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As the asset-light business model for hotel companies has become de rigueur, long-term management contracts have taken on incr...


“What am I supposed to do, just die in prison?” I was seated just outside the dilapidated holding cell adjacent to the courtro...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


A moral dilemma

May 8, 2019

So am I going to go ahead with my novel? I’m thinking about it.


Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


To produce sufficient food and fiber to feed California, the nation and the world, Central Valley farmers use synthetic and o...


From ancient times, people have erected statues celebrating significant figures of their eras. As times change, such monuments...


Civil Rights


Imagine being a teenage girl and locked up in a juvenile detention facility. Now imagine being sexually assaulted up to 10 tim...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Mediators persist in efforts to rebuild and renew. The destroyers and innovative creators of the last 856 years in the evolvin...


There’s a legitimate debate about how best to balance public coastal access with private property rights. But there should be ...


Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


Yet another example of the sacrifices military families make


Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations


On April 17, the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association will celebrate its Forty Fourth Anniversary at a dinner at th...


Law Practice, California Supreme Court


Our Selma

Apr. 3, 2019

“Our Selma” is an apt description of this person we so love and respect. This affectionate possessive was how retired Supreme ...


Law Practice, Civil Rights


New York did it. San Francisco and Newark did it. Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Connecticut and other jurisdictions are considerin...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory


This article provides background on polyfluoroalkyl substances, highlights recent regulatory developments and raises, as yet, ...


Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law


Manufacturers may soon find themselves back in the hot seat after a March 14 decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court.


Brenda F. Harbin-Forte, a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court, has researched and written about African-American women ...


Gov. Gavin Newsom made history by declaring a moratorium on executions in California and even tweeting out images of the execu...


Government, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals


The 9th Circuit recently upheld a Santa Monica ordinance regulating short-term rentals companies. This decision is a win not j...


California Courts of Appeal, Criminal, Constitutional Law


The schizophrenic Sixth

Mar. 20, 2019

The Bible may say, “No one can serve two masters.” But do these words of wisdom apply to the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel?


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice


Projected admissibility

Mar. 18, 2019

A July 2017 paper on quantum mechanics suggests the future influences the present. Our Supreme Court appears to have to come t...


Tax, Real Estate/Development


The new tax law created an incentive program which encourages investors to make long-term financial investments in opportunity...


The opioid problem is monstrous and tentacular. Litigation is a critically important component of the response to the crisis: ...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court


The funds may be used to defray the travel expenses of law students and graduate students needing to access archival materials...


In the battle between desire for public access and environmental preservation, respecting property rights is the best solution


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Take a breath

Mar. 4, 2019

When I use commas, it’s so the reader can take a break.


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law


In fact, the Supreme Court’s most important campaign finance decision came down more than 40 years ago.


In September, California became the first state to ban the sale of most cosmetics tested on animals. The passage of Senate Bil...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


On Wednesday, in the first part of this series I urged dissolving barriers among members of the legal profession. Here, I note...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property


The Patent Office’s new guidance aims to upend the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v. CLS Bank on two fronts.


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Congress never intended to allow these fees to be set so high.


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, State Bar & Bar Associations


Trial judges and appellate justices rarely interact across their courts. Judges and lawyers have sporadic, desultory contact a...