The Supreme Court recently held that the Federal Arbitration Act contains no “wholly groundless” exception to the threshold qu...

It is no longer an “alternative dispute resolution process,” but the primary method of case resolution in civil matters. As su...

While 2018 may not have distinguished itself as a landmark year for cases concerning attorneys as defendants, it did lay the g...

Our country is one created with a system of checks and balances. The Private Attorneys General Act is the most recent incarnat...

Paternity support cases sometimes require a mother to pursue a father living in another state for non-payment of child support...

The California Supreme Court, it should heed its own advice from March 2018 and recognize that clemency “exists to afford reli...

As an individual trained to be an advocate, as I become more mature I have fewer opinions to offer. When I was younger, I used...

It’s true that sometimes appellate opinions can be too long, but actually making them shorter is a complex, nuanced and timely...

With the new year upon us, it seems appropriate to reflect on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ significant cases decided...

The most important characteristic of this U.S. Supreme Court term is the issues that are not being heard. At its conference on...

Two recent cases mark a trend in which California courts recognize that wealth and poverty have increasingly resulted in two d...

The Trump administration, at the direction of the president, has charted a new course on federal water pollution law.

The language used by the Legislature in the new mediation confidentiality rule is very, very specific.

Calling the 9th Circuit’s ruling both “erroneous” and “puzzling,” the Supreme Court ordered a fresh look at this case and the ...

The Substance Use Disorder Patient Protection Act prohibits licensed or certified alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatm...

Wagering on esports is quite similar to wagering on traditional sports played on courts, fields, tracks and ice rinks: You pic...

While this is Justice Kavanaugh’s first decision for the court, the unanimity of the justices demonstrates how far in favor of...

A federal district court recently declared screenwriter Victor Miller the sole owner of the copyright in the screenplay to the...

Specifically, Assembly Bill 1701, codified at Section 218.7 of the Labor Code, requires general contractors to ensure that the...

New provisions give the act the teeth it needs to hold local governments accountable to approve much-needed housing development

Employees who "participate" in protected activity or "oppose" unlawful acts are protected. If you're thinking this definition ...

For family law lawyers, love can indeed be a battlefield; a battlefield filled with real estate, children, jewelry, IRAs, and,...

A recent decision holds that an appellate court's denial of "costs" does not preclude an award of attorney fees -- a holding t...

Remedies to the military sexual assault situation require attention by both Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Even a presid...

Today, we move on to part 2 of our series — Justice Leondra R. Kruger, who succeeded Justice Joyce L. Kennard on Jan. 5, 2015.

For the past six years (2013-2018), I have counted the number and type of motions that were heard in Department 15. I then pre...

Lawsuits filed under California’s Private Attorneys General Act are nothing new. What is new and noteworthy is a group of empl...

The former patent examiner, Albert Einstein, is credited with having told reporters, “I never think of the future, it comes so...

Last year once again saw courts addressing key insurance issues.

I am writing regarding the excellent article “Does Section 925 reinforce or weaken policy against noncompetes?” in the Jan. 7,...