On March 23, President Donald Trump signed a law that could undo the very protections for privacy and autonomy that American c...

When any of us fail to “take actions that place the good of society above self-interest,” the public perception of the integri...

Note to valued readers: What appears in the following column is not an April Fools' joke. Please observe that the publication ...

As Justice Anthony Kline reminds us, certain developments in recent years have threatened to make it more difficult for courts...

If courts allow companies to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to block automated access by competitors, it will threaten o...

The widening gap between how the law is expected to be (and generally is) practiced, and certain events transpiring in our pol...

During Monday’s State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye once again called on California lawmakers...

Does the judicial branch ever tell the political branches of government, "Hold my beer"? The recent efforts to reform Californ...

We feel the recent story on Jerry Brown’s judicial picks doesn’t paint an accurate picture of all that the governor has done t...

I am generally pleased to note that the vast majority of the current field of candidates for Los Angeles County Superior Court...

The California primary election takes place on June 5. The state’s general election follows on Nov. 6. This includes the elect...

For now, unless I have reason not to do so, all incumbent judges have my vote.

Now that it is election season, the legal community once again will turn part of its focus upon the upcoming elections for sup...

“The only constant is change.” Heraclitus may have been talking about life. But he might as well have been talking about the c...

People clamored onto the courthouse steps in the case of the baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s nuptials — o...

The Los Angeles public defender has the potential to be the most influential public defender in the nation — and the office mu...

The use of drones spurs reassessment of time-honored privacy concerns.

The Golden State should reform unnecessary, out-of-date and overly protectionist bar admission policies in federal district co...

The ruling is the first to hold an internet service provider liable for copyright infringement by its customers, making it a c...

Judges are required to be fair, neutral and impartial and to be perceived as such at all times.

Suffice it to say, when addressing Siri, I did not use the four-letter word, the first letter of which appears toward the last...

A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...

The Constitution protects an adult’s personal decision to engage in intimate, sexual activity with another adult, whether the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Securities and Exchange Commission's use of administrative law judges violates ...

With the appointments of Scott Pruitt (administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency), Ryan Zinke (secretary of the Int...

The New Parent Leave Act expands access to 12 weeks of job-protected baby bonding leave to qualifying workers who work for emp...

The Legislature enacted of Code of Civil Procedure Section 430.41 in 2016, and earlier this month a new set of changes took ef...

Current court rules are vague and flimsy. It is time for the Judicial Council to flex its rulemaking muscles and protect vulne...

When a new pope is selected by the assemblage of cardinals at the Vatican, the papal conclave releases white smoke into the sk...

Ninth Circuit and the Department of Labor clarify when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and other employment benefits. ...