On April 26, the Department of Labor updated its guidance concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act and its application to commo...

Recent surveys indicate that the C-suite continues to slowplay those erstwhile funding requests by in-house legal counsel seek...

The U.S. Department of Justice already has publicly charged almost 500 defendants with criminal offenses based on fraud scheme...

Last April I published an article on options available to businesses who were unable to perform contracts that had been impact...

The automotive industry was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and is still being impacted in ways that continue t...

Over the years, motions to quash based on Delta would become a clever tactic used by tenant attorneys to attack unlawful detai...

In 1972, the California Legislature changed the age of majority from 21 to 18. One of the consequences of that decision is tha...

Five tips for employers on drafting enforceable covenants.

Organized labor, among others, is aggressively pushing the Senate to pass the Protective the Right to Organize Act, commonly r...

“Your honor, we are asking for 271 sanctions against the other party” is the refrain often hurled by one, or both, counsel dur...

The appellate process has many limitations that can deter a disappointed litigant’s pursuit of relief on appeal.

Three months ago, I filed a complaint with the Commission on Judicial Performance about egregious decisional delay by three ju...

As litigation becomes more complex and courts continue to be over-burdened, the principles of judicial economy and efficiency ...

The California Judges Association applauds the Daily Journal for publishing: “Lawyers must help protect judges,” on April 23.

When clients choose their attorneys, they place faith in the attorney to handle the matter effectively and consistently with t...

Full disclosure: I’ve learned and practiced in the litigation and trial system for over 25 years. Yet, it appears more and mor...

Former employees of Scott Rudin have alleged the prominent Hollywood and Broadway producer engaged in extreme workplace conduc...

Crime victims have California constitutional rights to be heard in criminal cases and to restitution for any losses caused by ...

Cryptocurrency is the future of money in a world where cash is becoming obsolete. But until the world catches up with the cryp...

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...