California is on the brink of passing one of the most comprehensive bills on incarceration and detention in the country. Assem...

The trauma of jail can set veterans on a backward course

What impacts have they had on civil trade secret litigation in the Northern District of California?

Cannabis sales are safe from potential tariff wars as the international transportation of cannabis is not yet approved. Many c...

Review factors that federal prosecutors consider when determining whether to bring criminal trade secret theft charges.

California's longstanding emphasis on employee mobility and unique skepticism of most noncompete agreements is well-known. Sti...

The inevitable disclosure doctrine infers improper use and/or disclosure of a former employer’s trade secrets from the circums...

Companies rely on trade secrets for competitive advantage. Theft of those assets hurts them by empowering competitors who have...

Why patent subject matter eligibility has innovators thinking about trade secrets.

Sometimes small cases hit the big stage. Rotkiske v. Klemm began with a debt collection agency filing a complaint in Philadelp...

Today’s employers face new challenges regarding their employees’ use of social media that raise important compliance issues. S...

Since Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) on Sept. 18, many Capitol obser...

Shouting and blasting from synagogues to Washington DC

In 2015, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 219 which amended the state’s prevailing wage law to add Labor Code S...

I read with interest State Sen. Thomas Umberg’s column on Senate Bill 17 aimed at mitigating gamesmanship in civil litigation....

Employers now have access to a great deal of information about applicants and employees from a wide variety of sources, but us...

What ethical obligations arise when an attorney is required to withdraw from representation because the client’s claim(s) lack...

For almost three years we have been witnessing the partisan reality show that is our president and Congress.

The U.S. Supreme Court was largely able to avoid controversy in the cases it decided last term, but when the justices return t...

California Supreme Court Justice Otto Kaus once prophetically said, “It seems to me that attorneys who handle policy claims ag...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the issue this week.

Recently, trial attorneys have begun to call me at the outset of a case, while it’s still in the trial court. “This case invol...

The state has a compelling interest in encouraging victims to report their abuse so that their assailants can be prosecuted fo...

As fully autonomous vehicles stuffed with Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) ready to take to our roadways and commandeer the live...

Bullies, butterflies, status quo and compliance

Due increasing lateral movement, it is more important than ever that firms take a close look at who they are hiring and how to...

Critical amendments in 1972 forever changed the protection of WOTUS. Simply put, it became unlawful for any person to discharg...

The courts have struggled with this topic for years, leading to uncertainty and allowing widely varying opinions from forensic...

The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Inc., 18-1233, to resolve a circuit split regardi...

Politics aside, how far is a lawyer permitted ethically to go in assisting a client?