This month, the California Fish and Game Commission will be evaluating whether to advance a petition to list the western Joshu...

On Monday, in a 5-4 decision issued, the Supreme Court made it a whole lot more difficult for retirement plan participants to ...

During the pandemic, California has experienced a perfect storm that might unleash waves of employment litigation.

Construction specifications generally come in two flavors: “design” specifications and “performance” specifications. Design sp...

Although the qualified immunity doctrine properly protects government officials for innocent mistakes, the doctrine is easily ...

Intellectual property and the exclusivity it provides its owners is a valuable tool for cannabis businesses, allowing them to...

Little is known about the process by which pre-IPO companies select independent, outside board members — directors unaffiliate...

A recent report by the Copyright Office includes a series of recommendations on how to reallocate rights and risks in ways som...

On its face, Section 166.1 is a rather peculiar statute. As you might guess, it was drafted by lawyers for their use, speciall...

o best protect their investment, investors should determine whether the general partner has incorporated any recourse protecti...

The coronavirus public health emergency has drastically changed how workplaces operate. This is particularly true for public a...

May 27, 2020, will be remembered as the day when the president of the United States publicly threatened to censor political sp...

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Who was Joseph Tussman?

Using his significant -- and underutilized -- power to control post-conviction case resolution, the AG can serve the public in...

The news in this opinion is that the California Supreme Court has found that preventive detention is constitutionally permitte...

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with far-reaching implications for regulatory agency enforcement p...

For most of the last two decades, I have been a member of the Honorable William A. Ingram American Inn of Court, in San Jose. ...

Executive Order N-62-20 establishes a rebuttable presumption, for purposes of awarding workers’ compensation benefits, that em...

Many persons outside the residential housing industry may not be aware that parties to an unlawful detainer proceeding are sta...

Desperate times call for clever solutions. I’ve been rounding up stories about the many innovative ways in which lawyers and m...

In San Diego, lawyers have stepped up to the challenge by creating innovative ways to keep everyone safe while practicing soci...

The 9th Circuit decided a case on May 22 in which it firmly rejected First Amendment arguments which contested the application...

One of the most frequent types of health care arbitrations is that between a provider of health care services (e.g., physician...

Our closets, garages, file cabinets and food pantries have never looked better during the lockdown. But, as we prepare for lif...

On Tuesday, the 9th Circuit held in two separate opinions that lawsuits for damages to infrastructure caused by energy compani...

Courts recognize the unequal bargaining power in deciding whether a prosecutor has breached a plea agreement. As with any one-...

The hearsay rule traces back 500 years, and its ascension to a uniform principle occurred in the 1800s. How is it that 120 or ...

I am writing in response to the Daily Journal’s article May 26 article, “Bill aims to curb some juror challenges.” While the a...

This Sunday, just as the disciples were “together in one place,” a number of churches throughout the state are planning to mar...