Unions have a champion in President Joe Biden, and all employers — whether currently unionized or not — need to be prepared. T...

There is a lot of discussion about AI for Good, along with qualms about AI for Bad. The Bad AI is likely to become the subject...

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican-American War was entered into by Mexico and the United States on Feb. 2, 19...

The three guilty verdicts handed down in Derek Chauvin’s case last month were a uniquely American rarity; a glimmer of justice...

On March 31, the Biden administration released its American Jobs Plan, an ambitious conceptual proposal around which implement...

Truckers have been described as America’s last cowboys. For more than 70 years, independent owner-operators have moved the nat...

On April 28, the wheels came off the California trucking industry’s big rig. An appellate panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...

Three California civil rights enforcement agencies are effectively missing in action when it comes to protecting people with d...

Most construction attorneys know that “pay-when-paid” contractual provisions are enforceable but that “pay-if-paid” contractua...

In Caniglia v. Strom, 20-157, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether there is a “community caretaker” exc...

It is time to take “qualified immunity” out of the police and government accountability equation. It is a judicial construct t...

In a 2020 revenge porn lawsuit by former congresswoman Katie Hill, Hill alleged that her privacy was violated when her ex-husb...

Flores is a disappointing result for the defense bar, who might have reasonably concluded that a suspect who simply ducks and ...

Many are surprised to learn that a scent can be a trademark.

When the California Supreme Court took up Brown v. USA Taekwondo, these organizations hoped for a judicial victory limiting th...

The subtleties of both implicit and explicit biases are not limited to our streets and neighborhoods, boardrooms or courthouse...

The intriguing title of my February column “Revelations” was an intimate look (not exposé) on how appellate opinions are “proc...

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato

Once upon a time, the State Bar of California not only licensed, regulated and disciplined lawyers, but also formed committees...

We previously discussed mindset, preparation, joint sessions and mediation statements. In this piece, we will discuss the rela...

Most state bars incorrectly think so.

In the first quarter of 2021, artists like 3LAU, Kings of Leon, and Grimes sold non-fungible tokens and earned seven and eight...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a case asking whether you have the right to privacy when you make charitab...

As presiding justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2, in Riverside, I come into contact with the men and women...

In an effort to create open and free access to electronic federal court records, the Open Courts Act of 2020 was introduced an...

State-licensed marijuana businesses have high IRS audit rates and face big challenges to minimize their federal tax burden. On...

A recent appellate decision provides us with important guidance on how courts will weigh evidence and determine the credibilit...

The governor has stated that California will reopen almost all sectors by June 15. This has employers working overtime to figu...

At a symposium on deported veterans one of “the foremost authority on military veterans facing deportation” said that recruite...

California Probate Code Section 17206 provides broad discretion to the probate court to “make any orders and take any other ac...