The 9th Circuit recently issued a ruling that extends the statute of limitations in certain criminal cases potentially for dec...

Two unknowns of European trademark law were just answered in a case involving one of the oldest and largest wineries in Los An...

Immediately upon taking office last December, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced several abrupt and controv...

More than 10 years ago, the State Bar was warned about Thomas Girardi and failed to take public disciplinary steps.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the latest legislative effort to dismantle the legal precedents established i...

In its fourth decade, big-case bankruptcy judge shopping has taken a nasty turn.

The recent guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial demonstrates the importance of having a diverse and representative jury. ...

Some state governments, including California, have stepped in to fill the gap left by employers who choose not to offer employ...

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that high-speed internet is crucial to our daily lives — and that’s unlikely to c...

California led the nation in consumer privacy when it enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act in 2018, establishing the fi...

Almost a week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a guidance on what vaccinated people can and canno...

The 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act grants immunity from trade secret liability to anyone who discloses a trade secret to an att...

Here are five key steps to a productive and successful mediation.

California is one of a mere handful of states — along with Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Idaho — that grants a “death discoun...

For today’s senior citizens, relying on a neighbor’s help could be less safe than you’d think, especially in large metropolita...

California taxes are high, and if you are a very high income earner, they could go up. California legislators have proposed ta...

Law offices across the nation are facing an eagerly awaited, though complex, decision: whether, and how soon, to reopen their ...

We have been getting a lot of calls recently as you might expect from distressed small businesses. The “free” government money...

Seems like everyone knows about the seemingly astute advice to never bring a knife to a gunfight. A bit of myth-busting can sh...

In a proposal to reverse a misguided Trump administration policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on track to rest...

Like prior government efforts, the executive order does not directly impose cybersecurity measures on private companies, but i...

The recent predominance of mediations has obvious benefits and drawbacks to litigants in any civil case. But the impact on vic...

The Daily Journal’s recent profile of Court of Appeal Justice Jim Richman did not mention his most admirable judicial trait: H...

Two recent death penalty appeals highlight the difficult standard criminal defendants face on appeal to demonstrate that the p...

The recently reported mega attorney fees in the mega NRA and Boy Scout Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases made me think of the end of...

With oral arguments done in the Supreme Court for this term, what is left is waiting for its rulings. The court heard argument...

Assume you bought a vacant parcel of land in an area built out with single family homes. Assume further that this is a coastal...

There is a persuasive argument not only that all lawyers should make the time for pro bono work, but there is an ethical respo...

For nearly a decade, there has been a groundswell of cultural and social movements seeking to rectify racial injustice, largel...

When seeking high court review, get people and institutions affected by the Court of Appeal opinion to tell the Supreme Court ...