You might be tempted to raise prices to try to recoup some of your lost revenue. But be careful — if you do raise prices, you ...

Do you have tax losses, or are you expecting some? These days, that sounds like a silly question. How losses are treated under...

Individual liberties are not absolutes, and in emergencies citizens must defer to the collective good.

You’ve recently closed a merger, representing the seller in a deal that netted your client — and you — a good bit of cash. And...

It is often said that every crisis also presents an opportunity. The current COVID-19 pandemic presents a chance to revise and...

Last week the California insurance commissioner issued a notice to all insurers recognizing the economic hardship and lack of ...

The court unanimously decided that neither the Lanham Act’s statutory language, nor historical precedent supported making will...

For a gifting technique to be successful, the grantor needs to cut certain tax strings to prevent the gift from being included...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the global economy and financial markets. As a result, public companies are increasi...

On May 7, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to prosecutors policing public corruption under federal property fraud statutes ...

I taught for more than four decades. I got pretty good at it — or so I believed. When I retired from teaching five years ago, ...

The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to follow the rationale in Jarman to allow nursing home re...

Our firm has begun receiving calls asking this question. I regret to inform workers that, as long as the employer had workers’...

Trump issued an executive order this month declaring a national emergency over potential foreign threats to the security of th...

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...