If your business deals with cannabis, you no doubt are hoping the answer is no. However, as the saying goes, "be careful what ...

Given the size of the third-party litigation funding industry and its impact on our justice system, a little transparency isn’...

The Litigation Funding Transparency Act offers no sound policy basis and runs contrary to basic tenets of relevance governing ...

Fifty years ago, an oil drilling company failed to put proper safety measures in place causing one of its oil platforms to rup...

For years, it has been standard practice for lawyers to give the “thumbs up” on settlement agreements by signing “Approved as ...

Traveling abroad might be a luxury or a necessity, depending on the circumstances. But now you can add tax problems to the lis...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the question of whether applicants who have appealed the decisi...

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 echoes concepts found in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, ...

For any California law firm, addressing the challenges that arise when a partner or practice group departs the firm is a criti...

Many, if not most, directors and officers liability policies contain allocation clauses. Commonly, these clauses provide that ...

In recent years, courts have shown little hesitation in imposing severe sanctions on attorneys if the court determines that th...

We are living in the Information Age, where technologies continuously and rapidly evolve and the law struggles — and often fai...

In an unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court held that the plaintiffs in Cal Fire Local 2881 v. CalPERS have no vest...

The U.S. Supreme Court says that a copyright owner cannot initiate a lawsuit until it obtains a certificate of copyright regis...

The initial coin offering was the natural next step in the evolution of applications for blockchain technology. The only probl...

The California Supreme Court recently ruled on what a court can consider when ruling on an anti-SLAPP.

As every law student and lawyer knows, while there are the rules, there are the exceptions to the rules, and then there are th...

On March 2, the Los Angeles Times editorial board attacked district attorneys as craven politicians out to maximize punitive s...

The impact of military service can manifest itself on the lives of everyone in a veteran’s family in countless ways. Military ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving whether the act regulates discharges of pollutants to groundwater.

Most lawyers familiar with arbitration understand that it is not a judicial proceeding, but it might come as a surprise to lit...

The OJ Simpson “trial of the century,” already distant enough in the past to be the subject of fictional revision, offers a fe...

Are you selling a business, or perhaps helping a client to sell a business? In any of these circumstances, it pays to think ab...

The typical appellate court decision names the judges who decided the case and specifies which is the author and which two are...

The phrase “on the internet” became a running joke with patent attorneys after the dot com boom; today it might be “machine le...

In the battle between desire for public access and environmental preservation, respecting property rights is the best solution

Three pending 9th Circuit decisions out of the Central District of California could alter how loss amounts are calculated for ...

When I use commas, it’s so the reader can take a break.

In the first installment of this series, we discussed general considerations and unique aspects of California's anti-SLAPP sta...

Over the years, I’ve watched quite a few oral arguments before the California Supreme Court. While watching, I tend to focus o...