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Bringing in business is about meeting, connecting, and learning about people and their needs. From that foundation, you can de...


Schools may also have an affirmative duty to identify those students who are being or have been bullied, harassed, hazed, or s...


Intellectual Property

The artist, the spouse, and breach of fiduciary duty

Sep. 19, 2023
By Scott J. Nord, Karra Ideozu

Copyright law seeks to protect an individual’s freedom of expression. Ordering a sale of artistic property would seemingly def...


Contracts

Boilerplate car leases fail to advise the customer that if their car is in an insured accident and is totaled, the customer wi...


Many people serving long sentences are also part of an aging population that is far less likely to reoffend, and costly to kee...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

I don’t want to spoil the party, but . . .

Sep. 19, 2023
By Laura W. Halgren

If judges were to avoid all bar association events that were sponsored by law firms, their absence would adversely affect the ...


Implementing a statewide training program within schools across California can potentially save hundreds to thousands of victims.


Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

Final rules issued by the agency are a clarion call to action on the importance of advising business units on the necessity an...


Cannabis

Beyond rescheduling: reimagining cannabis policy for a more just society

MCLE
Sep. 18, 2023
By Allison B. Margolin, Warren Arndt

Although the rhetoric around rescheduling marijuana is a positive sign, the notion of rescheduling cannabis to a lower schedul...


Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court has issued its first decision interpreting the California Voting Rights Act, but failed to addres...


Constitutional Law

"Originalism" and "textualism" might indeed be gimmicks - at least for some of the Justices some of the time.


Technology

Cutting costs, not corners, in legal research AI

Sep. 18, 2023
By Daniel B. Garrie, Ryan Abbott

The AI revolution is here – those who sensibly embrace it will reap substantial benefits, while those who ignore it risk being...


Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Currently, some districts divide their business geographically, so that a case filed in a particular division will only be hea...


Torts/Personal Injury, California Supreme Court

The Court should not only take up (and reverse) Carr, but provide guidance as to an oft-litigated statute. It wouldn’t hurt ei...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

One cannot help but wonder (as Judge Van Dyke insinuates) if political leanings played a much greater role than they should ha...


Technology, Administrative/Regulatory

Absent an act of Congress, the FEC has no statutory authority to regulate deepfakes by non-candidate actors.


California Courts of Appeal

This is the first time that any court has dealt with a settlement that is less than the 998 offer when the case involved a fee...


Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory

California employers with workspaces that are prone to extreme heat, such as warehouses, may want to review newly-proposed Cal...


Labor/Employment

The relatively new laws impact employee rights and expand the scope of protection to employees.


If Trump takes office while the charges are still pending against him, he’s likely to move to quickly get rid of them. He woul...


The rampant dysfunction and gridlock in all aspects of our nation’s immigration system are well known. But few outside the inn...


Hybrid work arrangements can support your company’s ESG goals

Sep. 14, 2023
By Felice B. Ekelman, Julie Kantor

While the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. Univ...


Intellectual Property, California Courts of Appeal

Display lefts and rights

Sep. 13, 2023
By John R. Wierzbicki

Vermont Law School decided to build a wall of acoustic panels just two inches in front of the mural, but not touching the mura...


Entertainment & Sports, Contracts

Analyzing the NCAA’s shrinking authority

Sep. 13, 2023
By Frank N. Darras

New NCAA President Charlie Baker has publicly stated his support of players being able to profit off NIL; it’s a great sentime...


While your financial situation has almost certainly changed as a result of your divorce, there are tools to help mitigate the ...


Labor/Employment

Asking about criminal history is off limits during job interviews

Sep. 13, 2023
By Julia Y. Trankiem, Steven A. Morphy

All California employers should be aware of updated regulations for the use of criminal history in hiring decisions, many of w...


Government

Government Transparency Act is a shameful abuse of the initiative process

Sep. 12, 2023
By Christine Wood, Darren Ziegler

While transparency is crucial, it must be balanced with the right to privacy, as outlined in the California Constitution. Wait...


Tax

The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed new rules meant to make it harder – much harder – for people not to pay tax on their...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Tell your story, but to a mediator

Sep. 12, 2023
By Greg Derin

Outcomes in a courtroom are not sterile; they are the result of human beings assessing the motivations and actions of others. ...


Criminal

Is this something to celebrate?

Sep. 12, 2023
By Louis J. Shapiro

Presumably the fentanyl death epidemic is what drove the prosecution to choose a murder over manslaughter. There is no questio...