Now that Trump is in office, construction of his fence is coming to pass and unsurprisingly, the process of right of way acqui...

The state high court has effectively ended the ability of public agencies to keep from the public communications about the pub...

Under long-standing immigration laws, harboring undocumented immigrants carries the potential for both fines and imprisonment....

The recent Oscars snafu provides a reminder to lawyers: All live events can glitch and the appropriate response is not to powe...

With the replacement immigration order on Monday, we have, if not quite in the sense Justice Jackson anticipated, entered the ...

This initiative, if adopted, would strike language from Article III, Section 1 of the California Constitution, which states: "...

Trump's plan to slash funding of National Endowment for the Arts could have a significant impact on the ability of volunteer l...

Mary C. Dollarhide, an attorney who led the employment practice at Paul Hastings LLP in San Diego, started her new position as...

Orange County Judge Julie Palafox wins praise in family court for her patience and demeanor.

There is considerable talk today about leaving America. The head count is up, although it is still a small number compared to ...

On March 1, a new California law took effect requiring single-user public restroom facilities to be gender neutral and to comp...

The California Supreme Court has now held that emails, voicemails and texts related to government business on the private devi...

I often speak to local bar associations about "How To Win Appeals & Writs." I usually begin with Moskovitz's Rule #1: "Put...

Are lawyers selling out if they take cases for causes they find inimical to their cherished values? Does the principle that ev...

Orange County Judge John Flynn III grew up familiar with the courts and enjoys family law.

In 1990, five boys, 16 and under, were convicted by New York juries of violent crimes committed during a "wilding" in New York...

A key criterion is bias. If there is a reasonable possibility that opposing counsel in trial could argue that the investigator...

The NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software's new partnership to operate an esports league is a first for both the electronic ga...

Well-managed firms try to anticipate situations that can lead to partner departures. The starting point is to know what can tr...

How is an attorney who is very proficient at most things, but thinks a pixel is a character from Peter Pan, supposed to "guide...

With their increasingly relevant Twitter hashtag, #appellatetwitter, appellate lawyers have once again taken their rightful pl...

I read in detail the recent article, "Governor diversifies state bench" (March 1, 2017). That article discussed the recently r...

One of the most complicated topics startup founders confront is how to provide compelling incentives to employees and other se...

If the federal estate tax law is repealed by Trump and Congress, estates in California will still pay, provided that a law pro...

The California Supreme Court recently said an unreasonable failure to timely disclose experts rendered the subsequent use of e...

The California Court of Appeal recently concluded in a case that it was error for the trial court to strike the plaintiff's ju...

A county board of supervisors can enact policies prohibiting most county employees from assisting in the enforcement of federa...

Since 1979, a select group of hand-picked individuals from the State Bar's Special Master's List have been responsible for car...

It's that time of year again, when IRS Forms 1099 arrive. Perhaps no one likes IRS Forms 1099 except the Internal Revenue Serv...

It is entirely legal to believe that various races should be segregated from each other. But someone who holds such a belief c...