While the Mansfield Rule and Mansfield 2.0 may address some of the concerns about unequal treatment of women in the legal prof...

In a victory for children of same-sex parents and children conceived by parents using assisted reproduction, the California Co...

Before leaving office, Gov. Jerry Brown should take the courageous step of commuting the death sentences of the 743 individual...

Why, after four years of education and training (and after I also received a B.A. from UC Berkeley), passing my third test att...

If your clients have international interests, you may want to double check whether they need to register under FARA, the Forei...

The Music Modernization Act is a sweeping update to the U.S. Copyright Act that will bring the law closer to a music licensing...

On Oct. 19, the Internal Revenue Service issued long awaited-proposed regulations and a revenue ruling on Opportunity Zones, a...

Part I: The Art of Rhetoric

Should different types of university misconduct require different levels of due process? The 2nd District seems to think so.

The concept of being able to "get out of our environment" has become widely publicized and adopted in many forums -- for good ...

The real need for small business capital coupled with the inability of small businesses to attract traditional financing sourc...

Artists who have been living under these oral percentage fee agreements should consider fully researching their rights before ...

New ex officio director law, donor disclosures and more nonprofit news

The recent worker classification ruling by the California Supreme Court isn’t just about Wage Orders.

Earn MCLE reviewing the ins and outs of mediation confidentiality in California.

As the expert is neither the attorney nor the client, the protections afforded in the attorney-client relationship may not app...

The Federal Communications Commission made an argument in federal court last week that puts in doubt the agency’s authority to...

A case pending on the Supreme Court’s docket revisits the “intelligible principles” doctrine under the Sex Offender Registrati...

The Northern District of Texas made several mistakes in its recent ruling holding that the Indian Child Welfare Act is unconst...

On March 25, 1911, a 30-year-old social worker named Frances Perkins was walking through Greenwich Village to visit a friend. ...

Last month, California enacted the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, which will now apply to all California trusts unless the trust...

Without careful planning, a relatively straightforward claim for workers compensation benefits could turn into a huge legal fi...

The esports sector is warming up to collective bargaining agreements, athlete rights, and streamlined media opportunities. The...

After five years of collaborations between major players in the music industry, such as the RIAA, SirusXM and the Recording Ac...

Imagine if the law gave an appellate court jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the decision of the Senate Judiciary Committee ...

The conflict between California and the Trump administration regarding net neutrality is but one more area in which the confli...

The Indian Child Welfare Act, and potentially tribal sovereignty, suffered a significant setback last week when a federal cour...

Just over a year ago on Oct. 5, 2017, the news broke that Harvey Weinstein “paid off sexual harassment accusers for decades.”

California Gov. Jerry Brown just signed into law the nation's first gender diversity mandate for female representation on publ...

You might say I have a rooting interest in the redemption of people who have done bad things as children.