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...
Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory
Labor negotiations in the age of social media
By Jordan Bilbeisi
It has long been a common practice for public agency employers and unions to communicate with the public and staff regarding l...
Civil Litigation
One court’s view of bad faith trust contests and fee shifting
By Shawn S. Kerendian, Joshua D. Taylor
A Court of Appeal ruling demonstrates that “when objections are devoid of merit, the beneficiary who brought them should bear ...
It’s been an eventful year for the first cannabis patent infringement case, which was filed in federal district court in Color...
Construction, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Recent trends in construction mediation
By Robert S. Mann
For those of you who weren't able to attend this month's festivities at the West Coast Casualty construction conference at the...
Entertainment & Sports, Administrative/Regulatory
Is the current enforcement of the TAA defensible?
By Rick Siegel
Without the written prohibitions and notice of penalty when non-licensees engage in a restricted activity, Justice Kathryn Wer...
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
What’s your law firm’s relationship with the rules?
By Daniel O'Rielly, Dena Roche
Some law firms operate on a just-in-time approach to the rules, looking them up and referencing them only if and when an issue...
“Jails and the prosecutorial system and cash bail are plea-generating machines” is one of the most pointed, unassailable quote...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Guards at the (Golden) gate: A Giants dilemma
By Ronald W. Novotny
The California Supreme Court recently held that a security guard’s state law claim for “waiting time” penalties based on unpai...
A tearful Felicity Huffman pled guilty in the college admission scandal on Monday and now awaits sentencing. How should we thi...
Entertainment & Sports, Administrative/Regulatory
Is the current enforcement of the TAA defensible?
By Rick Siegel
On its face, the Writers Guild of America’s war with the Association of Talent Agents wanting to eliminate packaging and agenc...
Corporate, Contracts
Two key topics to address when negotiating a long-term hotel management contract
By Chauncey M. Swalwell, Mitchell B. Laufer
As the asset-light business model for hotel companies has become de rigueur, long-term management contracts have taken on incr...
Administrative/Regulatory
For hemp, skipping proposed rule stage could create problems
By Brian Ronholm, David M. Hoffmeister
With the intense pressure that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is under to draft the hemp rule in time for the 2020 plantin...
Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate
Delaware court's forum selection clause ruling has ripple effect in California
By Jared L. Kopel
In a significant decision with major implications for California, the Delaware Chancery Court said that certificates of incorp...
Government, Constitutional Law
Not just anyone can be elected county sheriff
By Ryan M. Harrison Sr.
Our founding documents — state and federal — placed some restrictions on the highest offices in the land but what about the le...
Law Practice, Government, Books
Making and breaking the American legal system
By Bruce Cannon Gibney
In his new book, “The Nonsense Factory: The Making and Breaking of the American Legal System” (Hachette Books, May 2019), lawy...