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Labor/Employment, Covid Columns


Neither the courts nor federal agencies have addressed whether an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination requirement is lawful...


Law Office Management, Real Estate/Development, Covid Columns


Businesses and investors can get ahead by embracing the changes that are here to stay.


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Parties use a judge pro tem to ensure a decision maker is knowledgeable in the law applicable to the dispute as well as having...


Labor/Employment, Covid Columns


Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to impose notice, record keeping and safety obligations on employers in Ca...


Entertainment & Sports, Health Care & Hospital Law, Covid Columns


The COVID-19 edition of the 2020 NCAA college football season is unlike any of the previous 150 seasons.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education


In 2018, 55% of Californians at all income levels experienced at least one civil legal problem in their household, yet nearly ...


Covid Columns, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


The “diploma privilege” boils down to full faith and credit access to justice for “Us” and no faith and credit for “Them,” mea...


Covid Columns, Tax, Labor/Employment


President Trump issued an executive memorandum last month to allow payroll tax deferral for employees in response to the ongoi...


Covid Columns, Law Practice, Criminal, Covid Court Ops


Upon learning that my client and I were going to be part of the first post-pandemic jury trial in San Francisco, I was nervous...


Law Practice, Civil Rights


Mallika speaks to a critical race theorist and feminist legal scholar about challenging homogeneity of the profession and acad...


Constitutional Law, Civil Rights


It is no secret that in 1776, when the Founding Fathers wrote the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, “We the People” did not i...


Military Law, Civil Rights


In the military, Jackie Robinson took a stand within a racist system


Government, Constitutional Law


President Donald Trump’s constant attacks on the judiciary are a violation of the separation of powers set out in the U.S. Con...


A just society holds people accountable for what they do; it does not punish them for what they look like or where they may ha...


The constitutional due process implications of giving prosecutors discretion to investigate and charge women for engaging in a...


Insurance, Civil Litigation


Do all-risk business property insurance policies cover losses related to COVID-19? A recent decision out of the Western Distri...


Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


While some have been enjoying the return of baseball, albeit without fans in the stands, the Oakland A’s are moving forward w...


It took 70 years of advocacy for the 19th Amendment to pass, and it has taken a hundred more for the Equal Rights Amendment to...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


Ruling in Judd v. Weinstein will help address sexual harassment in non-employment, professional contexts


Military Law


Supposedly, women have equal employment opportunities within our nation’s armed forces. But to avail themselves of those oppor...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation


Neil Young recently filed a lawsuit against Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. for copyright infringement over use of his son...


Criminal, California Supreme Court


When the system erred, it consistently showed that Black defendants were predicted to be higher risk, while white defendants w...


Law Practice, California Supreme Court


Chin up

Aug. 3, 2020

I had dinner the other evening with the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus. I remarked that Justice Ming Chin was retiring from...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


Four U.S. Supreme Court cases from last term, coupled with the news that the Catholic Church received $1.4 billion in COVID-19...


Here are some pointers on how to avoid putting a foot in your mouth when the judge says, “Cross-examination, please.”


U.S. Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Rights


On July 8, the Supreme Court issued a blow to the ongoing fight for birth control access. The case in question involved a rule...


In part overshadowed by fears of COVID-19, the homelessness situation in Los Angeles and beyond is far from easing up. Once t...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Courts must fulfill statutory duties while safeguarding the well-being of the public they serve. Some courts in California are...


Legal Education, Law Practice


A conversation with international human rights expert and UC Hastings Professor, on writing about traumatic events to trauma-c...


Law Practice, Constitutional Law


As a public interest legal organization, Pacific Legal Foundation litigates in multiple ways: Primarily, we initiate, defend a...