Legal malpractice claims arise out of accident and medical malpractice cases, wills and trusts, divorce, litigation, tax advic...

President-elect Joe Biden has already highlighted some of the immigration policies that he would like to implement during his ...

The coronavirus pandemic has been no zombie apocalypse, but it has forced law firms to reevaluate how they do business, partic...

The duty of zealous advocacy on behalf of a client is an established tenet of the adversarial process that examines issues fro...

The Paycheck Protection Program was the centerpiece of the CARES Act, providing loans to businesses of up to $10 million. If y...

A lawyer's duty not to pursue frivolous claims has entered the public discourse, thanks to the 50-plus lawsuits that the Trump...

In what could surely be called a Christmas miracle, millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed and are being ...

California Code of Civil Procedure Section 904.1 grants parties the right to appeal a number of appealable orders and judgment...

In 2020 we saw some high-flying attorneys come crashing down due to ethical problems. While it is (hopefully) easy to see how ...

Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal would get his second chance. Stayskal, who’s lung cancer was misdiagnosed by Army doctor...

If extended to the context of willful patent infringement, a recent ruling would suggest an implied privilege waiver in many c...

It’s been a long and dispiriting four years for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump.

As it began, so it ends. Over the past four years, the Trump administration has proposed a multitude of changes to environment...

Cannabis businesses have been able to find creative solutions for protecting their intellectual property rights — at least to...

Policyholders seek to maximize the benefits of insurance by characterizing costs as defense costs, while insurance companies s...

The supplemental request is an often underutilized tool in discovery in the current litigation environment. It’s so underutili...

There is a resurgence of interest in antitrust laws, aimed especially at the tech field and qualms about tech firms that have ...

The court will decide whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is essentially an anti-hacking statute or a data protection sta...

When it comes to terminology that is acceptable in legal briefs and judicial opinions, the California Style Manual is the bibl...

By the time the session closed on Sept. 30, less than half the typical number of bills had won final approval, with 372 chapte...

An appellate court held that California labor laws applied to crew members on a boat that docked at a California port and prov...

Since the goal is to present your case in a complete and helpful way, and ultimately to persuade the appellate court to agree ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision continues an important yet overlooked trend at the court since the early 1990s: broad agr...

Antitrust law is back in the spotlight.

Essentials during an emergency: Gasoline? Check. Groceries? Check. Medicine? Check. $32 restaurant prepared barbecue ribs? …Ch...

Article V should be amended by reducing the state ratification threshold from three-fourths to two-thirds. This would make the...

Jeffrey Clayton’s Dec. 22 column, “Gascón lacks authority to end cash bail,” grossly misinterpreted District Attorney George G...

A recent appellate opinion held that a qui tam action involving the California Insurance Fraud Protection Act to combat insura...

For or complex discovery issues, reference to a discovery referee can help expedite the trial process.

Despite statutory limitations, over the decades the California Coastal Commission’s mission and jurisdiction have steadily met...