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Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court

In reviewing cases dealing with rounding time policies, appellate courts up until recently stood behind the ruling in See's Ca...


Government

Memo to Harris: Brush up on your Nixon

Aug. 29, 2023
By James Attridge

The historical scenario that looms over Kamala Harris’ renomination is young Richard Nixon’s predicament in 1956.


International Rights Advocates recently filed a complaint with the United States Court of International Trade to force the Bid...


Done carefully and with the right kind of income, properly moving out of California can reduce or eliminate the sting of Calif...


Torts/Personal Injury

The majority’s creative interpretation of the line between fact and opinion creates a slippery slope that will undoubtedly be ...


The primary question in two cases from separate circuits is whether laws restricting content-moderation on social media comply...


Administrative/Regulatory

Robotaxi to SFO?

Aug. 28, 2023
By Aaron H. Jacoby, Gordon Sung

The CPUC’s decision is significant. San Francisco is an enormous market for taxi and ride-hailing services. It is the perfect,...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Effective use of focus groups

Aug. 28, 2023
By Danny Abir

Can you imagine if you were able to have a trial, see the result, turn back the clock with a crystal ball, and then go to medi...


Civil Rights, California Supreme Court

Since major amendments to the California election code in 2016, which standardized the procedures for switching from at-large ...


Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports

The NCAA’s interim policies on name, image and likeness rights have created a Gordian Knot for athletes and teams, which colle...


Appellate Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Zealous representation is good, but get a second opinion

Aug. 25, 2023
By Margaret M. Morrow, Laurie D. Zelon

Advocates believe, with reason, that they know the facts of their case and the applicable law better than anyone else. Sometim...


Legal Education

While traditional mock trials let law school students simulate courtroom proceedings in a controlled environment, Flash Trials...


Technology, Intellectual Property

District Court holds that copyright law is designed to adapt to the times but can’t be stretched to works generated with no hu...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Welcome to the premiere of ‘The Source,’ your monthly column to the dynamic realm of attorney business development. Whether yo...


Technology, Intellectual Property

Meta Platforms, Inc., and Twitter, Inc., now X Corp., are seemingly priming for a legal battle with far-reaching implications....


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Administrative/Regulatory

The case threatens the FDA’s regulatory authority and could lead to established, safe medications being challenged simply beca...


Torts/Personal Injury, Technology

With rideshares, the safety ratings should set most riders’ minds at ease. However, that does not mean that one should not be ...


Technology, Administrative/Regulatory

On Aug. 10, the FEC took the first step toward regulating federal candidates’ use of deepfakes and other AI-enabled fake image...


Technology, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 9th Circuit recently ruled that a text message is not a voice, finding that even though “‘voice’ can be used symbolically,...


Civil Procedure, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

In re Kirkland: the location of the proceeding - not the person - still matters for Rule 45 compliance in our post-pand...


Government, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

While the headlines are understandably focusing on Trump himself, the legal community should be looking to its own. We sit in ...


Law Practice

Burnout is a workplace issue, resulting from ongoing, unrelenting, workplace stressors. These stressors take many forms, depen...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Proposed rules pending consideration by the California Supreme Court are premised on the concept that advocacy for a client do...


Labor/Employment

For the time being, the strike continues. But the unions are far from “holding all the cards.” Though the right to strike may ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment

Recent affirmative action ruling may impact private sector DEI initiatives

MCLE
Aug. 22, 2023
By Emily Burkhardt Vicente, James La Rocca

It is highly likely that the Court’s decision will spawn new challenges to private employer DEI programs and the Court’s ratio...


U.S. Supreme Court

Institutions may carefully evaluate their admissions policies to best determine holistic-based factors that faithfully reflect...


Decades of precedent are apparently insufficient to stifle the creativity of payors who are determined to avoid their financia...


Torts/Personal Injury, Construction

The stakes are high, and costly, when asbestos removal goes rogue

Aug. 22, 2023
By Cristobal Ramirez, John J. Lormon

Property owners could face substantial legal risks from failure to comply with asbestos abatement obligations – including civi...


Civil Procedure, Administrative/Regulatory

A new home court for the FTC in pre‑merger challenges?

Aug. 21, 2023
By Bambo Obaro, Joshua Wesneski

Whatever the reason, the FTC seems intent – at least for now – on pursuing merger challenges in the federal courts of Californ...


Intellectual Property

Ted Lasso: The trade secret implications of an employee defection

Aug. 21, 2023
By Randall E. Kay, Gregory A. Castanias

Nate Shelley left Ted Lasso and Richmond United to work for a competitor. What can Nate’s betrayal of Ted and Richmond teach u...