In an era where more and more parties share the right and responsibility to co-parent their children, the traditional rational...

When you are dealing with the IRS — and this is true when you are dealing with the California Franchise Tax Board — timelines ...

For those who truly know Joe Biden – he spoke truth to power and had the moxie to stand up on behalf of all the children, wome...

Nothing happened in the argument to suggest that the predictable majority has evaporated. Overall, the justices in the predict...

Ginni Thomas’ words and actions have caused some academic and other commentators to find that Justice Thomas should have recus...

Californians suffering from high inflation, especially at the gas pump, would be justifiably angry to learn that state politic...

The question remains: what are Justice Thomas’ ethical obligations now and into the future should another election or Jan. 6 c...

While the elements of the battery charge have been met, there is also the practical side. The LAPD is reluctant to make an arr...

While my study cannot say anything about how Judge Jackson may vote or what her jurisprudence may look like if elevated to the...

Most lawyers cite authority for their arguments, and leave it at that. They assume that’s good enough to persuade, because jud...

According to the SEC, approximately 35% of all SEC-registered advisers manage approximately $18 trillion in assets. In just 5 ...

Late tax returns incur penalties, and they can be big. Late payment triggers other penalties. That’s right, the IRS penalizes ...

Using documents at trial is not difficult. However, not knowing the routine for marking and admitting documents into evidence ...

Before we undermine the integrity of our state’s environmental protection system, we should do a reality check on the UC Berke...

The tragedy of Alejandro Garcia’s murder is compounded by the fact that if we had an elected district attorney who enforced th...

Supreme Court justices have expressed unhappiness with the lack of clarity in the court’s jurisprudence surrounding this issue...

With over nine years as a federal judge, Judge Jackson has more judicial experience than Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh...

In the tax world, a simple yes or no question can be a surprisingly big deal — if you answer wrong.

On July 17, 1944, a ship being loaded with bombs and ammunition near San Francisco Bay exploded, instantly killing 320 men and...

Understanding your client’s expectations, learning more about your client’s perceptions of the legal system and your client’s ...

Mutliparty cases present special challenges for not only the mediator, but also the lawyers, their clients and the insurance c...

What might be novel is that a state with opposing politics, i.e., Texas, decided to use the same system.

California has its clean car authority back. Now the question is how aggressively it will wield that newly restored power to p...

Had Vince Lombardi coached mediators and not football players, his famous proverb might sound something like this: “Great comm...

By harnessing the power of mediation, the sole or small firm practitioner can drive home the options if an agreement is not re...

On March 10, the California Supreme Court announced that it has declined to weigh in — for now — on the biggest brewing insura...

The Los Angeles DA’s epiphany that his blanket Youth Justice Policy was a mistake is little solace to the families of murder v...

The California Consumer Privacy Act, widely hailed as the most stringent consumer privacy law in the country, has produced a m...

In a recent ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court penned the latest chapter in what might be called “The Chronicles of Crawford.”