As recently as in the lifetime of some of us, the United States made an offer to buy the giant island. In 1946, we were ready ...

The news this month that law firm LeClairRyan has decided to dissolve and shut down may not have come as much of a shock to th...

Despite the multiple, massive data breaches reported by corporations over the last two years, it may be that the least secure ...

This article describes the scope and the circumstances under which a court will issue a GVRO. It also identifies several techn...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal recently weighed in on the split among the courts of appeal as to whether a lender owes a tor...

The shore defining the boundary of indigent defendants' constitutional right to forestall or forego liability for certain asse...

By the end of August 2019, more than 10,000 taxpayers will receive letters related to their virtual or cryptocurrency transact...

President Donald Trump’s recent musings about a U.S. purchase of Greenland have provoked mockery from Denmark to El Centro. I...

The “ART” industry is a new arena that allows women, in countries such as India, to obtain financial wealth while helping a fa...

A recent pair of cases from the California Supreme Court and the 9th Circuit cast doubt on the utility of time studies under C...

Despite the trend toward harmonization of patent laws throughout the world, many differences still exist between countries. Th...

The fallout from the landmark California Supreme Court decision will be lengthy and far-reaching for the companies, the employ...

By injecting tort principles into an inverse condemnation analysis, a recent California Supreme Court decision presents a subs...

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

I am a teacher of argument and a student of history. As I contemplate the viciousness of contemporary rhetoric, I think back t...

Someone is willing to commit a crime. They habor the intent to break the law. They are willing to breach our social contract f...

For years, courts have criticized California’s felony murder rule; now that the Legislature has responded, with the attorney g...

Reflections on my week as a volunteer attorney at the Dilley Immigration Detention Center

A recent appellate ruling is yet another stark reminder of the severe consequences when a settlement requiring payments over t...

After adopting a complete re-vamp of its Rules of Professional Conduct last year, a California State Bar Task Force has propos...

Here’s an irony of the California bar: Passing our nation’s most difficult bar exam provides the least valuable license to pra...

States are increasingly recognizing that lives can be saved by Extreme Risk Protection laws, which enable people who exhibit ...

Suggestions for enhancing an externship’s educational value to the student as well as maximizing the value of the student’s co...

Recent state legislation has reduced local control over ADUs in a variety of ways with more to come. State law now prohibits l...

When the rape and sexual misconduct trial of former NFL star Kellen Winslow Jr. ended on June 11 in San Diego, court observers...

The 9th Circuit recently certified two questions regarding meal and rest breaks to the California Supreme Court that have perp...

In our country’s fraught search to do something to stop mass violence, and hold someone or something accountable for conduct t...

August 16, 2019, was to be the kick-off of a 3-day rock festival bearing the name: Woodstock 50. Would it have the same meanin...

Seeing a quick way to make a bunch of bucks, the paparazzi are suing celebrities to squeeze every penny out of these impromptu...

Today, we’re continuing our series of data-driven profiles of the justices of the California Supreme Court. Our third subject,...