In a bid to protect countless employees laid-off and furloughed during the COVID-19 pandemic as business begin to re-open, San...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision last week rejecting the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind Deferred Acti...

Claims of domestic violence have been on the upswing during the pandemic; catch up with recent statutory changes affecting the...

The 4th Amendment to the Constitution was drafted to protect us against unreasonable searches and seizures. Essentially, this ...

Recent actions by the Antitrust Division reflect a greater interest in moderating antitrust policies in consideration of natio...

Trump’s private unrecorded meetings with President Vladimir Putin of Russia have not yet been revealed, and many citizens are ...

In December 2019, as preparations were underway for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell an...

Immunity under Section 230 is the reason why Twitter was able to successfully dismiss California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes’ ...

International treaties and conventions are often strictly construed by U.S. courts without regard to common law principles. Tw...

While AB 3070 has nothing to do with access to health care or economic relief, it has everything to do with addressing the end...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision last week was a major — if temporary — victory in the ongoing fight to protect the rights of you...

I am writing in regard to the column by Deputy District Attorney Michele Hanisee attacking both Berkeley Law’s landmark report...

If our legal system is to be preserved, the problem of racial bias must be meaningfully addressed. Because the underrepresenta...

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect on Jan. 1, many businesses have been eager to receive the promised ...

We’ve seen it again and again across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic: State lawmakers adopting emergency rules that s...

The legal complications caused by COVID-19 have raised some novel legal issues, but there are no special COVID-19 ethics rules...

As a mediator, I listen to all sides and hear how each perceives the other. With this insight, I help parties collaborate and ...

Despite a win in the recent DACA case, rules proposed by the Department of Homeland Security and an executive order by Trump i...

Because current patent laws do not allow artificial inventors, we address two questions: (1) What can we do right now if a dev...

It’s been about 100 days since California issued its COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. For my own solo family law practice, and fr...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a disruptive force leading us to contemplate different ways of doing things. One outgrowth of this ma...

Dropping arguments against retroactivity of judicial decisions is an easy (and morally correct) way for the attorney general t...

Liu v. SEC is likely only the beginning of the SEC’s challenges on this front, as it leaves unanswered thorny questions about ...

For practitioners, these changes are worthy of discussion, lest you or your client find yourself on the receiving end of a dem...

Recent developments and strategic implications.

The “Noerr-Pennington doctrine” says you can’t be held liable under the antitrust laws for asking the government to do someth...

The Northern District of California has been a primary location for government antitrust investigations and civil lawsuits inv...

Marijuana, the IRS and taxes have a difficult relationship. In a recent 9th Circuit ruling, the unhappy story starts with a re...

A wave of bankruptcies is likely due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the economy and the unemployment rate. For someon...

Has the long but regrettable decline in civility among lawyers now expanded to incivility toward the courts? Demands for judic...