delfino

Daily we are bombarded in cyberspace with fake information, images and videos, and the law has failed to keep pace with the fa...


Government

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

May 1, 2019
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

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

Apr. 30, 2019
By Frank H. Wu

Why I admire Parliamentary procedure


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

Apr. 29, 2019
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

Apr. 29, 2019
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

In this article and accompanying self-study test, readers will learn about the eminent domain process, its constitutional and ...


Civil Rights

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

The appellate court recently issued its fifth ruling on the issue of website accessibility in the case of Robles v. Domino's.


Government, Corporate

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

Apr. 26, 2019
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

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

Apr. 25, 2019
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 ...


Entertainment & Sports

An agent’s fiduciary duties to clients

Apr. 25, 2019
By Thomas H. Vidal

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

MCLE
Apr. 25, 2019
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

California’s new rule has overly burdensome supervision requirements that render it impractical for many in the community it i...


Law Practice

The 2 sides of Los Angeles lawyer Stephen M. White

Apr. 24, 2019
By Michael L. Stern

From ancient times, people have erected statues celebrating significant figures of their eras. As times change, such monuments...


Entertainment & Sports

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

Apr. 24, 2019
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

A recent case provides much-needed clarification for municipalities seeking to exercise local control over telecommunications ...