Knobbe Martens sues client for nonpayment
By Sunidhi Sridhar
The intellectual property law firm did some patent application and preparation work for the business in 2014, and represented ...
Executives were nervous but believed Musk’s tweet
By Jonathan Lo
Tesla former executives testified about their confidence Elon Musk could secure funding to take company private.
Public interest v. academic freedom
Is unpublished academic correspondence a “public record” under the California Public Records Act that’s exempt from disclosure...
If law schools are serious about recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and those who come from low socio-economic backg...
Public norms or private autonomy?
What we are witnessing in the federal courts is a battle over the extent to which private autonomy can trump public norms.
The reasonably careful jaywalker
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he didn’t have to use a crosswalk to get to the other side.
Before remote work became so pervasive, it was very easy for foreign nationals to delineate between when they were working and...
Eastman denied the allegations in a Substack post, saying the complaint the bar received was “full of falsehoods” and accusing...
Judges split over medical misinformation law
By Sunidhi Sridhar
Two federal judges in California have diverging views on a state law that seeks to discipline physicians and other medical pro...
Disability rights group files challenge to Newsom’s CARE Court
By Malcolm Maclachlan
“The CARE Act does not invest in housing or services,” said Nubyaan S. Scott, a staff attorney at Disability Rights California.
Supreme Court names 2 new State Bar board members
By Devon Belcher
San Francisco criminal defense and corporate litigator appointed to the State Bar Board of Trustees.
Davis Wright Tremaine opens office in Culver City, following streamers
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Seven partners from the firm will staff the new location at 5870 West Jefferson Blvd.
Lake County settles prosecutor’s religious discrimination suit
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Now resigned, prosecutor Daniel G. Flesch alleged he suffered from religious discrimination, harassment and retaliation during...
Gun owner liability insurance bill faces hurdles
By Skyler Romero
“I would expect the various gun rights groups to probably argue that it’s a violation of the Second Amendment — it’s an infrin...
California argued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ policy change does not go far enough and allows gho...
Anthony Pantoni tries to help parties in employment disputes see the positives of mediation.
Murder! emphasizes the close relationship between adversarial trials and theatrical productions, a connection that date...
It’s not “a discovery system” that’s the problem. It’s the participants’ behavior derived from a long-broken civil discovery c...
Before you leave, check your employment contract to see what post-departure restrictions there may be, such as non-solicitatio...
When the government knows a law firm caters to a particular type of client – worst case, criminals not known to the government...
While it is customary to meet and confer before bringing a motion to disqualify, use caution.
“Reasonable cause” avoids IRS penalties
Cherry-picking what you tell your tax adviser to get the answer you want to hear is not reasonable. That kind of behavior woul...
Utilizing the power of requests for admission
Ways to use California’s request for admissions scheme to gain a litigation advantage.
Non-competes no more?
The Non-Compete Clause Rule was an unprecedented move by the FTC, both because the agency had not previously attempted to regu...
Hearings set for claims over Tesla battery and door lock defect
By Wisdom Howell
Lead counsel for the plaintiffs argued in both complaints that the Model S involved in the crash had a defect with its “unique...
'Cultural appropriation' claim prompts mistrial in toy dispute
By Sunidhi Sridhar
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna had barred lawyers for the pop group OMG Girlz from bringing up the topic.
$30.9M verdict in elder abuse case against nursing home
By Malcolm Maclachlan
The complaint followed the 2018 death of 87-year-old Sam Rios, Jr. Rios was a military veteran and Chicano Studies professor a...
Girardi trustee replaces law firm after defending it
By Antoine Abou-Diwan
The substitution filed on Tuesday on behalf of Chapter 7 Trustee Jason M. Rund replaced Boris Treyzon of Abir Cohen Treyzon Sa...
License fee hike tops State Bar’s legislative agenda
By Devon Belcher
“The State Bar budget, suffice to say, is not healthy,” Hershkowitz said. “We’ve had one licensing increase in the past 25 yea...
High court will hear sanctions request in water bill litigation
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An appellate court threw out a $2.5 million sanctions award to PricewaterhouseCoopers.