Even at the existing passing grade, there are practicing attorneys in California who aren’t very smart or ethical, who don’t s...

A response to my column on proposed changes to the special prosecutor rule used the tactic of quoting selected sentences or wo...

Precedent sometimes rests upon a legal fiction, and persists until a later decision exposes the fiction for what it is.

Liability insurers frequently assert that contractual liabilities do not fall within their policies' insuring agreements, and ...

For many attorneys, the concept of cybersecurity is completely foreign — frightening, perhaps. As evidenced in Part One of thi...

The institutional press has no monopoly on the First Amendment — or on the collection and dissemination of information that th...

When it comes to taxes, you might want to emulate Warren Buffett, or perhaps even Donald Trump, if you think either made a tax...

The IRS’s proposed regulations on the new centralized audit regime are looming — and have many people scratching their heads i...

Any billing structure that diverges from the prototypical hourly model is likely classified these days as “alternative.” But i...

Attorneys are now keeping their eye on court proceedings involving another provision of Section 2(a) — the “scandalousness” pr...

I would like to point out a gross mischaracterization of facts in the Daily Journal’s Aug. 7 front page article, titled “Fraud...

Can the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California charge San Diego County more than the cost of providing the service...

California needs a comprehensive approach to lowering incarceration rates — a plan that will not only lower incarceration leve...

In discussing this issue with my colleagues on the bench, I have not heard that there is a shortage of lawyers in our state. N...

If Special Counsel Robert Mueller has opened a grand jury investigation, the witch has fallen from her broom and the dogs are ...

As promised during the campaign, President Donald Trump has backed legislation designed to reduce legal immigration. The RAISE...

What happens when a subcontractor’s employees are injured on a construction project, sue the general contractor, and the gener...

I was at a dinner party at a friend’s palatial mansion. There on the wall of the living room was Van Gogh’s “Vase with Fifteen...

It’s up to you, the trial attorney, to make sure that your appellate lawyer gets a record that allows him to preserve your vic...

What FDR didn’t know is that he had appointed a former Klansman who owed his political career to the power of the invisible em...

As complex as our system is, many tax mistakes can be forgiven. Sure, you might still end up with civil penalties, depending o...

"Mindfulness" may be a buzzword these days, but it may also light the path to improving professional competence.

Under the guise of so-called “tort reform,” congressional shills for corporate America’s abuses have introduced a series of bi...

Why is the ACLU even involved in the defamation case against John Oliver, brought after his talk show “Last Week Tonight” did ...

No, that’s not a typo; it’s a word that means “the act or habit of estimating something as worthless.” Reminds me of mediation.

The extension of the cap-and-trade program is a major milestone for the state’s greenhouse gas reduction program. However, it ...

What does the Legislature want to do now to increase anarchy in our state? Let everyone out of jail by eliminating the bail sy...

It helps to have a payroll company to ensure that your payroll taxes get pain — that is, until the payroll company itself star...