As set forth in Rule 1.0 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct, a primary purpose of rules governing attorney conduc...

Today, we pass the halfway point in our ongoing series of data-driven profiles of the justices of the California Supreme Court...

The increasing concerns of many Americans about the Chinese has been summed up by FBI Director Christopher Wray as a “whole of...

The Sept. 23 article on bail, “Critics unsure bail changes moving in right direction,” quotes Phil Telfeyan, executive directo...

The Trump administration’s waiver revocation is unwanted by anyone but President Trump (along with, perhaps, Big Oil, which al...

The State Bar’s proposals to authorize nonattorneys and for-profit corporations to practice law will upend the legal professio...

For the past 15 years, California employers have been plagued by mass actions brought under the Private Attorneys General Act,...

The issue before the Supreme Court is: Whether the phrase “[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings” in Section 145 encompasses t...

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider appealability of timeliness determinations within inter partes review proceedings under 3...

Whether or not Assembly Bill 5 was really aimed only at the “gig economy,” its absurdly broad language will cause widespread a...

On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will resolve a split in authority on standing to...

The Judicial Council has been misinforming the judiciary about the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act since t...

With thousands of children born each year using assisted insemination, in vitro fertilization, gestational carriers, many cour...

Impeachment isn’t the only trouble President Donald Trump is facing. Last Friday, three different federal judges rejected his ...

An appellate opinion's primary purpose is to resolve whatever dispute the parties have brought to the court. And yet there are...

The difficult aspect of investing in preferred stock is understanding what characteristics are best suitable depending on an i...

The State Bar of California recently amended its rules to allow distance learning law schools to apply for state accreditation...

This year I authored Senate Bill 17 to mitigate some of the gamesmanship that has become endemic in civil litigation. The meas...

In Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, S253593, the California Supreme Court is considering a ...

While arbitration may risk unbridled discretion by the arbitrator or ultimately involve the same inefficiency of traditional l...

The potential ramifications in conflicts involving trusts are significant

Over the past 230 years, patent law has adapted to accommodate new types of technology. The adaptations can be slow, inconsis...

In a 4-3 decision, and after many months of deliberation, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling on Sept. 16 in Bru...

As recent cases have exposed, trade secret theft from former employees and potential business partners have become a scourge i...

During the middle of his tenure, Attorney General Jeff Sessions promulgated meta-guidance: guidance on guidance documents. Unl...

Much of the discussion lately has been centered on AB 5, California's new worker classification law, but there are other bills...

A bill on the governor's desk would allow California athletes to finally earn name, image and likeness compensation

After argument, on September 19 the federal judge in Sacramento and granted the injunction on the enforcement of California's ...

Judges should be held to the highest of ethical standards, and there's no reason they should keep a reward, like a pension, if...