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Family, Contracts

Unconscionable spousal support waivers will not be enforced

MCLE
Mar. 14, 2022
By Franklin R. Garfield

Whether an unconscionable waiver of spousal support in a premarital agreement signed prior to 2002 is enforceable has been the...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Government, California Supreme Court

What the ‘endemic’ means for the courts

Mar. 11, 2022
By Saveena Takhar

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is fully embracing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s endemic phase and seeks to transition the courts to “...


Law Practice, Family, Covid Columns

The job of a judge or jury is made much harder if they can see only someone’s eyes, or only the upper portion of a person’s bo...


Technology, Data Privacy

Legislators in the European Union are drawing plans to dictate how its citizens’ user data gets transferred to the U.S., and a...


Law Practice

Battle for Eastman’s emails: Scenes from the courtroom

Mar. 11, 2022
By Michael Stockstill

Late in the afternoon on Wednesday, Carter issued a decision: He will read the emails and their attachments in camera, and the...


Given its broad scope and promise of a complete dismissal of charges upon completion of a treatment program, effective defense...


Law Practice

Counting on contingency fees

Mar. 10, 2022
By Arash Homampour

The latest round of ballot measure insanity attempting to restrict fees in contingency matters is extremely dangerous.


U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with an issue that could provide a roadmap for limiting the excesses of creatively sta...


Civil Litigation, Books

The $100 Million Treatise

Mar. 10, 2022
By Brad D. Brian, James C. Rutten

“Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts” (5th ed. 2021), edited-in-chief by Robert L. Haig, is immensely valuabl...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

Ending involuntary servitude in California

Mar. 10, 2022
By Gay C. Grunfeld, Marc J. Shinn-Krantz

While the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude for some, it contains a loophole...


U.S. Supreme Court, Letters, Land Use

I have read a number of the Daily Journal’s recent articles regarding the dispute between Save Berkeley’s Neighborhood and the...


Civil Litigation

Civil Jury Instructions: Genesis and Evolution

MCLE
Mar. 9, 2022
By Panda L. Kroll

While litigants accept the inevitability of pretrial arguments over jury instructions, the process by which these instructions...


Labor/Employment, Government

‘Made in America’ should mean ‘Made with Dignity’

Mar. 9, 2022
By Maria Elena Durazo, Teddy Kapur

We need political willpower and cooperation among officials to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft in L.A.


The House Select Committee continues to investigate the causes that contributed to the violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2...


Insurance

Businesses around the world are facing substantial financial impact from Russia’s invasion of — or war against — Ukraine. The ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

Against the backdrop of the LGBTQ equal rights legal movement over the last half century, a case the U.S. Supreme Court agreed...


Government, Criminal

Heads in the (silicon) sand

Mar. 8, 2022
By Eric Siddall

Ignoring front-line employee concerns backfired for Elizabeth Holmes. How is it working for America’s most notorious progressi...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law

Don’t miss the broader legal significance of the Supreme Court’s vaccine-or-test cases.


Law Practice

New attorneys: The key to regular referrals

Mar. 8, 2022
By James D. Crosby

There’s a reason more senior attorneys rely on referrals for business development: It’s one of the profession’s surefire ways ...


Construction, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal

For the roadway contractor, it appeared to be an open-and-shut case due to an admission of liability. But that wasn’t how the ...


Legal Education

There is a speedier solution that might be the ticket — one that few will probably embrace but most can live with (aka a good ...


Letters, Judges and Judiciary

In three years, the governor’s appointment rate of people with disabilities is less than 1%. It is also my understanding that ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory

In a case that asks whether the federal Controlled Substances Act preempts certain state workers’ compensation law, the U.S. S...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property

In a ruling at the end of Febraury, the U.S. Supreme Court took another step down the road of relaxing the formalities claiman...


Securities, Law Practice, Civil Litigation

As we enter the third month of 2022 amid swirling uncertainty in many aspects of professional and personal life, legal practit...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Fighting for a ‘turnaround’

Mar. 7, 2022
By Myron Moskovitz

I’ve watched lots of lawyers argue appeals — usually while waiting my turn at the bottom of an oral argument calendar. Most do...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

Biased about being biased

Mar. 7, 2022
By Arthur Gilbert

While my colleagues and I strongly support education and awareness to heighten our sensitivity to implicit bias, I cannot help...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

Ready for trial? Think again.

Mar. 4, 2022
By Scott J. Nord

With the lack of court appearances and trials, rustiness in daily practice and trial procedures crept in.


Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution

“Apology, forgiveness and reconciliation” is a powerful concept in dispute resolution; however, it is rarely explored in emplo...


Government, Criminal

They were elected to enforce laws, not write them

Mar. 4, 2022
By Eugene M. Hyman

The people elected legislators to write their laws; they elected members of the executive branch to enforce them. They’re welc...