On March 2, the Los Angeles Times editorial board attacked district attorneys as craven politicians out to maximize punitive s...

The impact of military service can manifest itself on the lives of everyone in a veteran’s family in countless ways. Military ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving whether the act regulates discharges of pollutants to groundwater.

Most lawyers familiar with arbitration understand that it is not a judicial proceeding, but it might come as a surprise to lit...

The OJ Simpson “trial of the century,” already distant enough in the past to be the subject of fictional revision, offers a fe...

Are you selling a business, or perhaps helping a client to sell a business? In any of these circumstances, it pays to think ab...

The typical appellate court decision names the judges who decided the case and specifies which is the author and which two are...

The phrase “on the internet” became a running joke with patent attorneys after the dot com boom; today it might be “machine le...

In the battle between desire for public access and environmental preservation, respecting property rights is the best solution

Three pending 9th Circuit decisions out of the Central District of California could alter how loss amounts are calculated for ...

When I use commas, it’s so the reader can take a break.

In the first installment of this series, we discussed general considerations and unique aspects of California's anti-SLAPP sta...

Over the years, I’ve watched quite a few oral arguments before the California Supreme Court. While watching, I tend to focus o...

Ironically, a law passed to help curb excessive litigation has only brought about more of it.

California employers may have an arrow in their quiver to challenge the constitutionality of California’s Private Attorneys Ge...

In fact, the Supreme Court’s most important campaign finance decision came down more than 40 years ago.

In September, California became the first state to ban the sale of most cosmetics tested on animals. The passage of Senate Bil...

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis E.A. Karnow’s excellent guest column reminded me of personal experiences that relate...

Last year LeBron James filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register the phrase...

The European Union seems poised to balance the rights of online service providers and intellectual property owners very differ...

Last week the Trump administration released a proposal to rescind or eliminate the H-4 EAD program.

Last month, District Judge David O. Carter invited the submission of amicus briefs to address a series of questions regarding ...

The U.S. Supreme Court stopped short of providing additional guidance as to what constitutes an excessive fine in this context...

This week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will remind many Californians of the Mt. Soldad controversy.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to apply the excessive fines prohibition of the Eighth Amendment to the states, Ti...

What Justice Joseph McKenna didn’t know when he accepted Embry’s resignation was the lede in the morning’s New York papers: So...

Following a recent California Supreme Court decision, the voter approval requirements for special taxes proposed via a citizen...

Last fall, a fan was fatally struck by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium -- but when fans are hurt watching America's favorite pas...

Practicing appellate law is like walking along the beach: Avoiding the big wave that can wipe you out is pretty easy to do, bu...

If the rumored settlement range is true, that’s a nice payday. But how much the lawyers take, and how much taxes take, should ...