Getting mail from the IRS — even a simple notice — can make your blood pressure rise. But what if you get something more threa...

How can opportunity zone investors grapple with the growing likelihood of lease termination costs?

What used to be OK, tolerated, and even justified as (i.e., “that’s just the way he is”) is simply not OK in workplaces in the...

In an anti-SLAPP case, the court inadvertently highlighted one of the linguistic challenges in anti-SLAPP jurisprudence — what...

A fresh, new biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) gives good reason to visit the lif...

Recent controversial police shootings have led to heightened public scrutiny of the police in the media, the legislative floor...

The Private Attorneys General Act was originally enacted to allow private citizens to “help” the state of California enforce t...

Recently, Gov. Newsom and former Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that has significantly improved workplace protec...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that the United States and the United Kingdom have entered into the first of...

The state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom are to be commended for enacting two new laws designed to deal with the problem of...

Be careful what you ask for because you may get it. This old adage had particular meaning for the Federal Communications Commi...

There are three ERISA cases teed up on the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming docket for the 2019 term. In what will prove to be a ...

A few months ago, I had the privilege of attending a symposium (sounds too intimidating) — how about a discussion between two ...

Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed an annual 2% tax on those with a net worth over $50 milli...

According to White House lawyers who have sworn to uphold and defend our Constitution, the document created by our founding fa...

My radical proposal is this: Where a state court misapplies — or even cites and then ignores — Supreme Court precedent, the Su...

The Freedom to Contract Camp vs. the Concerned Camp

California lawmakers have made pay equity a top priority and passed many related laws.

The latest term of the Supreme Court began with the high court answering the peculiar question of whether the Government can r...

Despite a recent Court of Appeal ruling, uncertainty persists regarding Dynamex retroactivity

As the plaintiff attorney in Madrigal v. Allstate Indemnity Co. (not the one who drafted the policy limits demand to Allstate)...

While AB 5 may answer classification issues arising under state law, the new law’s possible application in National Labor Rela...

The point I try to impress upon students is it takes preparation. Even after 25 years in the classroom, I still need to review...

States as a matter of state law may “require” electors to cast their vote according to the popular vote in the state. But what...

What should companies expect to see from the European Commission in terms of comprehensive artificial intelligence regulations?

I thought it important to point out a few things in a recent article that are misleading in the description of what the bill d...

When it comes to getting a new client’s complete file, you can’t always get what you want, but, in the words of the Rolling St...

On Nov. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that will decide the future application of the federal Cle...

Proposed changes to Rule 5.4 could open the door to nonlawyer investment in, and ownership of law firms, non-law firms providi...

As the scientific probe into these injuries continue, the legal ramifications surrounding the sale and manufacture of vaping p...