Family, Appellate Practice
Emergency family law changes in LA may affect the kinds of matters filed in the Court of Appeal in the near term
By Claudia Ribet
The presiding judge for Los Angeles County Superior Court recently announced that a “ramp up” gradual resumption to business a...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Ruling limited review of PTAB decisions to institute inter partes reviews
By Ben M. Davidson
On April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts may not review a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institu...
On Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos finally made good on her promise to codify procedures that will provide a “consi...
For many attorneys used to the daily routine of going into the office, the pandemic has had a jarring impact on both their pro...
Real Estate/Development, Appellate Practice
The virus on appeal, part 4
By Myron Moskovitz
My prior columns on this topic suggested that a commercial tenant who fails to pay the rent because the corona virus undermine...
Can you imagine if the text of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion had no citations at all? You actually don’t have to.
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Allowing financial assistance to clients for humanitarian purposes
By A. Marco Turk
The always forward-thinking New York City Bar Association has urged adoption of a humanitarian exception to its ethics rules t...
A book is about to be reissued — and I mean really reissued, 100,000 print copies — by the young Toronto writer Emily St. John...
Tax, Labor/Employment
Can you write off salaries paid with Paycheck Protection loans?
By Robert W. Wood
The federal Paycheck Protection Program was meant to help small businesses keep their employees on payroll, and to pay utiliti...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Maximizing online platforms for success in arbitrations
By Jeffrey Benz
This is the second part of my article on maximizing online platforms for success in arbitrations in the new normal of the Covi...
U.S. Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Another nail in the coffin for MICRA
By Bruce M. Brusavich
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict of guilt for serious crimes w...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation
Fight for contraceptive coverage rages during COVID-19
By Jonathan Miller, LiJia Gong
Women are uniquely impacted by the coronavirus. Domestic violence has surged; industries in which women provide an outsized po...
Civil Rights
An interview with: Jose Varela, Marin County public defender
By Mallika Kaur, Jose H. Varela
This is the first in a new interview series through which Mallika Kaur will explore with lawyers from various practice areas t...
Construction, Civil Litigation
Substitution hearings under the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act
By Garret D. Murai
JMS Air Conditioning and Appliance Service, Inc. v. Santa Monica Community College District provides an interesting behind-the...
Real Estate/Development, Appellate Practice
The virus on appeal, part 3
By Myron Moskovitz
In my prior columns on this topic (which ran yesterday and the day before), I discussed various possible defenses a commercial...
Letters, Judges and Judiciary
Not 5, not 6, not 7 or even 8 jurors; the number is 12
By Kent Crossman
In urging that eight-person criminal juries are good enough and would save money, Randolph A. Rogers overlooks the criminal ju...
My first piece of advice is to immerse yourself in law school with the courses that are most relevant to forming, financing, s...
The onset of COVID-19 flu has prompted physicians, researchers and health care practitioners to scramble to come up with treat...
Amidst all the chaos and concern, it can be easy to lose sight of some basic tax rules.
U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal, Constitutional Law
A chance to loosen the past’s stronghold on our criminal justice system
By Hadar Aviram
Last month the U.S. Supreme court ruled that the 6th Amendment requires a unanimous verdict in serious criminal cases; on Mond...
Take advantage of this quiet time as a point of self-reflection. If you have a lull in your practice, take advantage of all of...
Banking
COVID-19 exceptions in credit agreements (Part I of II)
By Sandra Lee Montgomery, Bharat Moudgil
It is still early in the post-COVID-19 credit cycle, but the pandemic is already working its way into credit documents, and ma...
Banking, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Course correction on ‘Bankers Bond’ insurance policies
By Robert Wallan
Despite the apparent clarity and simplicity of the insuring agreement, insurance companies have typically denied forgery claim...
Real Estate/Development, Appellate Practice
The virus on appeal, part 2
By Myron Moskovitz
Part I of this series (in Tuesday’s Daily Journal) discussed possible defenses to a commercial landlord’s claim for unpaid ren...
Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law
In search of a coronavirus cure
By Anthony J. Mohr
The COVID-19 pandemic gives new meaning to the phrase “living the dream.” Like millions, I find myself ruminating, so for want...
The coronavirus pandemic has pretty much closed our trial courts to civil cases. But our appellate courts are still humming al...
Just as every dog has his day, every litigant — best in show, purebred, cur, or junkyard biter — can always exercise that righ...
Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Countless fraud prosecutions called into question
By Ashwin J. Ram, Laurie Edelstein
9th Circuit invalidates its own model intent-to-defraud jury instruction in new ruling.
In the context of the numerous lawsuits have recently filed by policyholders seeking compensation for lost business income occ...
No intended obscenity in this column. So why the title? Because like so many other concepts based on beliefs or values, obscen...