My hunch is that many Americans would be troubled by a justice who can only look to the past and who, as a matter of principle...

I was shocked to see the lead story for this year's CLAY winners under the banner headline "Ensuring historic art is in the ri...

Can you turn down pay and have the Internal Revenue Service respect it? Let's consider the case of President Donald J. Trump. ...

Robust intellectual property protection, especially patent protection, is a critical due diligence consideration for investors...

Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court made an important ruling that will help to combat the "Underinsurance Crisis."...

Carefully worded engagement and correspondence letters and disclaimers will help avoid creating an attorney-client relationshi...

The undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood was not unlike numerous others conducted by investigative journalists seeki...

Despite Trump's remarks on slashing regulation, recent developments suggest that the DOJ is still focused on prosecuting corpo...

A recent decision is likely to be one of the last times the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviews a district c...

The House recently passed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, which would add eight new sections to the Consumer Clas...

When someone says a deal term is "standard," ask why. Then ask why again. By Scott Wornow ...

Recent developments shed light on the legal protections afforded online reviews and the hosting sites that post them. ...

The California Supreme Court just added unnecessary delay and expense to a sorely needed development project while 1,375 futur...

While most agree that our future will be filled with autonomous vehicles, the road to get there will be complicated and thorny.

A recent ruling serves as a stern warning to insurers that absent a true "final adjudication," they must continue to pay defen...

An IRS ruling on an issue is clearly best if you can get it. Yet, you can't always get it. What's more, in some cases it can b...

My last two columns explored the substance of extraordinary writs, but form also matters.

You never know who's going to read your column. It could even be someone like Shaquille O'Neal. ...

LA County Judge Marguerite Downing talks to the juveniles in her courtroom about their futures.

First, and overreach by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and now a state law restricting religious institutions.

For 20 years, you had a legal right to tell your cable and telephone company "no" when it came to profiting from the sale of y...

LA County Judge Robert P. Applegate focuses on settling cases but tries to stay out of the way.

Service as a judge pro tem is a unique opportunity to observe firsthand how the wheels of justice work. By Jonathan Goldstein ...

It's settled: participating in mediation early on in divorce proceedings is more cost effective, less time consuming and amica...

Cumbersome local employment ordinances with barely any track record may become state law unless legislators put on the brakes....

According to a recent lawsuit, the Coachella Music Festival is also about reining in fast fashion's desire to make a quick buc...

"Opening a new set of briefs is like opening the daily newspaper," Aldrich said, preparing to end almost 23 years on the appel...

Does the notice and takedown system -- which limits online service providers' responsibility to police their services for copy...

A divided 9th Circuit panel said a company's retaliation for internal reports is actionable under Dodd-Frank.

It remains to be seen whether a replacement plan will succeed; in the meantime, an ACA checkup is in order. ...