Absent a certain protected activity or status, there is no effective recourse for the abused or harassed employee under state ...

A recent article by Professor Aaron Tang, "Hey, Courts: Don't be so quick to ignore political power," unabashedly advocates fo...

Many a bitcoin millionaire may be thinking like their forefathers did holding low basis stock in Microsoft, Intel or Starbucks...

The State Bar Court Review Department issued a range of attorney discipline opinions this year. As usual, the most common comp...

The 9th Circuit just published an opinion that successfully weaves immigration law and eminent domain law into a coherent whole.

There was a continued push-and-pull between the U.S. Supreme Court and state courts over the FAA.

This year we essentially marked the end of 20 years of an unregulated market and unpredictable legal environment for medicinal...

Over 7,000 inter partes review petitions have been filed since 2012, approximately 1,600 of which are currently pending before...

The Federal Communications Commission defied the facts, flouted the law, and ignored the will of millions of Americans when it...

The recent decisions of several district courts within the 9th Circuit, however, align with the 2nd Circuit's determination th...

The key to success is approaching the process realistically and having the strategic foresight to be prepared for changes alon...

People v. Buza provides an opportunity to ensure that fewer people in the state are convicted of crimes they did not commit an...

Catch up on this year's legal malpractice developments.

The question of what constitutes "informed written consent" can be a complicated one, depending on the circumstances.

Here, we have tried to provide an early and high-level overview of federal income tax issues with which California attorneys s...

A Court of Appeal recently had to wade into and adjudicate what was both a literal and a figurative jurisprudential "water fig...

Two weeks ago, body camera footage of the police killing of Daniel Shaver flooded news outlets across the country, along with ...

We are seeing a current trend in how attorney fees requests are being handled by federal courts, resulting in more defined rul...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended the year with yet another 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversal. The high court overturned a...

A California Court of Appeal broadly interpreted what an insurer classified as an "ongoing operations" endorsement and emphasi...

It is with extreme rarity that I, as presiding judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court, would respond with displeasur...

With an ever increasing number of California employers requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements that include class a...

A recent decision from the Ninth Circuit highlights the problem when a judge participates in social media.

For much of the last several years, the "patent troll problem" dominated trade-publication discussions of patent law. But the ...

This past year both plaintiffs and defendants had something to celebrate.

In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the First Amendment precluded the Patent Office from refusing regist...

Laws combatting unpredictable scheduling practices may be the next wave of wage and hour regulation.

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, early Wednesday morning. The House is expected to...

Late Friday the legislative branch released its conference tax reform bill, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, for which voting is set...