Over the past year, California courts have continued to reject PAGA waivers. But what is so unique about the nature of PAGA la...

A court reporter’s gavel-to-gavel account of a four-month Zoom trial during COVID

Last year, the federal government contracted with a wastewater analytics company for a nationwide study of wastewater in the U...

A few weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two housing bills that make small, infill housing projects easier in California: Sen...

What happens when your adversary blames a higher power who is incapable of being deposed or responding to discovery?

As we all know, the enduring appeal of watching Vinny trying to navigate his way around a courtroom in a murder trial is the h...

A recent appellate court opinion that is now certified for publication resolves some open questions about how membership inte...

A split decision by a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal, upholding the validity of Assembly Bill 51 — the state la...

A recent trend is calling upon the legal arena to shift or transform from the outdated solidified ways of doing things to inst...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of false advertising food and beverage class actions cases were filed i...

During the period sometimes referred to as the Great Recession of 2007-09, the United States government became convinced that ...

On Sept. 9, the California Court of Appeal issued a significant decision of first impression that provides employers with a ra...

Imagine being a parent in the 1940s and 1950s. It’s a hot summer day, and your daughter wants to go to the neighborhood pool. ...

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted just about every industry and that impact initially resulted in an environment where risk asses...

An oft-repeated myth is that the Dodgers forsook their loyal Brooklyn fans and swooped into Los Angeles, literally bulldozing ...

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on Sept. 16, 2011. Wi...

Given the increasing and distressing polarization between left and right in this country, I have decided to do my very small p...

Recent court cases are testing the liability of companies and their directors for data breaches suffered by their vendors or s...

The day has finally arrived where remote technology may find a permanent place in our judicial system. Last week, as part of a...

Gary is riding his bike along a road next to the woods when a tree branch suddenly falls and injures him. It turns out that th...

Here’s why.

This week, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit ruled in favor of a Grubhub driver who had originally sued the company in 20...

The national debate over vaccines for adults and minors is not a novel debate for the law. Court decisions on regulations rega...

The 9th Circuit ruled last week that Assembly Bill 51, California’s prohibition against mandatory arbitration clauses in emplo...

A recent appellate opinion should give family law attorneys pause when considering whether to prepare premarital agreements. I...

Assembly Bill 701, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, affects warehousing distribution an...

After agreeing to settle some 2,600 separate lawsuits over the company’s involvement in fostering the nation’s opioid crisis, ...

The California Supreme Court recently rejected what it characterized as a “broad third exception” to the long-standing Privett...

On Sept. 1, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its long-awaited small business lending data collection proposed r...