When you receive a loan, is the money taxable? Of course not, because you must pay back the money. Can lawyers borrow, too, ju...

In a surprise decision with potentially far-reaching consequences for ride sharing companies and other companies that utilize ...

When litigating an appeal from an injunction, here are some key questions to consider at the outset: Is the order imposing the...

Facebook and other tech giants believe they can choose which speech to allow and which to ban because they are private compani...

I truly appreciate and definitely benefited from the Women’s Liberation Movement. Nonetheless, despite my very strong belief i...

On July 8, I found myself returning for my first in-person court appearance.

As law students return to class this fall, they arrive amid several positive signs for legal education. Most obviously, stude...

Gascón’s juvenile justice policy ignored individualized facts, like the sophistication or heinousness of the crime.

"Be the Jury" pilot program can help diversify juries.

Sometimes the legal gods smile on you. Your earth-scouring investigation of the facts surrounding an arbitration dispute yield...

It is dangerous to hide the ball from the opposing party; and doubly dangerous to hide the ball from the court.

Echoes of the Great GATT Bubble of 1995: What is the Scope of the Doctrine of “Prosecution Laches?

As a result of recent legal developments, the gun industry, which has weathered lawsuits and legislative efforts to clip its w...

9th Circuit ruling gives defendants breathing room to challenge personal jurisdiction over putative class members at class cer...

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill includes $65 billion to improve broadband infrastructure, middle mile infrastructure and...

We are now facing a veritable smorgasbord of lawsuits challenging eviction moratoria

On Friday, Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch declared Prop 22 unconstitutional on two separate grounds and ruled that ...

One silver lining has emerged from this pandemic: Never, perhaps, has it been so clear how much we owe the physicians in our c...

Training programs, like a mandatory training on limited conservatorships conducted last week by the Los Angeles County Bar Ass...

In family law, when one parent wishes to relocate with the minor child to a geographically different location, it is commonly ...

A recent Supreme Court decision raises an important question: What does it mean to bring something onto a school campus, or an...

The practice of law is exhilarating and exhausting. It is both a marathon and a sprint. But one thing is clear: Effective lawy...

In this article, we highlight pending 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and California Supreme Court civil cases that should b...

A recent case from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breaks new ground on the question of whether a commercial general lia...

What exactly can an expert rely on for his or her opinion to be admissible? This debate has been raging since the California S...

The large firms and small boutiques who sent their workers home in the early days of the pandemic are watching with wary eyes ...

A recent 9th Circuit ruling provides guidance on how to draft agreements that are neither procedurally nor substantively uncon...

Trial judges and counsel in final argument are well advised, after thanking the jurors for their service, to remind them of th...

The longtime professor at the UCLA and Stanford Law Schools, and now at Santa Clara, does professionally what most of us do fo...

Former Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen has testified before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on former Donald Trum...