One of the benefits of monthly reconciliations is that it allows lawyers to determine relatively soon who has not received the...

It is crucial to recognize that corporations, like any other entity, have the right to engage in public discourse. Attempting ...

Government claims and declaratory relief: Stronghold Engineering Inc. v. City of Monterey. The 6th District ruled that ...

You have likely heard of the tax concept of constructive receipt. This tax rule only applies to cash basis taxpayers. And rega...

School districts continue to throw illegitimate roadblocks to their responsibility to protect minor students from sexual abuse...

John Maher was a human dynamo – an unstoppable bundle of Irish charm and street smarts. A good-looking, smooth-talking guy wit...

Ninth Circuit says that investor who failed to stand up and seek lead plaintiff status has no standing to appeal an adverse ru...

Perhaps, if all California family law judicial officers simultaneously requested reassignment out of family court, Gov. Gavin ...

When a juvenile offender commits a violent and dangerous crime such as murder or predatory sexual assault and that offender is...

Strategies for minimizing exposure under California Labor Code Sections 218.7 and 218.8.

Two cases are pending before the California Supreme Court: One involving the learned intermediary doctrine; the other whether ...

The Beatles recently released a song titled “Now and Then” which used AI to separate John Lennon’s vocal stems from piano so t...

Qualified immunity only serves to deny our clients’ Constitutional rights and there is good case law on our side in the 9th Ci...

There are far too many cases in which the Contractor’s State License Board has wrongly failed to suspend related licenses, ins...

The filmmakers passed up a golden opportunity to portray the ineffectiveness of the defense team in the actual case. In a post...

To succeed in holding these entities liable, the crime must be reasonably foreseeable, giving rise to a duty to protect the pu...

Thirteen years after the Elkins Family Law Task Force created a series of recommendations to ensure access to justice and due ...

Developments on California Proposition 65: First Amendment, short-form warnings, and food products.

For those interested in statistics, the median test taker’s score has declined by about one-third of a standard deviation. Whe...

The Second Amendment helps preserve our other amendments and protect us from criminals, invaders, rebels, and wild animals. Lo...

The legal community has seen the emergence of a new law firm structure – virtual or distributed law firms – which allows lawy...

LA County’s talc litigation represents a colossal waste of taxpayer-funded time as public lawyers collaborate with private pla...

It is common for attorneys on boards to serve only in their capacity as board members. However, lawyers may feel tempted, ofte...

Today, the State Bar is likely to treat complaints about money, including bank reports of bounced checks, as worthy of a full ...

Legal work is very much a team sport these days, and optimally serving clients in complex matters almost always requires a tea...

Practitioners may wish to consider if the relation back doctrine applies to PAGA claims. The court in Hutcheson v. Superior Co...

How Trump’s fraud case could be an invasion of freedom of contract and a threat to market transactions

“Sell” your case in the brief and impress the mediator with your grasp of the facts and law. Do not rehash obvious legal princ...

Women’s collegiate sports are more popular than ever. A recent volleyball match’s attendance even broke a world record for int...

Chief Justice John Roberts was more insightful than he probably realized when, in 2011, he said that “at the end of the day, n...