Legal settlements are usually taxed as income, and they are usually ordinary. That is the IRS default position. But the IRS is...

Speak to a risk management specialist in just about any industry, and they will tell you one of the best tools to prevent clai...

Approximately 31% of workers switched from working onsite to working at their home offices by the first week of April. This ch...

This article considers where California law stands on broad advance conflict waivers in the wake of the California Supreme Cou...

On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom told the California Supreme Court that "racial discrimination infects the administration of Calif...

Earlier this month, the 1st District Court of Appeal issued an opinion that adheres to an unfortunate trend in some courts to ...

Recently proposed amendments to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act will increase interactive computer service provi...

A judge I regularly practice in front of once confessed that “move-away” custody cases are the worst part of his job.

Some questions, and few answers, about the ramifications of COVID-19 on disability claims.

While the lawsuit against Google is certainly a welcome beginning, it will take more than a single lawsuit to open up competit...

The Nevada Supreme Court recently issued a landmark decision interpreting the public trust doctrine that is fundamentally inco...

Neither I nor any of the numerous others who thought that the Supreme Court finally cleared the decks for federal court litiga...

The idea is that we benefit, perhaps selfishly, by acting with civility and professionalism: by simply being nice.

A recent California appellate decision has injected some doubt into the ability of municipalities to recover their attorney fe...

Does “hot pursuit” of a misdemeanor suspect categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance, excusing obtaining a warrant pri...

This month, the U.S. Supreme Court granted three petitions seeking review of a Federal Circuit decision holding that all admin...

A key challenge for policyholders seeking coverage under commercial general liability, directors and officers, and other insur...

The Department of Justice filed a motion to substitute the government for Trump as the defendant in Jean Carroll’s defamation ...

“Biggest ever” can be a term you might want to hear about some things. But if it is a tax issue you are describing, “biggest e...

In a year like no other, with a deadly pandemic raging and in the midst of a polarizing presidential election, a recent congre...

Lessons from an unorthodox career

We are now eight months into the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which took effect in February. The act attempted t...

Los Angeles district attorney candidate George Gascón proposes that domestic violence victims, even if served with a subpoena,...

Recent headlines have renewed questions about who will control the build out of the next generation of wireless networks, know...

The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to review the rules regarding the requirement that testimony...

California's Rules of Professional Conduct are primarily about one thing: communication. And communicating effectively with cl...

The story behind the State Bar oath become more.... civil.

A recent 9th Circuit decision affirms that in the context of employer-sponsored benefits, the employer is the agent of the ins...

The State Bar of California Provisional License Working Group released a memorandum last week supporting a proposal to impleme...

If you are a plaintiff, you should care about taxes, and if you are a plaintiff’s lawyer, you should make sure your client tak...