Labor/Employment, Government
Did the governor’s Paid Sick Leave order exceed his authority?
By James J. McDonald Jr., Ben Ammerman
The governor recently issued Executive Order N-51-20 which ordered private sector employers of more than 500 employees to prov...
Labor/Employment
Reopening the workplace: What commercial landlords need to know
By Michael C. Cato
As California communities return to work amidst the ongoing pandemic, landlords must consider how and when to reopen tradition...
Labor/Employment
Ensure there’s no confusion about work-at-home employees
By Trevor R. Witt
Permitting employees to work remotely comes with its own special wage and hour considerations that must be addressed, especial...
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
The verdict is in on PAGA jury trials
By Steven B. Katz
Last week’s California Supreme Court decision in Nationwide Biweekly, although not a PAGA case, all but definitively settles t...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law
Losing the rule of law
By Erwin Chemerinsky
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 ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law
Supreme Court tossed a yellow warning flag in subpoena cases
By John H. Minan
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Civil Litigation
Court throws out U.S. Women’s National Team’s equal pay claims
By Garrett R. Broshuis
In a May 1 ruling, the court threw out the players’ equal pay claims, leaving only a sliver of the case for trial.
Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation
Suit may once and for all decide the fate of Uber and Lyft in California
By Bryan L. Hawkins
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.
Corporate
Lender’s liability and MAC clauses in the era of COVID-19
By Jennifer A. Post, Simran S. Bindra
To mitigate the unprecedented financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, lenders are reviewing their existing loan portfolios...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Ruling creates certainty and uncertainty at current and future Superfund sites
By Leila Bruderer, Steven H. Goldberg
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...
California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice
Electronic argument in the California Supreme Court
By Michael G. Colantuono
The California Supreme Court is conducting oral arguments by video conference during the pandemic. I argued two cases there on...
Bankruptcy
Navigating the fiscal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
By David S. Kupetz, Victor A. Sahn
It is important that businesses enduring significant financial distress, even if the problems only arose as a result of fall-o...
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...