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Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Appellate Practice

Get your law firm’s succession planning out of your lizard brain

Jan. 4, 2023
By Daniel O’Rielly, Dena Roche

The first step is to recognize that the Rules of Professional Conduct require you to have a succession plan in place.


Labor/Employment

New law on emergency conditions at place of employment

Jan. 4, 2023
By Eric P. Weiss, Jasmin B. Bhandari

One can easily foresee the potential issues raised by the new law, and its impact on employees and employers, as well as the c...


Government, Family

Preconception, prenatal and postnatal considerations

Jan. 4, 2023
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. Wilkinson

An unborn child whose father has died due to another’s tortious conduct may bring an action for the wrongful death of that par...


Insurance

This law is a positive step toward regulating the use of “time-limited demands” in third-party liability claims, but it is lim...


Government, Family

This article and self-study test will review who is protected, the types of abuse covered, who can petition for relief, and th...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

The Welfare War - Part Four

Jan. 3, 2023
By Myron Moskovitz

This might be the end of my office. What client would want us if the price were jail time?


Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal

Interesting Times: The 2022 Appellate Year in Review

Jan. 3, 2023
By Benjamin G. Shatz

For better or worse we live in more interesting times where ordinary appellate activities seem even more trivial than usual.


Technology, Family

When is a post not a post?

Jan. 3, 2023
By Scott J. Nord

Domestic Violence and social media are not a match made in heaven.


Labor/Employment, Government

California employment law landscape for 2023

Jan. 3, 2023
By Mara D. Curtis, Michael R. Kleinmann

Companies with 75 or more employees must provide advance written notice of mass layoffs, relocations or terminations of operat...


Intellectual Property

Collaborations gone south – trade secret lessons

Jan. 3, 2023
By Adam Alper, Michael W. DeVries

Companies engaging in a collaboration with another company may consider steps to protect their trade secrets and insulate them...


Government, Family

LGBTQ advocates have expressed disappointment that the law only requires the government to recognize same-sex and interracial ...


Labor/Employment, Insurance

Injury victims should always seek the best and most thorough medical attention. Many do not realize that doing so will increas...


Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment

Seven secrets for successful mediations

Dec. 30, 2022
By Eli M. Kantor

You need to carefully analyze your case to determine what mediator is the right fit for your case.


California Supreme Court

California Supreme Court Review: December 2022

Dec. 30, 2022
By Alexis S. Coll, Yoona Lee

This month's installment examines the implications of the California Supreme Court's forthcoming decision in Turner v. Victoria.


Government

Some legal structures make intergroup work difficult

Dec. 29, 2022
By Janai S. Nelson, Thomas A. Saenz

The troubling recording of three councilmembers and a labor leader that was released in October confirms that politicos of all...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Creative Rap is Not Evidence Against Me: C.R.E.A.M.!

Dec. 29, 2022
By Rodney S. Diggs

Under AB 2799, prosecutors need to do more than present rap lyrics or expressions depicted in music videos in order to get a c...


The newest form is Form 1099-NEC, and it covers the waterfront for any independent contractor.


Health Care & Hospital Law, Government

Better late than never

Dec. 29, 2022
By Sarah A. K. Blitz

California extends employment protection To medical and recreational cannabis consumers.


Technology, Judges and Judiciary

Machine intelligence in court: bias & transparency

Dec. 29, 2022
By Curtis E.A. Karnow

AI is only as good as its training, and it’s tough for users (and the public) to determine the bias resulting from limited tra...


Environmental & Energy

Will climate tech survive the market downturn?

Dec. 28, 2022
By Andrew Harper

Over the last few years, there have been a confluence of events and circumstances that are fueling encouraging levels of inter...


Real Estate/Development, Government

Making a federal case out of title

Dec. 28, 2022
By Michael M. Berger

If the statute of limitations is not jurisdictional, courts need to exercise discretion and apply tools like equitable tolling...


Technology, Judges and Judiciary

Can AI pick your judge for the win?

Dec. 28, 2022
By Paul F. Rafferty

Great judging escapes the predictability that AI promises, and lawyers who settle for AI predictability will never inspire tha...


Insurance

Review of 2022 California insurance decisions

Dec. 28, 2022
By Kirk A. Pasich

While the courts seemingly agreed that the closure and stay-at-home orders alone do not trigger coverage under property insura...


Litigation & Arbitration, Contracts

So you think you have a binding arbitration agreement?

MCLE
Dec. 28, 2022
By David I. Brown

You may have waived it. What California businesses and employers need to know.


Technology, Data Privacy


Government, Ediscovery

The first step in a Pitchess motion is a showing of good cause for disclosure of the records and the materiality of the...


Technology, Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Lawyers wary of AI are missing the big picture

Dec. 27, 2022
By Lance Eliot

If an attorney can do more work than they used to do, you presumably won’t need the same number of lawyers that you would when...


Class Action

Navigating requests for class contact information before class certification

Dec. 27, 2022
By R. Joseph Barton, Colin M. Downes

Defendants frequently resist requests to produce such data before class certification and assert a concern for the privacy int...


Government, Environmental & Energy

States are riding the coattails of federal govt. environment policies

Dec. 27, 2022
By McGregor Scott, Oliver Thoma

After two years of federal-state environmental justice initiatives, are state attorneys generals letting the feds do all the w...


Entertainment & Sports

Stream it Tonight! Philadelphia (1993)

Dec. 23, 2022
By Paul Bergman, Michael Asimow

Under the movie industry’s censorship code, which remained in effect from 1934 to 1968, homosexuality was a subject that didn’...