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Paul Levy (Public Citizen) says the 1DCA should have placed a higher burden on defamation plaintiffs seeking identities of ano...



Experts discuss the Trump administration's white-collar regulatory and enforcement priorities, Yates Memo, FCPA, and other top...


Tips from a small firm owner on handling resumes, interviews, and salary negotiations.


Before all else, you need to define your law firm website's purpose and your customer's needs.



Arcane Clauses Employed

Jul. 21, 2017

Guests discuss two lesser-known pieces of federal law gaining prominence in recent suits against the current administration; P...



A unanimous California Supreme Court deems discovery of fellow employee contact information in PAGA claims permissible, as lea...



Recent disbarments, suspensions and probations in California


How a split California Supreme Court leaves uncertainty about Prop 36 resentencing discretion, and a unanimous Texas high cour...




Podcast: SCOTUS Sum-Up

Jun. 30, 2017

What's a 'bona fide' relationship? When will SCOTUS opine on public firearm carry? How high is the wall between church and sta...



A new law benefits injured plaintiffs by removing hurdles.


SCOTUS slaps down California's 'sliding scale' approach to specific personal jurisdiction, explains Blaine Evanson (Gibson Dun...



With everything happening in Washington these days, it’s appropriate to pause and briefly review how the law has evolved in th...


Legal educators and commentators Frank Wu (UC Hastings) and Stephen Diamond (Santa Clara) revisit Whittier Law School's closur...



This week the state high court debates Prop 66, passed narrowly in November and designed to quicken California's criminal exec...



Does a state provision meant to protect residents from new taxes apply when voters themselves initiate the tax? The California...




An en banc D.C. Circuit weighs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's constitutionality, explains Mike Calhoun (Center for...



The 4th Circuit's undoing of North Carolina's post-Shelby County voting laws stands; Prof. Richard Hasen (UCI Law) ex...



What's in a week? The Cal. Supreme Court clarifies what's demanded of employers by weekly day-of-rest statutes, as Wendy McGui...



Net neutrality may meet SCOTUS review, after the D.C. Circuit declines to rehear en banc its approval of the rules. P...



Two friends of the Court offer contrasting views on the Cal. Supreme Court personal jurisdiction ruling argued before SCOTUS T...


Two friends of the Court offer contrasting views on the Cal. Supreme Court personal jurisdiction ruling argued before SCOTUS T...



Professor David Engstrom explains CalPERS v. ANZ Securities, which entails Neil Gorsuch's first day of oral argument ...



Is it a tax or a fee? Adam Hofmann (Hanson Bridgett LLP) explains how the answer in Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara co...



When a public employee speaks up, does the First Amendment provide protection? It depends. By Richard Whitmore and David U...


Presiding Justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeal's 6th Division, Arthur Gilbert offers wit and wisdom from his decades on...



For the first time, Cal. Supreme Court says black market goods have "fair" market value, for purposes of Prop 47 valuation, ex...



Vikram Amar (Dean, University of Illinois College of Law) and David Dorsen (Of Counsel, Sedgwick LLP, and author of The Un...



Josh Patashnik (Munger, Tolles & Olson) explains the 9th Circuit's significant determination that Winters rights ...



Luke Wake (NFIB Small Bus. Legal Center) argues why plaintiffs' claims in a pending Cal. Supreme Court employment case stretch...