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Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory

Mineral rights owners need to conduct thorough due diligence and title searches, engage experienced legal counsel and industry...


Technology, Law Practice

Go to court!

May 28, 2024
By Michael Schonbuch

Attorneys relying solely on Zoom for court appearances may find themselves lacking the essential interpersonal abilities and c...


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory

The fixed charge’s effect on electric bills will depend on various factors, such as the customer’s consumption patterns, the u...


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

The anti-SLAPP regime requires that the statements or conduct at issue be in connection with a public issue or an issue of pub...


Entertainment & Sports

The parties involved in House v. NCAA are discussing a potential settlement that would create a $2.7 billion fund for f...


Torts/Personal Injury, Government

Trail immunity is a confusing area of law that applies a broad definition of what constitutes a trail, and plaintiffs face a h...


Non-compliance with the Workplace Violence Prevention Plan can lead to expensive citations and penalties. California employers...


Government

To hell with debates, put them on Jeopardy!

May 23, 2024
By James Attridge

Jeopardy! would show the presidential candidates’ knowledge of history, geography, business, and other relevant topics, as wel...


Technology, Intellectual Property

Commenters fault USPTO rules for providing inadequate guidance to inventors using Generative-AI.


Immigration

The immigration issue is distorted by political wrangling, misinformation, and dehumanizing rhetoric, which prevents people fr...


Family

Custody should work for everyone

May 22, 2024
By Mary Lou Byrne

Judicial decisions are based on public policy and legal principles, but often lack the time and resources to address the compl...


Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that the funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constit...


The Supreme Court will hear Glossip v. Oklahoma, a case involving criminal discovery obligations of prosecutors, and pr...


Torts/Personal Injury

Boating accidents and what you need to know before hitting the water

MCLE
May 21, 2024
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. Wilkinson

Boating accidents can lead to serious injuries or death, with 4,040 boating accidents reported in the US in 2022, resulting in...


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

The Supreme Court's decision means that the State of California cannot rely on qualified immunity to avoid liability for consc...


Criminal

Teaching Abroad Part III: My Mistake

May 20, 2024
By Myron Moskovitz

The advantages and disadvantages of the inquisitorial system, such as the lack of plea bargaining, the role of the presiding j...


Ghost kitchens faced several problems as lockdown measures eased and consumers returned to dining out. But they are not doomed...


Intellectual Property

The convergence of technologies from different industries, such as cars and computers, has expanded the scope of tech trans la...


Government

Local leaders matter now more than ever

May 17, 2024
By Julie Marzouk

City Councils are attempting to direct U.S. foreign policy and override the authority of local police, with some officials pro...


Intellectual Property

Activision and Warzone.com recently faced a trademark dispute over the use of the word "Warzone" in the title of Activision's ...


Technology, Health Care & Hospital Law

Healthcare companies must ensure clinical oversight, especially where the tools assist with functions traditionally performed ...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

The prosecution uses Michael Cohen's conviction as indisputable evidence of Trump's crimes, preventing Trump from challenging ...


Government

Loss of more than an election

May 16, 2024
By A. Marco Turk

If Trump loses the 2024 presidential election and refuses to accept the outcome, self-interested lawyers who supported Trump's...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can offer parties more flexibility, efficiency, and cost savings than traditional litigat...


The proposed federal tax hikes will hit harder in California than in some other states, as California already has the highest ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property

The U.S. Supreme Court has, for now, allowed claimants to recover damages for acts allegedly occurring more than three years b...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Against the 'Europeanization' of California's antitrust law

May 15, 2024
By Geoffrey A. Manne, Dirk Auer

Adopting the European model of antitrust law could harm California’s economy, especially its technology industry and its start...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 9th Circuit ignored the law and common sense

May 14, 2024
By Erwin Chemerinsky

The court’s decision contradicts previous Ninth Circuit decisions and Supreme Court statements that the Second Amendment appli...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy

The California State Bar is considering adding privacy law as a new area of legal specialization, which would require lawyers ...


Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court

A defense is available to employers when it comes to section 226 premium penalties, based on dictionary definitions of “knowin...