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...

How far the Supreme Court’s holding in the infamous Kelo decision goes (or whether it should be reconsidered and reversed) is ...

In 1948, the California Supreme Court became the first state in the nation to rule that such laws violate equal protection rig...

Contracts are at times the backbone of legal practice efforts (or, perhaps the angst-producing bane of their existence). Legal...

As the economy sputters to recover, we can expect a solid flow of legal settlements.

Should cross-examination be required in school disciplinary proceedings? This question has taken on renewed importance with th...

Judge David O. Carter wrote, “Virtually every citizen of Los Angeles has borne the impacts of the City and County’s continued ...

In such unprecedented times, it is not surprising that federal legislation grants certain immunity to manufacturers of COVID-1...

The Derek Chauvin case could be an outlier, or it could signal a true turning point in the nation’s move toward justice, and t...

On April 9, U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen reversed an earlier finding that Proposition 22, the California ballot measure ...

In many ways, the plane is being built in mid-air. Concrete statements about what an NFT can or cannot do, and even what it is...

It is an oft-repeated mantra that with large government spending comes large amounts of fraud. The Paycheck Protection Program...