The California State Bar Ethics Committee recently joined the discussion regarding legal services to cannabis clients in a pro...

As an interested observer, I have made two claims about the legal profession. They both have, as any description should, a bas...

After a years-long drafting process, for the first time, the American Law Institute has spoken on the subject of liability ins...

Haw probate become somewhat of an historical artifact like the horse and buggy? Hear me out.

Now that takings plaintiffs can immediately sue in federal court, many will no doubt choose to do so. Rightly or wrongly, supe...

One of the reasons major corporations don’t seem to prioritize preventing data breaches is the lack of long-term consequences....

In what could be an important first step to further expand the already broad reach of Section 16600, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...

On July 12, British Youtube star Emily Hartridge was killed while riding an electric scooter on the streets of London.

Without traditional banking services, cannabis businesses are forced to operate in all cash — maintaining piles of bills at th...

In taxes, willful and non-willful are different. Innocent tax mistakes can often be forgiven, maybe with no penalty. When ther...

Liberal financier George Soros and libertarian industrialist Charles Koch are joining together to finance a new foreign-policy...

The typical consumer likely can’t name a product for which the federal government sets the price — let alone under a regulator...

The Supreme Court justice, who passed away last week, was breaking new ground while staying true to legal principle

There may now be three justices open to moving away from substantive due process as the basis for incorporating the rights the...

Donald J. Trump, U.S. president and Twitter Superstar, may no longer block either critics or cranks from his Twitter feed. Rat...

California is the only state with a court whose judges are dedicated solely to considering attorney admission and discipline m...

As a prosecutor in San Mateo County, I am proud of the county’s efforts in establishing successful collaborative courts. These...

Next week thousands of aspiring lawyers will sit for the California bar exam and, if the last few years are any indication, mo...

Given the impact that “taking Five” can have in parallel civil and criminal proceedings, a working knowledge of its applicatio...

Choosing a leader is about choosing what type of follower you wish to be.

“Mediation 101” teaches the importance of distinguishing between “interests” and “positions.” Trying to reconcile positions in...

Previous articles in this series about handling State Bar complaints have brought us to the point where the disciplinary compl...

If a settling defendant wants to ensure confidentiality, the terms of that confidentiality should be explicitly spelled out, t...

“There they go again,” moaned a number of Supreme Court watchers and appellate lawyers, as news came down of another apparent ...

With its newly-passed budget, California is taking steps to give low income residents greater access to the trial courts. But ...

Senate Bill 50, introduced late last year by Senator Scott Wiener, proposed significant changes to California’s zoning laws wi...

Having read in the Daily Journal the recollections of practice before the recently deceased U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, i...

There is a another remedy often employed in civil/quasi-criminal settlements between the government and corporate defendants.

The current administration’s proposed federal budget threatens to eliminate or reduce several funding programs upon which many...

Some advice for companies that are considering whether to take on a law student for an academic-credit learning experience.