Megan Rapinoe. Alex Morgan. Carli Lloyd. This summer they captured the eyes of the nation, leading the U.S. soccer team to ano...

I recently concluded service on a federal government commission. I learned an important lesson that might seem obvious but is ...

Earlier this year, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow graced these pages with his view that law school professor...

Last month, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash filed the ballot measure known as the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act with the...

Some businesses predict that they will be badly hurt by the required new expenses. But these claims are overstated because of ...

It sounds like a hustle you might hear on a dark street, the chance to get $10 million and not pay any federal income tax on, ...

A year ago, we heard the terrible news of two Boeing 737Max plane crashes, causing hundreds of deaths, because of a new flight...

Pitty the wrongfully terminated employee who, unable to make ends meet, must find a new job. Inevitably the questions are aske...

The Founders created the impeachment power as the method to remove presidents for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and ...

In 1996, the San Francisco Chapter of the YWCA decided to sell the building located at 1830 Sutter Street, in San Francisco’s ...

The college admissions scandal keeps bumping along. There was a spate of early guilty pleas, but some defendants appear to wan...

It’s no secret that California has a serious housing crisis — in fact, the state has declared a statewide housing emergency to...

In the latest volley, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two bills, Assembly Bill 51 and Senate Bill 707, that take ai...

A California appellate ruling throws into sharp focus the constitutionality of accreditation by regional accreditors such as t...

From ending the exploitation of wild animals in circuses to prohibiting the sale of fur, 2019 was a banner year for animal pro...

We have to worry about the consequences of putting bad federal judges on the bench. Unless the judiciary itself decides to ado...

It is a classic situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission brings an action in federal court against an alleged frauds...

Any who would write and speak must read and listen.

What surprisingly remains permissible on the federal level is the actual act of animal “crushing.” That is, there is no specif...

We will shortly be entering the 11th year of the current bull market. Over that period, there has been a dramatic rise in shar...

Thanks to Inner City Law Center Director Adam Murray for his piece published on Nov. 7 under the headline, “Best Way to end ho...

As the House Intelligence Committee begins impeachment hearings on Wednesday, I am struck by how many falsehoods are being utt...

This article examines the key provisions of the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement Act, along with criticisms a...

Whatever it takes

One take on the current race to be the next district attorney of Los Angeles County.

The Privette doctrine holds that a higher-tiered party such as an owner or general contractor, is not liable for injuries sust...

We professors mislead students. Among the means of doing so is emphasizing law to the exclusion of fact. We have pedagogical r...

It is the worst nightmare for many taxpayers: A letter from the IRS announcing that they are under audit. The moment that lett...

Ready or not, tax time is looming. And as we enter the last two months of 2019, many opportunity zone investors and developers...

The landmark California Electronic Communications Privacy Act has had a broad impact in the four years since it was enacted, i...