There was a time in this nation’s history when there were no political parties.
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Democracy 101 and the State Bar of California
By Robert C. Fellmeth
The State Bar of California is controlled by what the U.S. Supreme Court calls “active market participants” in the profession ...
Civil Litigation, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
The glyphosate merry-go-round
By Daniel J. Herling
Whether this Roundup ingredient should be listed as a carcinogen is just the beginning. Next comes ‘natural’ labeling suits.
Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Interpreter wage dispute escalating
By Camille T. Taiara
Court interpreters in 12 Bay Area counties are at a breaking point. After a year of negotiations and months of intensifying wo...
Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Overtime wage bill appears largely symbolic
By Felicia R. Reid
California has taken up the baton for now-jettisoned Obama administration initiatives in several areas, including climate chan...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
California’s expanding world of alternative dispute resolution
By Lawrence Waddington
This might seem obvious. However, a recent California Supreme Court ruling shows how a simple failure of proof can play out.
Despite the changes in our current political climate, the debate of the scope and nature of cooperation between California an...
Government, Criminal
CFAA is a horse and buggy in a jet plane world
By Jason S. Leiderman
The first U.S. computer crime statute was enacted in 1984 and was rewritten in 1986 to become the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...
Government, Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory
Northern District ruling is a gift for California cannabis operators
By Ariel Clark
A federal judge issued a temporary stay of the criminal prosecution of two medical marijuana growers.
Immigration, Government
Bill will boost fair treatment of immigrants in civil courts
By Saveena Takhar
Assembly Bill 1690 will eliminate existing loopholes in procedural rules and ensure fair and equal treatment in civil court fo...
Intellectual Property
Lessons in rejection of will.i.am trademark expansion
By Kenneth G. Parker, Diana C. Obradovich
Entertainer William Adams, aka will.i.am, of The Black Eyed Peas has marketed and sold goods using the phrase “I AM” in severa...
Law Practice, Government, California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations
The ‘last rites’ of the State Bar
By Karen M. Goodman, Loren Kieve
We disagree that Senate Bill 36, which will change the structure of the bar and how its trustees are selected, is something to...
Civil Litigation, Family, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice
Spousal support and ‘changed circumstances’
By Robert A. Roth
Earn MCLE learning about the changed circumstances test — the benchmark for modification motions in family law cases.
U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Setting up an appeal: Preparing the Statement of Decision
By Myron Moskovitz
Whether you win or lose, you’ll want to think about what should be included in the Statement of Decision.
U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice
Raising up the work of (s)hero lawyers
By Rachel A. Van Cleave
There a several reasons for each of us in legal education and in the profession to broaden our own perspectives and evaluation...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court
Justices punted in Parrish decision
By Roy G. Weatherup, Kenneth C. Feldman
The decision is important because the state’s highest court has reaffirmed the strict definition of lack of probable cause app...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Corporate, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Questions left open in new Spokeo decision
By Randolph Hunter Pyle
The case involves whether a plaintiff has alleged a sufficiently concrete injury for purposes of Article II standing.
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Corporate, California Supreme Court, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Will high court draw bright lines for employers?
By Arthur F. Silbergeld
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the California Supreme Court to decide whether an employee’s time spent waitin...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Courts of Appeal
The timeliness of attorney malpractice claims
By Scott P. Dixler
Earn MCLE credit reviewing the applicability of the “continuous representation” rule.
Law Practice, Contracts
Contracts 101 and the growing Internet of Things
By Jill Bronfman
Notice and consent are a basic concept in contracts, but they may be missing when it comes to IoT devices that gather data fro...
Jerry Seinfeld, like the rest of us, has to pay taxes.
Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
Instagram this: fair use and social media
By John M. Gatti, Emil Petrossian
A court recently ruled on appropriation artist Richard Prince's unauthorized use of an unauthorized Instagram post.
Football season will soon be upon us: that crisp time of year when brass horns gleam in the autumn sun, the biggest boys on ca...
Civil Litigation, Government, Criminal
New law will help to protect victims of child sex abuse
By Nancy Peverini, Micha Star Liberty
Senate Bill 755 is a new law that provides protections for children who have been sexually abused and seek recovery through th...
Tax, Entertainment & Sports
Mayweather got his tax lien released, but will you?
By Robert W. Wood
Tax liens are public, and can also cause you embarrassment, even if you’re not a celebrity. But a new report says that Floyd M...
Civil Litigation, Government, Environmental & Energy, Corporate, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
Next stop, even more CEQA litigation
By Richard M. Frank
Neither side in this litigation won a clear-cut victory from the Supreme Court.
Immigration, Government, Civil Rights
Immigration act is really an exclusion act
By Bill Ong Hing
Trump’s call for overhauling the legal immigration system suffers from serious flaws.
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar has kept out fine lawyers for no reason
By Susan Smith Bakhshian
Both the passing score and the overall validity of the exam need attention.
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Health Care & Hospital Law, Corporate, Contracts
The biosimilar patent dance: When in doubt, list it
By Limin Zheng
For all the reference product sponsors about to enter into a patent dance under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovatio...