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A recent 9th Circuit opinion sets up a possible showdown in the Supreme Court that could (in theory) not only resolve the curr...

It is both unfortunate and telling that the State Bar of California rolled out proposals involving technology and access to ju...

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Are colleges places of robust, open debate or suffocating cloisters where only approved ideas can be expressed?

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In a narrow ruling, the California Supreme Court held that a proposed class must be defined by objective criteria.

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Which expenses are business and which are personal? You might think it’s obvious, but your view and the IRS view may differ. T...

As many will recall, in 2018 then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 826, which instituted gender quotas ...

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The news this month that law firm LeClairRyan has decided to dissolve and shut down may not have come as much of a shock to th...

Despite the multiple, massive data breaches reported by corporations over the last two years, it may be that the least secure ...

This article describes the scope and the circumstances under which a court will issue a GVRO. It also identifies several techn...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal recently weighed in on the split among the courts of appeal as to whether a lender owes a tor...

The shore defining the boundary of indigent defendants' constitutional right to forestall or forego liability for certain asse...

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President Donald Trump’s recent musings about a U.S. purchase of Greenland have provoked mockery from Denmark to El Centro. I...

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A recent pair of cases from the California Supreme Court and the 9th Circuit cast doubt on the utility of time studies under C...

Despite the trend toward harmonization of patent laws throughout the world, many differences still exist between countries. Th...

The fallout from the landmark California Supreme Court decision will be lengthy and far-reaching for the companies, the employ...