Should AB 1936 pass and be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, it will remove the taint of association with Serranus Hastings but...
The reality is that most people never hear about deceitful marketing practices or other bad acts of companies that put out dan...
Democracy should be coveted for the equal opportunity it affords its citizens, but also for its track record of success.
Education Law, Civil Rights
The simple truth is that employers who create diverse and inclusive workplaces get sued less – and fewer claims mean lower leg...
No one can dispute that the internet is a fundamental part of community life.
The current iteration of SB 1279 simply refers to a “person who lacks legal capacity to make decisions” rather than referring ...
This article is intended to assist judges and practitioners in understanding when, how, and why to apply for appointment of a ...
By enacting Section 846, the legislature did not intend to immunize landowners from all liability for permissive and nonpermis...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
“Harvard to Hashtag” is a must-read for anyone thinking of starting or growing a law firm.
SB 1149 forbids protective orders and confidential settlement agreements in any litigation involving alleged product defects o...
The testimony of even the most well-prepared witness may prove useless – or worse, problematic – unless the advocate listens a...
Some lawyers make the mistake of focusing their entire trial preparation on the jury, and make the mistake of forgetting the j...
Law Practice, Government, Appellate Practice
Top twelve approaches for a better America
One of the extreme threats not only to our economy but to our physical safety is our return to dependence upon some pretty dan...
Unlike your country, which has been slow to accept the gifts of big data and artificial intelligence (I still smart at that us...
Whether a defect is trivial or not is determined by looking at all of the facts of the particular case.
The time is ripe for courts to take a new look at jurisdictional issues involving national corporations. The business landscap...
Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law
The Framers knew that divisions of power between governments and their branches would promote individual liberty and they thus...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
The Racial Justice Act and Young's broad interpretation force courts to squarely address racial bias in the system, and...
Because he failed to notify the court that held the probation violation hearing of defendant’s imprisonment within 30 days aft...
There have been several lawsuits involving the use or storage of biometric information which have resulted in multi-million do...
Securities, Banking
With the stablecoin meltdown of early May, and the recent collapses of cryptocurrency hedge funds like Three Arrows Capital, t...
The time for the plaintiff in Sanchez to fish or cut bait on admissible evidence should have come later - when and if t...
The discharge and substitution of jurors rests within the sound discretion of the trial court. The decisions are reviewed on a...
A shelf can facilitate several different types of offerings including at-the-market offerings, equity lines of credits, block ...
Insurance, Health Care & Hospital Law
A welcome return to facts in COVID-19 insurance cases
The Second Appellate District's recent decision in Marina Pacific Hotel & Suites, LLC v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., No....
Government, Civil Rights
When a local official provokes the ire of fellow members, rather, the only remedy is some form of public reproval. Historicall...
Former California Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird was many things. One thing she was not: recalled.
Attorney general of Texas has threatened the law firm of Sidley and Austin with criminal prosecution for paying expenses assoc...
Family, Civil Litigation
Pinpointing the date of separation is a highly fact-based process that requires a court to consider the parties’ expressed int...