With the new Trump administration, Congress and recently confirmed secretary of transportation, Elaine Chao, there may be more...

An appellate veteran, LA County Commissioner Timothy Weiner values social aspects of job

Recently enacted Public Contract Code Section 9204, which on its face ensures that contractors get adequately and quickly paid...

Failure to argue entitlement to a spendthrift exclusion could negatively affect a client's ability to shield their spendthrift...

One legal scholar has identified several different meanings and usages of the term from the time of the Constitution.

Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States does it say the words "crisis" or "disaster." And yet, disaster management ha...

The mere fact that a statute uses the term "mandatory" and sets forth clear deadlines does not implicate a court's fundamental...

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide where the proper venue is for patent infringement cases, potentially ending their conc...

If the Goleta Water District wants to enjoin Slippery Rock Ranch's 140-year practice of selling water to neighboring ranches, ...

President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration is legal and constitutional - and that's not just my opinion.

Last month, the 9th Circuit added yet another decision to the growing number of cases that narrow the circumstances under whic...

A recent California Court of Appeal decision provides employers guidance on how to comply with the state high court's 2012 dec...

California's extensive body of employment law, which makes it one of the most challenging states for employers to conduct busi...

A case currently before the court will provide much needed guidance regarding the amount of coverage available where insurance...

The appellate review provision of the Class Action Fairness Act has generated some controversy over its scope. By James C. Mar...

Every time there is a change of guard in Washington, there is inevitably an expectation that the pendulum of telecom policy wi...

One opportunity for new Chairman Pai to lay down the law concerns net neutrality. What started as a purported desire to preser...

Circuits are split on whether debt collection attorneys can be subject to Fair Debt Collection Practices Act liability when en...

According to a recent 2nd District ruling, a 60 percent drop in income alone is not enough to warrant a reduction in child sup...

Unresolved legal problems can isolate people from employment, housing, health care and safety. Now consider the implications f...

Bon Voyage might turn to Non Voyage if you owe the IRS more than $50,000. By Robert W. Wood ...

At the center of Donald Trump's attack on NAFTA attack was the U.S. automotive industry, which has been sending manufacturing ...

President Donald Trump's unfortunate and perhaps inexperienced political rhetoric can only hurt him and his administration esp...

Federal court review of political actions like the travel ban must occur in an environment of elevated respect for empirical f...

Section 1182(f) of Title 8 gives the president the right to suspend the entry of all, or any class of, aliens into the United ...

President Trump's reactions to the judge's order in Washington v. Trump shows disrespect for the rule of law and the legal pro...

When I began my term as State Bar president in October 2016, I made it clear this agency is committed to reforms that will all...

Recent developments in California and Delaware law have created a path for a California-based Delaware corporation to avoid be...

Chinese manufacturers of construction materials given competitive edge by a recent decision of the 4th District Court of Appea...

A recent decision eliminated the ability of prosecutors to charge public officials with felony violations where the public off...