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Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The appeals court recently upheld the right of California union organizers to enter an agricultural employer’s property for th...


So long, Times New Roman!

May 28, 2019
By Sharon Baumgold

The Judicial Council recently floated proposed changes to the rules of appellate filings in the California Supreme Court and c...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Government

Does California value public interest litigation?

May 28, 2019
By Deborah J. La Fetra

In the past few years, private advocacy groups that intervene to defend challenged laws have successfully sought hundreds of t...


Law Practice

Academic freedom should matter to everyone

May 28, 2019
By Frank H. Wu

The recent outbreaks of childhood diseases all around the nation confirms for me the importance of academic freedom.


Government, Education Law

Curbing smartphone use in classrooms

May 28, 2019
By Sara C. Young, Georgelle C. Cuevas

It is against the law to text and drive, but what about texting when doing classwork? For many students in California, the day...


Family

Is this a domestic violence case?

May 28, 2019
By Lisa H. Meyer, Eric W. Meyer

If a potential client, or the child of a potential client, faces imminent risk of serious physical harm, the pursuit of a dome...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Bar cut score fails diversity

May 24, 2019
By Mitchel L. Winick

The California Supreme Court failed to take action for the fourth time since it was provided State Bar statistical data reflec...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Ruling shows importance for early discovery into arbitration

May 24, 2019
By Dena C. Sharp, David K. Stein

Any lawyer who represents plaintiffs in complex cases knows the difference between defenses raised on the pleadings versus def...


Government, Constitutional Law

During the Obama administration, red states complained that federal statutes and regulations interfered with their rights unde...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Can you hear me (and my client) now?

May 24, 2019
By David M. Majchrzak, Heather L. Rosing

Lawyers have a duty to communicate with their clients. And they have many options regarding the means they use to do so. These...


Civil Litigation

As putative Telephone Consumer Privacy Act class counsel become more sophisticated and define wrong number classes that are un...


Labor/Employment

A recent survey found that 60 percent of male managers say that they’re uncomfortable mentoring, working one-on-one or sociali...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Education Law

The type of broad arbitration agreement used by many private schools makes no exception for disputes that involve a student’s ...


Director John Singleton and former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel were very different Hollywood animals, but both made common but criti...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, Appellate Practice

Two recent appellate decisions reach opposite conclusions in very similar situations. These decisions remind us that there rar...


Transportation, Administrative/Regulatory

Not surprisingly, technology is not the main barrier to the introduction of urban air taxis. Rather, regulation and public pol...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government

Is FCA ruling a long-term win?

May 22, 2019
By Nancy Harris

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a three-way circuit split in favor of allowing relators to bring claims under the F...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment

The transportation-worker exemption to the FAA

MCLE
May 22, 2019
By Cary D. Sullivan, Steven M. Zadravecz

In a ruling that affects a range of commercial drivers, including ride-sharing services, shipping companies and delivery servi...


While attention has been focused on massive data breaches at large corporations over the past few years, a study of cyber inci...


Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

This article will attempt to provide a framework for addressing the correct interpretative position regarding the Gramm-Leach-...


Trade secrets fueling rise in autonomous vehicle disputes

May 22, 2019
By Amy K. Van Zant, Lauren M. Kessler

The global AV market is projected to be valued as high as $50 billion in 2019, with future projections in decades to come soar...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

When accommodating becomes establishing

May 22, 2019
By Joshua Matz, Jonathan A. Patchen

The United States has a long, honorable tradition of religious accommodation. But there are important limits.


Corporate

The evolution of the venture-lending market

May 21, 2019
By Matt Schwartz

As the millennium approached, the Venture Lending market was strong but still in its infancy. But the venture lending market h...


Corporate

Pulling back the curtain on closing leverage

May 21, 2019
By Sandra Lee Montgomery, Michelle L. Iodice

Data shows that lenders in the upper-middle-market band of the private credit market target a closing leverage moderately insi...


U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Corporate, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Hope for antitrust regulation, or simply a blip?

May 21, 2019
By David W. Kesselman

One of the biggest surprises of the Supreme Court's recent antitrust ruling was the author of the majority opinion -- Justice ...


Securities, Corporate

CMPOs: An opportunity for both companies and investors

May 21, 2019
By Sara L. Terheggen

A confidentially marketed public offering is a particularly effective tool for small to medium-cap companies.


Corporate

Recent indictments of well-known financial, legal and business persons accused of paying bribes to get their children into col...


Labor/Employment

Managing medical leaves for California employees under the various state and federal leave laws can be daunting for most emplo...


Government, Constitutional Law

Of two minds

May 20, 2019
By Brian M. Hoffstadt

Literature and pop culture have their share of characters who act with mixed motives — Iago, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, and Two Face...


Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Constructing an appellate brief

May 20, 2019
By Myron Moskovitz

I’ve written a few books and a bunch of articles, but there’s no way I can compare myself to my favorite biographer, Robert Ca...