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Law Practice

COVID-19 and commercial frustration

Apr. 23, 2020
By Dariush Adli

With the COVID-19 wreaking havoc on California’s economy, many of the adversely affected businesses increasingly find themselv...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

For over 75 years, California employers have been vexed by the prolix requirements for the statements accompanying paychecks s...


Government, Constitutional Law

President Trump’s impossible brief?

Apr. 23, 2020
By Arthur G. Svenson

Yet another constitutional showdown, this time President Donald Trump versus governors over the reopening of America.


Labor/Employment, California Courts of Appeal

California Court of Appeal provides guidelines for unlimited vacation policies

Apr. 22, 2020
By Jeremy M. Mittman, Corey G. Singer

Earlier this month, the California Court of Appeal issued its first published decision addressing unlimited vacation time poli...


Grappling with coronavirus on the civil front

Apr. 22, 2020
By Micha Star Liberty, Nancy Drabble

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered all of our lives both in and out of the courthouse. Legal offices are largely s...


Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the global economy. Companies in the midst of M&A transactions wh...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education

Advocates characterize diploma privilege as a reasonable defense of students who navigate strained finances, immigration strug...


Environmental & Energy

From Michigan to Mars: Earth Day

Apr. 22, 2020
By Joseph F.C. DiMento

Wednesday is the half century anniversary of the environmental movement.


Law Practice

The appointment of a guardian ad litem in civil litigation is usually done under the radar and therefore avoids public scrutin...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law

Quarantines, business shutdown orders, and stay-at-home orders may be effective weapons in the global fight against COVID-19, ...


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court, for the first time in more than two decades, recently waded into the murky inverse condemnation ...


Judges and Judiciary, Civil Litigation

When will civil litigation return to normal?

Apr. 21, 2020
By Kevin C. Brazile

I hear the clamor at the courthouse doors: “I need this pandemic thing to end, at least in so far as it interferes with my lit...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

I have been an arbitrator for 18 years (and was a sitting judge before that). It has been my experience that attorneys, even t...


The biggest media trend of the last decade was the widespread adoption of over-the-top, or OTT, streaming services such as Net...


Civil Litigation


University of Southern California and the Office of Civil Rights recently entered into a resolution agreement putting a (tenta...


3 types of facts

Apr. 20, 2020
By Frank H. Wu

Law professors have the habit of making three points.


Forging important shifts in the law

Apr. 20, 2020
By Charles M. Kagay

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” meaning that o...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Legal research, part 3

Apr. 20, 2020
By Myron Moskovitz

Picking up where we left off last column, the conversation continues between the old-timer (me) and my young associate (“YA”) ...


Triage in the courthouse

Apr. 20, 2020
By Scott M. Gordon

When disasters occur, this means challenging decisions have to be made. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic dedicated health ...


A core component of the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package allows the Small Business Administration to create a Paycheck ...


The social distancing regimen triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted – and outside the home mostly suspended – in-pe...


In the wake of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, local governments have begun enacting ordinances designed ...


Insurance, Government

COVID-19 catches the eye of the California insurance commissioner

Apr. 17, 2020
By Jonathan F. Bank, Norris W. Clark

This week the California insurance commissioner issued a bulletin and a notice to insurance entities in response to the COVID-...


Military Law, Law Practice, Civil Rights

Veterans on active duty for veterans

Apr. 17, 2020
By Eileen C. Moore

Veteran service organizations fight for and support veterans as new concerns arise, including veterans’ issues resulting from ...


Despite rapid growth of regulated cannabis markets across the U.S. and its territories, conflicting federal and state laws con...


Government, Education Law, Administrative/Regulatory

Medical marijuana makes its way into California K-12 schools

Apr. 17, 2020
By Frances Rogers, Kate S. Im

In October 2019, California became the ninth state to allow administration of medical marijuana to K-12 students on school gro...


Law Practice

I conducted a deposition over Zoom (and survived).


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Strategies for law firms in responding to COVID-19

Apr. 17, 2020
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

According to one recent COVID-19 survey, 74% of law firm respondents expect that there will be a modest to severe impact on le...


Insurance

Insurers should have been better prepared for the virus

Apr. 16, 2020
By Richard C. Giller

Over the past several weeks, news reports and their accompanying headlines have signaled what could be a pitched battle betwee...