Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
Are unpaid summer internships still legal?
By Andre Y. Bates
For many California companies, summer brings a fresh crop of young and enthusiastic interns eager to improve their future empl...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Time to reconsider nonsolicitation provisions?
By Michele Haydel Gehrke, Anne Cherry Barnett
Until recently, employee nonsolicitation provisions were believed to be the last post-employment restrictive covenant that Ca...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment
Avoiding the ban on noncompetes: Is it possible?
By Wendy M. Lazerson, Katharine M. Miner
Recently, the Delaware Court of Chancery did an about face and upheld a Delaware choice-of-law provision in an employment agre...
Letters, Criminal
Support for giving parolees the right to vote is misguided
By Marc Debbaudt
Chesa Boudin, who is running to be San Francisco’s next district attorney, says he supports restoring parolee voting rights to...
Labor/Employment, Government, Civil Rights
Why the ban on hair discrimination is important
By Frank H. Wu
California has just passed legislation prohibiting discrimination against “traits historically associated with race … includin...
Moo! When public figures have a cow, they all too often come down with a case of mad lawsuit disease
Family, California Courts of Appeal
Moving parties in family law matters can be hit with fee sanctions
By Lauri Kritt Martin
Be warned: the moving party in a Family Law matter can lose their motion, as well as be sanctioned for their requested relief.
Family
I don’t love you anymore: protecting yourself in the event of divorce
By Jacqueline Combs
It is important to be prepared for curve balls life can throw, including, your spouse coming home unexpectedly and telling you...
United States District Judge Manuel L. Real was in his eighth of what would be 53 controversial years on the Central District ...
Family
DVRO hearings may feel like criminal proceedings, but mind the differences
By Lisa H. Meyer, Eric W. Meyer
A lawyer should strongly consider that with every question asked and work with a client to feel when to admit, deny, attempt ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Antitrust & Trade Reg., 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Balancing the interests of antitrust and labor laws
By Cynthia E. Richman, Daniel G. Swanson
National attention has increasingly focused on the proper role of antitrust law in regulating labor markets. Much has been wri...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Bar exam oversight requires more than just watching
By Mitchel L. Winick
The Legislative Analyst’s Office that serves as the California Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor recently pu...
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
China and the US: Promoting and regulating artificial intelligence
By Dean W. Harvey, Dominique Shelton Leipzig
According to data from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey Global Institute, AI is expected to create as many as 133 million...
Let’s all hope that Lee Robbins continues to do well. He wants to move out of state and has been paying rent on a town home th...
Government, Civil Rights
End racist voter suppression and restore the right to vote
By Chesa Boudin
California is on the verge of restoring the right to vote for people on parole, ending a practice that makes second-class citi...
Civil Litigation, Letters, Health Care & Hospital Law
MICRA is waiting for justices to step up to the plate
By Nathaniel J. Friedman
Young Nicholas Rowley’s multi-paragraph letter (“Fixing MICRA: In search of a hero in a black robe,” July 3) demonstrates that...
Labor/Employment
New law targets discrimination based on hair style
By Camille H. Pating, Yuki Cruse
California Senate Bill 188, known as the CROWN Act, seeks to “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair.” The bi...
Mayor Pete’s milestone candidacy will hopefully serve the cause of history by cashiering the unfounded and logically empty spe...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Corporate
Providing opinions can create ethical issues
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
When thorny issues arise in the corporate setting, the board of directors of a company may turn to an outside attorney to perf...
Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
California is doubling down on the Dynamex ruling across the board
By Allegra A. Jones, Brooke B. Tabshouri
Just over a year after the California Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a...
Many plaintiffs settle lawsuits or win judgments, but are later surprised that they have to pay taxes. Even those who know tha...
Law Practice, Government
Gauging the potential impact of the Electronic Court Records Reform Act
By Elissa D. Miller, Jeph Ledda
The bill was recently introduced in Congress with the goal of mandating free, public access to federal court electronic record...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Government
Ruling makes it easier to block a competitor's FOIA access to confidential information
By Rebecca J. Edelson, Adam Bartolanzo
Last month, the Supreme Court held that a showing of substantial competitive harm in the event of disclosure is not required f...
Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation is a good play in US women's soccer pay equity suit
By David A. Lowe, Erin M. Pulaski
Defending World Cup Champion U.S. Women's National Team soccer players have agreed to mediate their gender pay equity lawsuit ...
The best takings decision we should never have needed
By R. S. Radford
The reasoning of the majority opinion is so straightforward, it’s hard to imagine disagreement. But disagreement there was.
I had heard the stories about U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real. A tyrant. Lawless. A dictator in a robe. As a journalist, I ...
Eventually the “Judge Real stories” will fade as memories dim, but when a meltdown occurs in my courtroom, I’ll continue to wo...
As our troops were coming back from the Vietnam war, insurance company lobbyists and special interests groups saw their opport...
Letters, Constitutional Law
‘Separate sovereigns’ ruling is seriously flawed
By Richard A. Nixon
In a 7-2 decision written essentially in recognition of the separate sovereign principle in Gamble v. United States, the defen...
International Law, Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
How Walmart pulled off an FCPA win
By Ariel A. Neuman, Naomi S. Solomon
While the government is touting Walmart’s $282 million settlement to resolve a seven-year FCPA investigation as a victory, the...