Can an arbitrator compel a virtual hearing over the objection of a resistant party?

Two Army veterans, suffering from physical and mental injuries were discharged with less than honorable characterizations to t...

Soft law is oftentimes the precursor to official and formalized on-the-books hard laws. The range of soft law is somewhat expa...

At stake in a case pending before the U.S. high court is the right of a criminal defendant under the Sixth Amendment “to be co...

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 39 “does not permit a district cour...

Wage and hour law often embraces a doctrine of statutory interpretation that puts its thumb on the scale of justice in favor o...

Before the Kardashians, before "Empire," before "Crazy Rich Asians," there was "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" with Robin ...

If your uncle, best friend or bank loans you money, is it taxable? Nope, not if it’s a real loan. But the loan or income disti...

A pivotal First Amendment case involving student use of social media and the allowable boundaries of school regulation of off-...

The intentional deprivation of the life of an appeal can occur contractually.

Here is a quick introduction to the Los Angeles County Bench Trial Pilot Program and some tips for preserving appellate issues...

While struggle over reform or repeal of the shield on police and prison guard abuse and misconduct continues in Congress and i...

In February, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Chair of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, introduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enfo...

Irreparable harm, although a necessary element of injunctive relief, can be difficult to pin down in unfair competition cases....

There has been a paucity of published cases addressing causation in legal malpractice actions over the past several years. How...

As the legal industry adapts to society’s increasing dependence on technology, proceedings previously conducted in person have...

Whether for personal interactions or for political and commercial purposes, everyone these days seems to be on Facebook, Twitt...

A unanimous Supreme Court held that if the cops want to get inside your house and take your guns, they’re going to need a warr...

Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782(a), a federal district court can order a resident of its district to testify or produce documents...

Notwithstanding the dangers of celebrity-legislating, the attention to conservatorships created by the Britney Spears case has...

As California is aiming to scrap the color-coded tier system that has restricted the operations of businesses by June 15, Gov....

Last November, I was supposed to go home. I had served 17 years in prison for a crime I committed at age 20. I was granted cle...

Of 400 or so 3rd District decisions in cases since 2018 that have languished between two and eight years, some 250 are in crim...

The current wave of anti-Asian prejudice has long-standing antecedents in California. As but one early example, the state repe...

A recent explosion of social science research documents the collateral consequences of pretrial incarceration, such as the los...

On May 7, the Justice Department released a proposed rule that adds teeth to President Joe Biden’s promise to crack down on “g...

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 5 has an unusual gap.

Until recently, individual states led the initial push to comprehensively regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Good attorneys know that they must stridently attempt to anticipate the legal posturing that their opposition will seek to dep...

Artificial intelligence has been making its debut for some time now partially because the term means so many things to so many...