On May 6, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education released its new regulations under Title IX of the E...

Are we there yet? Some jurisprudential road trips wind longer than others. But the history in federal courts of qualified immu...

The popularity of the Netflix documentary “Tiger King” has thrust the plight of big cats in captivity into the spotlight. Whil...

A discussion about lawyering and trauma during the shutdown.

When you next sit down to prepare for a mediation, consider putting the “temple of justice” idea on your list of items to disc...

On May 7, the DOJ filed a motion to dismiss the charges against Flynn for lying to the FBI. The action by the DOJ has been app...

It is commonly believed in the West that the Chinese word for “crisis” is comprised of two characters, one representing “dange...

There are writers who appear, possibly once in a generation, who seem to galvanize time’s eerie striations and craft novels th...

It has taken a global pandemic to finally move legislators in DC toward progress on consumer privacy issues. Despite an urgent...

The coronavirus pandemic has stoked fears among businesses that they will be targeted with lawsuits as they reopen for busines...

For the most part, courts have functioned pretty much the same way for centuries, with lawyers, clients, witnesses, judges and...

“The simplest solution is most likely the right one.” This is the most common paraphrased version of English Franciscan friar ...

Only 26.8% of the candidates passed the February California bar exam. This is the lowest pass rate since 1951, when the bar st...

Up and down the state, judges, lawyers, court personnel and justice partners have been dedicating themselves to their mission ...

Amid the dark clouds of the ongoing pandemic, a silver lining has appeared for white collar defendants and their counsel, in t...

A major deficiency under the current whistleblower protections is the time-consuming litigation process subjecting aggrieved e...

The governor recently issued Executive Order N-51-20 which ordered private sector employers of more than 500 employees to prov...

As California communities return to work amidst the ongoing pandemic, landlords must consider how and when to reopen tradition...

Permitting employees to work remotely comes with its own special wage and hour considerations that must be addressed, especial...

Last week’s California Supreme Court decision in Nationwide Biweekly, although not a PAGA case, all but definitively settles t...

Never before have I so despaired for the rule of law in the United States. The decision of the U.S. Department of Justice to ...

In a May 1 ruling, the court threw out the players’ equal pay claims, leaving only a sliver of the case for trial.

On May 5, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with the City Attorneys for the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego a...

What Congress and the Small Business Association giveth, the IRS taketh away.

To mitigate the unprecedented financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, lenders are reviewing their existing loan portfolios...

In a case watched closely by environmental attorneys around the country, the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the EPA's authority...

While it’s not possible to cover all of the legal issues that nonprofits are currently facing in this one column, I’m focusing...

The California Supreme Court is conducting oral arguments by video conference during the pandemic. I argued two cases there on...

It is important that businesses enduring significant financial distress, even if the problems only arose as a result of fall-o...