Breaking up is hard to do. This is as true for law firms as is it is for couples.

In his May 18 column, “Ronald K. Nickens asserts that the Senate Judiciary Committee must not elevate these two nominees becau...

I wish to clarify one issue in the May 23 article, "Several state judicial races marked by personal attacks."

A proposed state-level estate tax to raise money for college tuition won't live up to its name, the College for All Act of 2018.

The U.S. high court's recent sports betting ruling is sure to cause a flurry of activity in state legislatures across the cou...

A movie star and a production company agreed to make a movie and signed a contract with an arbitration clause.

It’s safe to say that social media use by attorneys and law firms will only continue to grow as younger generations take the r...

Several Bankruptcy Courts have allowed trustees to recover property held or transferred by non-debtor third parties via "de fa...

Arbitration critics are cognizant that amending, diluting or ending arbitration in California may suffer reversal under U.S. S...

A few weeks ago, summons in hand, I walked into the jury room of Clara Foltz Criminal Justice Center figuring I would simply b...

The critical paragraph reads “Many of the state’s 190,000 active lawyers must be re-fingerprinted because for more than 25 yea...

In Epic Systems, we were treated to the rare spectacle of the California Supreme Court accurately anticipating the U.S. Suprem...

The 9th Circuit ruled that if an insured with a preexisting medical condition gets in an accident, but the condition does not ...

In the wake of #MeToo, as employers are striving to reform their harassment policies, they should bear in mind that harassment...

Litigants value early case assessment by their law firms for obvious business reasons. This exercise is uniquely important in ...

Written influencer agreements allow the advertiser and influencer to get on the same page about expectations and risk allocati...

Undoubtedly, California will cite the case to shield against the United States’ lawsuit challenging the state’s sanctuary citi...

While to date there has been relatively few reported cases involving cyberinsurance coverage disputes, there has been much lit...

The California Legislature is considering enacting Assembly Bill 1859, which would impose substantial new security obligations...

This month, two cases discussed informing DUI defendants of the right to refuse blood testing and the consequences of a refusal.

Any lawyer who has practiced more than six months knows that the MBE tests no such skills.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has quickly reshaped business and individual tax incentives for aircraft usage.

It is not a coincidence that the effort to overturn the law comes in the wake of an unprecedented housing crisis.

In the excitement over the Golden State Killer, we shouldn't lose sight of the urgent need for legal rules to govern access to...

I am writing to correct a mistake I made in my guest column of April 30, 2018, “What’s It Mean to be DA?”

Does using cheating software in a video game create an unauthorized “derivative work”?

The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems is a nasty blow to the nation’s workforce, which relies on the class action me...

Napoleon is probably not the one to lead a Ted talk about how to win a land war in Europe, but should the approach be any diff...

I have proposed to the committee that Senate Bill 1291 be amended to require out-of-state adjusters to complete a short train...

A handful of European reinsurance companies and some title insurers in turn have been offering to their insureds, the ability ...