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The U.S. Supreme Court described laws that empower unions to coerce funds from non-union members as an “extraordinary state en...

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So here’s where we are in Masterpiece Cakeshop: The lineup of eight of the justices is pretty clear, 4-to-4.

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At a recent business lunch, I was surprised to hear that many attendees (most of whom are practicing attorneys) pay their chil...

Time will tell what a recent state high court decision means for local taxation. But it appears to make it easier to pass loca...

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For years, complex civil matters in Riverside County were somewhat randomly distributed to departments throughout the county.

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According to Cornerstone Research, at midyear the number of filings against pharmaceutical companies already had eclipsed the ...

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Precedent sometimes rests upon a legal fiction, and persists until a later decision exposes the fiction for what it is.