Special Masters, unlike judges, do not typically have a formal court docket, and as such, Special Masters can respond to reque...

Beginning in 2025, AB 1817 will prohibit the manufacture, distribution, sale or offer of textile articles containing PFAS. Thi...

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California is considering fixed charge proposals to bill residential customers based on income rather than energy usage. The L...

Comedian Sarah Silverman has filed a class action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement of her written work....

The 2022 amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act exempts from mandatory arbitration far more than just sexual, gender and pre...

George Orwell’s name gets thrown around a lot by conservatives aggrieved at their treatment by the media, but I wonder what wo...

Infrastructure project opponents have weaponized the California Environmental Quality Act to kill unwanted projects. Last minu...

DHS announces “Family Reunification Parole Processes” for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

The outcome of the Moore v. United States case is likely to serve as precedent that will dispose of the Mansion Tax as ...

Mandatory activities that are part of the school curriculum fall outside the assumption of the risk doctrine.

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The more a buyer pays and the more hoops they have to jump through to close a deal, the more likely it is that a buyer will pu...

The bottom line is that family matters are never simply about money. They’re about competing interests, hurt feelings, and som...

Harrison reacted with outrage to the court ruling finding him liable for stealing another composer’s work. After the disastrou...

While there isn’t an insolvency requirement for filing bankruptcy, one must ponder why a solvent individual or entity would vo...

As the 60th anniversary of Title VII approaches, it is worth looking back at the judicial standards that have evolved, Califor...

From 2018 through 2022, 69% of personnel cases involving VA employees included allegations of whistleblower retaliation. Durin...

The issue of inventorship in our country’s patent laws for AI-created inventions will continue to be important as more compani...

While the Groff decision constitutes a big change for Title VII religious accommodation claims, California laws and ru...

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Lawyers generally are not mathematicians; mistakes in their calculations are common. Rather than point out your opponent’s mis...

Although there was no written contract with an attorneys’ fee provision and no claim-specific statute providing for the recove...

Risks associated with summer associate programs arise from the obligation to supervise the inexperienced newcomers, and firm-s...

The final budget bill recently signed by the Governor includes the overall CEQA reforms, but removed the Delta Conveyance Pro...

It has been said the most nightmarish scenario one can imagine with AI and robotics is a world where robots have become so pow...

Judges are supposed to decide cases in an impartial manner. This does not mean that judges are free of bias (which is humanly ...

Trademark plaintiffs should lean on Jack Daniels Properties and the recent opinion in Hermès to defeat motions to dismiss and ...

Industry observers should consider themselves on notice that the CFPB may pursue unfairness actions against consumer financial...

Earlier this month, the ABA issued Formal Opinion No. 506, which addresses a lawyer’s ethical obligations when he or she deleg...