President Trump’s attempt to enjoin the release of John Bolton’s book faces a number of legal and constitutional roadblocks.

It is the rare attorney who will never have a fee dispute. A recent case emphasizes the importance of keeping accurate and con...

July bar applicants may now have to wait until October to take the California bar exam according to the California Supreme Cou...

Before heading to mediation, try ENE.

Mediation is often viewed by lawyers as a “this” or “that” on the spectrum from facilitative to evaluative. In reality, experi...

Recognizing the need for civil litigants to have a venue to resolve disputes outside the court, members of that task force, re...

A conversation with a civil rights attorney about how she navigated intersecting traumas and gifts of growing up in Berkeley a...

Assembly Bill 2501 must pass off of the assembly floor by Friday. If passed, the bill will put in place certain loan forbearan...

The complaint alleges that although Google tells users that it’s Incognito mode allows them to “browse privately,” Google is a...

The Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton Country, Georgia, handed down on Monday, is a thrilling victory for propone...

Many argue that the defense of qualified immunity protects the police more than the Civil Rights Act protects its citizens.

In Duke, the California Supreme Court expanded the power of the trial court to admit extrinsic evidence to correct mistakes in...

On June 9, the California Public Utilities Commission issued an order designating all gig drivers classified as independent co...

Heller is almost a teenager. It’s time for the Supreme Court to change the status of the Second Amendment-from legal orphan, t...

Now the Trump administration has repurposed the First Amendment. Even those of us who are many years away from being bleary ey...

A battle raging over the prospect of sports betting in California is set to play out this Thursday in the California Senate.

Commercial and residential tenants and landlords seeking to address the financial impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders a...

Offering significant relief from the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service recently released...

On Monday, the Supreme Court inexplicably denied certiorari in a number of cases which posed issues concerning qualified immun...

Only a little more than a week after the protests started, a panel of the 4th Circuit issued an opinion on the use of excessiv...

Though he never went to law school, Joe Tussman co-authored one of the foundational pieces underlying the Supreme Court’s expa...

Everyone knows that tax returns are due April 15 most years. In California, that means both the IRS and the FTB. But 2020 has ...

Recently, Sen. Mike Braun introduced the Conditional Approval Act, which would amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act t...

“Protecting the powerless”? The most esteemed and well-paid lawyers of their times tirelessly petitioned legislatures and judg...

Easing the restrictions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’s Payment Protection Program program, on Jun...

Even the best tax planning tends to be complex and unpredictable. Recently, however, planners have become interested in a simp...

Recognizing the issue as a matter of first impression, the Court of Appeal construed the statutory language as limiting covera...

There would seem to exist a wide chasm between the constitutional protections afforded by the contract clause to protect again...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is leading a multistate coalition in filing suit against the EPA, Department of Tr...

COVID-19 has turned the world as we know it upside-down, but it has done quite a number on the civil court system. In its rush...