Turow in winter, or at least thinking about winter, that crawling towards death, as Lear puts it. That would be Scott Turow, t...

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In 2003, the California Supreme Court held that all security personnel — including school security, school police, school reso...

To combat the risk posed by deepfakes, California enacted two new laws, which went into effect at the beginning of 2020.

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On June 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (20-5143) granted Michael Flynn an emergency writ of mandamus to di...

In his majority opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County, Justice Gorsuch provided a helpful explanation of intent in employment d...

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent civil unrest are having a disproportionate effect on people in California's low-income co...

This is a story about railroads, property owners and government litigation strategy.

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Police procedurals have made the Miranda warnings so well-known that most Americans can recite them by rote. But there is a lo...

While voting by mail has become a political flashpoint, with President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William Barr invei...

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In a bid to protect countless employees laid-off and furloughed during the COVID-19 pandemic as business begin to re-open, San...

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The 4th Amendment to the Constitution was drafted to protect us against unreasonable searches and seizures. Essentially, this ...

Recent actions by the Antitrust Division reflect a greater interest in moderating antitrust policies in consideration of natio...

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In December 2019, as preparations were underway for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell an...

Immunity under Section 230 is the reason why Twitter was able to successfully dismiss California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes’ ...

International treaties and conventions are often strictly construed by U.S. courts without regard to common law principles. Tw...

While AB 3070 has nothing to do with access to health care or economic relief, it has everything to do with addressing the end...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision last week was a major — if temporary — victory in the ongoing fight to protect the rights of you...