We invite the California Legislature to revisit Penal Code 261.5 in compliance with caljic 10.65, and Anderson, and to make th...

In response to the public’s concerns, the White House announced on Friday that several major technology companies have committ...

Paul Kiesel and Jeffrey Koncius of Kiesel Law LLP discover that generative artificial intelligence responds better to polite r...

The reasoning employed in Adolph, and the potential outcomes it allows, may run afoul of higher federal law, namely the...

Although there is a procedure to make a complaint about federal court judges, there is no mechanism to make a complaint about ...

Employers will not be able to escape PAGA liability simply by resolving individual Labor Code violations in arbitration. Thus,...

California uses a comparative analysis to see if you have closer connections to another state. Some people who leave have unre...

There is reason to believe that additional arbitration carve-outs – for race, religion, disability and other forms of harassme...

Employers should review and consider modifying their arbitration agreements to conform to the Adolph decision. They sho...

That Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights probe is no surprise. The hospital, and many others across t...

An item’s price tag is clearly an out-of-court statement. But must it be true in order to be relevant proof of the item’s valu...

Starting in March of this year, DWR began releasing findings regarding the adequacy of critically overdraft basins’ GSPs and a...

On July 11, the DOJ advised counsel for both Trump and Carroll that it will no longer represent Trump (Carroll I, 590 F. Supp....

A well-timed mediation will present the best opportunity to resolve the case. Conversely, an ill-timed mediation can sometimes...

Bail rulings are often difficult and impact many lives, but using a checklist as a guide makes them easier to make correctly a...

We live in an interconnected world. To ensure accountability and protect the rights of individuals, state courts must exercise...

While the line between protected and unprotected speech seems to be getting more ambiguous, the Supreme Court provided certain...

Legal skeptics have argued for years that this rule is easy to read, but hard to enforce.

Depositions often take place when your client feels most vulnerable. Preparing a client therefore requires careful attention t...

The Court has its lowest public confidence and approval ratings in history. I have the strong sense that if the Court continue...

A recent court of appeal decision took aim at arbitration provisions seeking to limit injunctive awards to individuals – rathe...

A recent federal court decision illustrates the contours of derivative work protection and underscores the difficulty in estab...

As experts scramble to assess the damage and determine the cause of the Rolling Hills landslide, many are left wondering wheth...

Worldwide, bigamy is a response to surviving and obtaining the necessities of life, but the reasons for entering a bigamous ma...

As a practical matter, it is incredibly important for plaintiffs’ counsel to keep pertinent and organized data about their cli...

The workers arrived at 4:30 a.m., but they weren’t there to work. Instead, they walked back and forth along the road carrying ...

SB 652 clarifies Evidence Code § 801 to ensure all experts must testify to a reasonable degree of probability based on their f...

Those who would do harm or interrupt transit need to know they will be held accountable for their actions and will face proper...

The court’s holding opens doors to personal and professional censorship. Although the 9th Circuit may be right about the Distr...