Lacks’ cells were harvested in 1951, when it was not illegal to do so without a patient’s consent. However, lawyers for Lacks’...

On its face, the petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music ...

Judges, like most of us, like to clear out cases that are time-consuming and aren't going anywhere. In Jones, the distr...

On Jan. 1, 2023, Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) sections 999 - 999.5 took effect for all pre-suit and pre-arbitration time-limi...

The federal government paid almost $1 million to settle a military sexual assault lawsuit even though it is immune from being ...

What makes virtual law practice so appealing is its efficiency. You are more productive when you can manage your law practice ...

Sylvia White-Irby oversees a 47-member team whose primary purpose is to make sure that the judicial and executive officers at ...

Make the brief short, even though it takes a longer time to write. Use Ockham’s razor and cut, cut, and then cut some more. If...

From crime to climate change to COVID, the U.S. Supreme Court is rejecting the view that the public must defer to expert weigh...

Yedinak confirms that the Courts of Appeal should continue to enforce the Humphrey decision against trial courts.

In an all-too-common sequence of events, Professor Elizabeth Weiss became the target of an activist campaign after she publish...

As COVID-19 infections appear to be on the rise this summer, California employers may, for now, breathe a sigh of relief that ...

When we normalize domestic violence through songs, movies and other cultural events, we are slowly desensitizing ourselves to ...

The last time that MALDEF sued L.A. County was in 1988. Its victory over racial discrimination led to the election of Gloria ...

Adequate time simply doesn’t exist for our mental health court lawyers who are each juggling hundreds of cases. As a result th...

While attempting to “ameliorate bias-based injustice” both in and out of the courtroom, bias has been redefined by limiting it...

The object of this article and self-study test is to review major exceptions to the hearsay rule in California civil cases, se...

As Chief Deputy for the Court, not only am I the lead financial executive over budget, expenditure, revenue/treasury collectio...

In precluding the participation of officials who receive more than $250 in campaign contributions from parties or participants...

Now that so few cases get to trial, and so many are mediated before a lawsuit is even filed, perhaps there is a role for media...

To the extent that new Rule 8.3 might be a reaction to these recent events, the Thomas Girardi scandal was not caused by a rel...

Establishing Cultural Competency is necessary for any judicial officer presiding over family law matters to protect against we...

The lack of legal support and certainty around the effect of the Builder’s Remedy, combined with the likelihood that cities wi...

In 2023 the world is firmly in the era of “big data” and the LASC is no exception. Our court is awash in vast oceans of data. ...

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...

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,...

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...