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Labor/Employment

Managing the legal risks of workplace violence

Jul. 18, 2018
By Tamara Devitt

Workplace violence is on the rise. In 2017 alone, several fatal shootings occurred in workplaces, including schools, offices, ...


Labor/Employment

The movement created a seismic cultural shift in society’s awareness of the widespread presence of sexual harassment and assau...


Tax

Offshore bank accounts and FATCA worries continue

Jul. 18, 2018
By Robert W. Wood

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you know that the IRS cares a lot about offshore bank accounts.


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Case may provide privacy guidance

Jul. 18, 2018
By Anita Taff-Rice

The U.S. Supreme Court's Carpenter decision may provide a valuable tool for citizens demanding greater privacy protections for...


Law Practice, Education Law, State Bar & Bar Associations

Grade inflation in higher education is difficult to discuss. Students want to be positioned favorably in the job market. I won...


Immigration, Government

More litigation likely over immigration law

Jul. 17, 2018
By Benjamin M. Ebbink

On July 4, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction siding with the Trump administration and blocked enforcement of sev...


U.S. Supreme Court, Tax, Government

In June, several comments were submitted requesting delayed implementation of several Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions, and t...


Civil Litigation

New cy pres rules will have unintended consequences

Jul. 17, 2018
By Richard L. Kellner, Craig Ackermann

For decades, California has encouraged class action litigants to include cy pres provisions in class action settlements. Unfor...


U.S. Supreme Court

Kennedy’s seat: What’s at stake

Jul. 17, 2018
By Erwin Chemerinsky

How might it matter if Justice Anthony Kennedy is replaced by Brett Kavanaugh?


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Rights

If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed, he will blend into a culture that replicates itself, but hardly reflects the America it serves.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice

A riddle (almost) as old as California

MCLE
Jul. 16, 2018
By Brian M. Hoffstadt

How many judges does it take to finally adjudicate a claim or issue in a case that goes up on appeal?


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court recently resolved a conflict in the courts of appeal over the appropriate limitations period for ...


Immigration, Government

New immigration policy will silence domestic violence victims

Jul. 16, 2018
By Julie Greenwald Marzouk

Terrified of deportation, and possible separation from their children, domestic violence victims are now less likely to report...


A Court of Appeal decision discusses whether recurring gifts may be considered “income” for child support purposes.


Tax, Criminal

For more than 10 years, the IRS hunt has been rigorous. Some people have been prosecuted, and many have faced steep fines, bac...


Intellectual Property

Hype may initially overvalue 5G standard essential patents

Jul. 13, 2018
By Teri H.P. Nguyen, Lucas H. Dahlin

What happens when the Internet of Things meets 5G meets standard essential patents in an environment of unbridled optimism sur...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment

An Epic shadow over PAGA

MCLE
Jul. 13, 2018
By Edward F. Donohue III

It will take time before there is a definitive decision as to whether California’s rule of non-waiver in PAGA cases can be rec...


Immigration

The Trump administration has made numerous visa changes that impact immigration law.


U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary

Kennedy, Kavanaugh and the OT17 term

Jul. 12, 2018
By Blaine H. Evanson, Warren Loegering

In all likelihood, Justice Kavanaugh's presence on the court may not affect the outcome in very many cases.


U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory

Is NIFLA the death knell for Prop 65 warnings?

Jul. 12, 2018
By Steven L. Feldman, Steven L. Crane

Did the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling sound the death knell for these notice requirements that have burdened manufacturers, reta...


Civil Litigation, Government

However future cases may interpret Pasadena Police, the case is consistent with California courts' general policy of construin...


Administrative/Regulatory

As the Aug. 30 effective date approaches, the new regulations already are having a significant effect on consumer product supp...


Law Practice

Tips for newly minted in-house counsel

Jul. 12, 2018
By Suzette Z. Torres

The road to success for in-house counsel is not about how to survive this corporate jungle, but rather, how to make your mark.


Letters, Judges and Judiciary, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Kozinski column should have noted allegations

Jul. 12, 2018
By Heidi S. Bond, Alexandra Z. Brodsky, Charlotte Garden, Joanna L. Grossman, Katherine H. Ku, Nancy Leong, Leah M. Litman, Claire Victoria Madill, Sara A. McDermott, Emily R.D. Murphy, Dara E. Purvis, Nancy B. Rapoport, Beth H. Wilensky

The one-sentence biography accompanying the piece states that Kozinski “retired” from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...


Civil Rights, California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling squarely addressing whether a nonparty online service provider could be ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment

Janus was about state power, not unions

Jul. 11, 2018
By Deborah J. La Fetra

Much of the commentary ignores the fact that the unions had no power to take workers’ wages without state statutes authorizing...


U.S. Supreme Court, International Law

In its October 2017 term, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the amount of deference U.S. courts should give to foreign governm...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory

Federal government’s annual health care fraud takedown

Jul. 11, 2018
By Nina Marino, Jennifer Lieser

Under the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, this years takedown focused on medical professionals seen as having co...


Securities, Corporate

New lessons about data breaches and insider trading

Jul. 11, 2018
By Joshua M. Robbins, Adam M. Sechooler

The massive Equifax data breach has brought new attention to the challenges companies face in securing consumers’ personal inf...