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On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that may have profound and far-reaching implications for trademark law.

An attorney who signs a settlement agreement approving it as to form and content may be liable for breaching the agreement’s c...

In May 2015, The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board asked readers, “Could you live in L.A. on $221 a month?” The answer then, a...

One of the more notable themes of the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2018 term was how often Justice Clarence Thomas urged the o...

Why should all business attorneys be concerned about franchise laws? Businesspeople and attorneys often are unaware that franc...

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato

Mitt Romney once remarked that “corporations are people, my friend.” He was partly right. Corporations are like people, only d...

Judge Manuel Real was among the last of a vanishing breed of larger-than-life federal judges who run their courts in their own...

On June 26, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law approved the final draft of the Singapore Mediation Conve...

While the debate over compensation for college athletes is nothing new, two senators from California have championed a bill th...

The purpose of this series of articles is to show you what steps to take when contacted by the State Bar. While this might see...

Ethical lawyer advertising can be like a high-wire act.

This article discusses causes of action for the wrongful destruction of trees, including a measure of damage that remains unte...

The death of federal court deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous regulations, commonly known as Auer doctrine, has ...

Last week the governor signed Assembly Bill 1361, which will add Section 695.215 to the Code of Civil Procedure, clarifying th...

In the last year, litigation involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances has spiked across the nation. To date this litigati...

The Central District’s Conviction and Sentence Alternatives works, but since its inception fewer than 500 defendants have been...

As more and more states go green, the higher the likelihood that cannabis companies will need to engage a union. In particular...

On July 3, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shook the world of online commerce when it held in a 2-to-1 opinion that Amaz...

In early 2018, the California Supreme Court changed the way California businesses approach the use of independent contractors ...

In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that class action waivers in employee arbitration agreements do not violate the Natio...

The California Supreme Court, after having been petitioned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to answer this question, h...

Recent California laws and regulations provide protections for transgender and non-binary employees, ranging from expanding t...

But was this the correct policy choice? It should be noted that the Burlage holding never really “caught on” as a successful b...

All employers should be prepared and plan ahead for unexpected illicit behavior of their employees. The criminal detention of ...

California has undertaken an ambitious initiative designed to enhance privacy protections for consumers — which includes emplo...

Nearly three years after California voters approved a ballot measure decriminalizing the recreational use of cannabis, and mor...

For many California companies, summer brings a fresh crop of young and enthusiastic interns eager to improve their future empl...

Until recently, employee nonsolicitation provisions were believed to be the last post-employment restrictive covenant that Ca...