QSFs have blossomed into important as they possess remarkable tax efficiency.

According to District Attorney George Gascón, "The past four decades have not made us any safer." This recent ahistorical stat...

Courts have long struggled with the so-called “interstate commerce exemption” under the Federal Arbitration Act.

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As many California employers know all too well, California’s employment compliance landscape is a dense maze that is constantl...

Before the pandemic, in workplaces different than many today, there was no shortage of employment disputes. Allegations of dis...

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It is a question many intellectual property lawyers navigating a potential infringement case have undoubtedly pondered: How ma...

A bill recently introduced in Congress would allow some college athletes to unionize and classify themselves as employees. As ...

Bested by their rival Canada in the semifinals, they failed to reach the gold-medal match for a second straight Olympics. At t...

“The truth rarely makes sense when you omit key details.” These words, spoken by Florence Pugh to Scarlett Johansson in “Black...

Congressional attempts to secure former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and related tax information is in the news again ...

If the most potent existential threats to the Olympic Games are war and terrorism, pandemic also makes the podium. This year, ...

Known mostly these days for his character Harry Bosch–he of the popular television series bearing his name–best-selling Los An...

If California is proud of its position as the nation’s progressive bastion, it is absurd that it lets its residents go bankrup...

Attorneys may take varied views on the prospect of retirement. Some wish to remain practicing attorneys, or at least affiliate...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will soon be weighing in on the national conversation on discrimination with actions,...

Whenever money changes hands, there are tax issues, and that is certainly true with the legal settlement by celebrity Chef Mar...

Over 20 years ago, during a business trip to Los Angeles, an old law school friend managed to sneak in an hour for dinner with...

Part 4: Litigators’ duties owed to clients with Alzheimer’s

As originally enacted in 1872, CCP Section 387 specified that “any person may, before trial, intervene” which courts interpret...

While a “subrogated insurer is said to ‘stand in the shoes’ of its insured, because it has no greater rights than the insured....

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America must do more to keep women veterans out of jail.

In Jolie v. Superior Court, Angelina Jolie obtained a writ of mandate from the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 7 orderi...

No, as enjoyable an image as it may conjure up, chances are that you probably won’t be seeing a large number of your bar colle...

Titles can be misleading... even my own

On July 21, a California appellate court issued a significant decision involving royalty agreements

Trial judges from across the state weigh in on proper brief writing — including their thoughts on attacks on opposing counsel.

Ironically, while MICRA has threatened the lives and wellbeing of patients, it has not even helped doctors. Despite MICRA, th...