Brilliant or not, Donald Trump had big losses in 1995. And that means he could offset other income across many years. That's t...

San Francisco property owners and landlords scored a recent victory after the 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed a decision...

For the past several decades, a checkpoint on Interstate 5 near San Diego has continued to operate with the purported permitte...

Attorneys, like anybody else, enjoy hearing good things about themselves. But problems arise when positive statements are inac...

A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery reinforces principles that often arise in the context of demands for books...

Fiduciary duty defendants should consider seeking dismissal of any previously pending books and records action, whether by req...

The recent Yahoo you data breach brings new focus to privacy and security questions ranging from data breach notification resp...

Although it seems unlikely under current jurisprudence that the current cases against Yahoo will attain class certification, t...

A recent 9th Circuit decision makes it very unlikely that a child will ever even have the chance to argue for a right to couns...

Next week, for the first time in more than a century, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving infringement of a desi...

History has shown that, as society becomes more litigious, fulfilling duties to clients without overstepping ethical boundarie...

Recognizing the alarming rate of substance abuse among lawyers, the State Bar offers the Alternative Discipline Program -- a c...

U.S.-based Liberty Media is purchasing the Formula One enterprise, and expect it to use its assets to indoctrinate the U.S. ma...

While patent litigation in the patent troll and competitor-versus-competitor battles for technology dominance is waning — IoT ...

Augmented reality app developers — like those behind Pokémon Go — will likely defeat most of the claims legal commentators bel...

Californians won important new rights with a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week. Senate Bill 1241 will prohibit corporat...

California's parole system offers inmates a critical but underutilized tool to ensure that their sentences are proportionate: ...

This "Legislative Advisory Proposition" on the ballot in November asks us a question: Should our elected officials use their c...

After a long hiatus, insider trading will return to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.

In his pursuit of Exxon, Eric Schneiderman must have had to ignore ABA Rule 3.8, designed to prevent prosecutorial abuse. By J...

The "required vehicle" exception to the "going and coming" rule has received a fair amount of ink recently, especially in ligh...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal recently held that employees cannot be compelled to arbitrate whether they are "aggrieved" in...

On Tuesday, the U.S. high court will hear arguments in a case that shows how crucial charging decisions can be. ...

For the most part, the high court led by Chief Justice John Roberts has been First Amendment-friendly since 2010 -- if you are...

If you are jailed for weeks without probable cause that you've committed a crime, have your constitutional rights been violate...

On Labor Day, 41 years ago, Justice Stanley Mosk swore me in as a judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court. Within a few days ...

Orange County Judge Douglas Hatchimonji hopes to guide juvenile offenders to a better life.

A recent decision,stemming from a tragedy at Bellarmine University over 10 years ago highlights the potential consequences sch...

Before filing your petition for rehearing to show the Court of Appeal the error of their ways, consider how grim your chances ...

Despite its importance, remarkably little is said about the role that trust (or distrust) between lawyers plays in the handlin...