Broadly adopting remote appearances as a rule in the criminal context raises significant constitutional concerns.

For the past few decades, we have thought of the National Guard as being citizen soldiers, prepared to give up their civilian ...

Batson’s prohibition is easy to articulate, but significantly harder to enforce.

Although the state’s constitutional and statutory framework provide the governor with significant concentrated authority in a ...

Governor Newsom should address the COVID-19 crisis by addressing the prison overcrowding crisis. Our prisons are so badly over...

Although Avenatti’s misconduct appears especially obvious in hindsight, many practitioners undoubtedly come closer to the line...

The “Varsity Blues” case in federal criminal court involving actress Lori Loughlin alleged illegal actions to improperly admit...

The coronavirus outbreak has caused concern for companies worldwide as they navigate and plan for its impact on their business...

The Daily Journal is a legal periodical. Right? Any reader who disagrees, I advise not to read the remainder of this column.

Justice Eileen Moore, a veteran, reviews several important developments in veterans’ law at both the state and federal level.

One-size-fits-all solutions never fit anyone very well. That is especially true when it comes to picking a career. California ...

When Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the denial of certiorari last week in Howard and Karen Baldwin v. U.S., he lamente...

Algorithms might persuade, but only humans can be persuaded.

The increasing use of arbitration clauses, coupled with class action waivers in standard employment agreements, has led to a d...

The federal government will defend the constitutionality of a law that prohibits “encouraging” or “inducing” undocumented nonc...

Judge Kimberly Mueller issued a detailed written ruling earlier this month in which she stressed that the plaintiffs are “like...

California’s law dictating the number of women who must be hired to the boards of publicly traded California corporations (whe...

The Sixth Amendment right to confront entails, among other things, the right to have a witness “physical[ly] presen[t]” in cou...

The unlikely setting of a depublication request in a recent case reveals the extent to which California lemon law litigation h...

What do the American Bible Society, Consumer Reports, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Sierra Club have in common? All of them use ...

The judicial career of the recently-passed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Philip Saeta is one that deserves more than...

Consider to what extent an incident, a moment in our past, is significant within the endless chain of what we think is cause a...

Americans, especially Californians, celebrate meritocracy, the idea that what what we do matters more than where we are from. ...

At the end of each year, for the past seven years, I have counted the number and type of motions that were decided in Departme...

2019 was notable for the number of white-collar criminal matters that broke into the public consciousness, whether it was the ...

In the almost two decades since 9/11, our nation has slowly started to restore the balance among the three branches of governm...

Recognizing the sea change in information technology in the 21st century, Congress is finally beginning to consider in earnest...

Legal profession surveys consistently show a persistent, systemic inclusivity problem: at 70% male and 88% white it is one of ...

As 2019 drew to a close, the National Labor Relations Board issued a number of notable National Labor Relations Act decisions,...

One leap forward and two missed steps