Cultural interest in marriage was created before the California solemnization of marriage. In some far horizons, many moons be...

If the Court sides with the trial court and PricewaterhouseCoopers, it could open up the door for litigators expanding the gro...

Insurance company wrongfully conflates duty to defend with insured’s potential liability in third party action. On appeal, the...

Ironically, the governor's proposal to streamline and simplify CEQA may be delayed until next year due to its complexity.

Within each patrol station, there are station tattoos that are unique to the unit of assignment. Apparently, the only two grou...

Legal professionals practicing in the cryptocurrency sector must keep jurisdictional challenges in mind, particularly when dea...

Lower Division States’ agreement provides voluntary conservation option for the Colorado River, but must withstand scrutiny in...

The requirement that employers bargain before implementing new terms and conditions of employment is sacrosanct and should be ...

Veteran’s failed suicide led to monumental changes in California’s prisons for incarcerated veterans.

If someone is unable or unwilling to even receive certain information or limits the sources from which they are willing to rec...

In a strongly worded dissent, Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, asserts that because the petitioners are n...

No wonder employment attorneys are among the most fortunate in our profession. We are smart, bold, personable, creative, savvy...

The CEQA early settlement meeting, with careful preparation and facilitation, can build trust with the other side and explore ...

If someone as iconic and famous and, in theory, powerful as Tina Turner struggled so much to separate herself from her abuser,...

Some Observations on Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith.

In addition to incarceration, Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani were ordered to pay jointly and severally over $450 million in...

Raising the debt ceiling is imperative for the American people. Congress needs to legislate on behalf of all Americans, not pa...

An attorney used generative artificial intelligence to write a pleading. What followed was a lawyer's worst nightmare. By Pau...

Both poker and mediation negotiations involve perceived wagers and evoke a tension between playing one’s cards and playing one...

A wag once noted that “a navigable river is any river with enough water in it to float a Supreme Court opinion.” See United St...

Since the high court ruled that the National Guard acts as a federal agency due to its supervision and hiring of dual-status t...

Companies should use the available transition period to establish their disclosures, benchmark against peers and be nimble eno...

Most of the damages caused by earth movement are not covered by insurance. Mitigation funding through geologic hazard abatemen...

Being well makes it much easier to be competent. California is ahead of the curve on this one, as the American Bar Association...

The In-Use Locomotive Regulation is the first of its kind in terms of state regulation of in-use locomotives. But the regulati...

Several prognosticators have predicted a seismic shift in the legal profession within two years’ time, with both legal fees an...

Practically speaking, getting rid of the bail schedule is going to harm all persons arrested in Los Angeles County.

If the stock qualifies as qualified small business stock (QSBS), you might pay zero federal tax.

If Hsu v. Tesla is any guide, with accurate and precise instructions and effective testimony from the defendants' engin...

All courts agree that de minimis use defense applies in analyzing whether enough of a copyright protected work has been copied...