Labor/Employment, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit upholds organizing rights for farmworkers
By Mario Martinez
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!
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?
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...
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
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...
If a potential client, or the child of a potential client, faces imminent risk of serious physical harm, the pursuit of a dome...
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
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
Role reversal as Golden State takes the federalism reins
By Gene Tanaka
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?
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
Defense lawyers need to adjust their thinking in opposing TCPA class certification
By Eric J. Troutman
As putative Telephone Consumer Privacy Act class counsel become more sophisticated and define wrong number classes that are un...
Labor/Employment
The need to speak up to harassment and the importance of mentorship
By Leonid M. Zilberman
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
California Supreme Court reviewing forced arbitration in high school sex crime case
By Katherine V.W. Stone
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
Implied-in-fact arbitration agreements: when no doesn’t mean no
By Michael H. Leb
Two recent appellate decisions reach opposite conclusions in very similar situations. These decisions remind us that there rar...
Transportation, Administrative/Regulatory
Electric urban air taxis: science fiction or legal matter of fact?
By Sasha Rao
Not surprisingly, technology is not the main barrier to the introduction of urban air taxis. Rather, regulation and public pol...
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
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
The CCPA, CFIPA and GLBA Exemption: Interpretive considerations
By Joseph T. Lynyak III
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
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
By Joshua Matz, Jonathan A. Patchen
The United States has a long, honorable tradition of religious accommodation. But there are important limits.
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
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?
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
By Sara L. Terheggen
A confidentially marketed public offering is a particularly effective tool for small to medium-cap companies.
Recent indictments of well-known financial, legal and business persons accused of paying bribes to get their children into col...
Labor/Employment
Common employer mistakes when granting leaves of absence
By Christine H. Long
Managing medical leaves for California employees under the various state and federal leave laws can be daunting for most emplo...
Literature and pop culture have their share of characters who act with mixed motives — Iago, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, and Two Face...
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...