Associates serve two masters: Their “bosses” at their firms, and the Rules of Professional Conduct.

For those of us who are the actual participants in mediations where a deal is the goal, where the strength of the mediator is ...

A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...

As a lawyer for over 29 years with the Los Angeles public defenders, I was dazzled by the hubris of Michael Judge blaming the ...

I appreciated the judicial profile of Judge Ronald Coen, Los Angeles County Superior Court, who probably has presided over mor...

After 44 years participating in the evolution of women in law, I believe economic equality for women requires deep cultural ch...

The Department of Justice issued an internal memo this month that signals a shift in its approach to qui tam actions, encourag...

I would not be surprised if the Supreme Court winds up reversing the 5th Circuit and, at least to some degree, limits the Fish...

The designation of private property as necessary habitat for some endangered species or other must actually be supported by ev...

The court's decision could have a profound impact on class actions -- particularly in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th Cir...

It is that time of the year again! U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services begins accepting petitions for new H-1B “CAP” vis...

New Internal Revenue Code Section 164(b)(6), titled Limitation On Individual Deductions for Taxable Years 2018-2025, prevents ...

Lending convertible indebtedness is no longer an equity investment by another name. Convertible indebtedness is now, more and ...

Clara Shortridge Foltz must be spinning in her grave realizing that the Board of Supervisors in 1913 was far more enlightened ...

The objective of this article and accompanying self-assessment test is to provide bench officers and lawyers with an overview ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider this question in a case it agreed to hear earlier this month.

Recent months have yielded decisions which will impact some aspects of insurance litigation.

It will take more than merely a harsh criminal sentence or a few depositions to break this spell.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is anything but simplifying with respect to its international tax code provisions. Co

A system of voluntary mediator certification would benefit both the public and the profession.

Last year a California federal court ordered Coinbase to provide the IRS with certain records related to all Coinbase users wh...

Surely Congress would not want a sexual harassment victim to pay tax on 100 percent of her recovery when 40 percent goes to h...

If you are considering mediation as an alternative to litigation, I recommend reading Molière's farcical play, "The Miser."

The Constitution protects an adult’s personal decision to engage in intimate, sexual activity with another adult, whether the ...

The 9th Circuit decision underscores the breadth of an insurer’s duty to defend third-party claims in California — and the oft...

With the legalization of cannabis and many of its by-products in California, employers now must wrestle with another type of e...

Electronic logging records will make a personal injury lawyer’s job easier when proving a driver involved in an accident had e...

While California’s anti-SLAPP statute has been in effect for 25 years, the courts continue to interpret and define its scope a...

The ongoing immigration battle between President Donald J. Trump’s administration and certain states and cities has produced s...

Only three states have statutes dedicated to protecting consumers’ biometric information. Here’s what California can learn.