The process by which police and prosecutors operate and enforce our laws is a matter of critical importance to a civilized soc...

The California attorney general’s office recently proposed changes to the forms and regulations regarding registration and rep...

Some wag will undoubtedly read this column’s headline and ask: “You mean we should cheat?” Yet as an NFL coach, Bill Belichick...

A few practical pointers that contract negotiators and drafters can use to ensure that, if arbitration becomes necessary, your...

In April of 1986, I stood at the conference room window of the large firm in downtown Los Angeles where I worked, numerous oth...

The NFL's position on a controversial call during the recent game between New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams warrants...

Real property tax lien investments are not without risk. When there are liens arising under federal law which attach to the re...

Last week the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case challenging a New York City gun regulation, and the court’s decision...

In addition to costing the U.S. economy $11 billion, the month-long government shutdown stalled the current darling of the com...

Federal law establishes a procedure for the president to declare a national emergency — but it doesn’t saw what an emergency is.

Two recent Supreme Court rulings on arbitration speak with one voice to announce a clear shift in the way the high court is go...

This month we’ll take a step back from takings law to discuss a strange case involving a three-inch hole installed in San Fran...

Even if Mark Twain never actually said, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over,” nowhere is this maxim better il...

Businesses should pay attention to a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling on the state’s unique biometric privacy law.

On Friday, the California attorney general’s office hosted a public forum at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Los Angele...

The California Supreme Court’s decision the landmark worker classification case is having a greater impact on employers than a...

And looking ahead to securities regulation priorities in 2019.

A California jurist once wisely observed, “All too often attorney fees become the tail that wags the dog in litigation.”

In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the question of whether there can be liability for implied false certification claims...

An en banc panel of the 9th Circuit recently issued a decision in the latest installment in the long-running legal saga of the...

Despite these challenges, investors are more than willing to engage in pre-licensing deals as a way to get in at the ground fl...

One perspective which is critical and is often overlooked until the time comes to actually execute on becoming a public compan...

The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to increase readers' understanding of when speed surveys are...

Once confidential records of officer involved shootings, uses of force that result in great bodily injury, dishonesty and sexu...

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown signed more than 1,000 new laws that go into effect this year.

Earn MCLE credit learning the basics of California’s new Consumer Privacy Act.

Juliana v. United States presents novel legal theories to compel the federal government to protect present and future generati...

Failing to address liens or reimbursement claims in personal injury cases can have disastrous consequences. Whether you are on...

If voters wish to narrow the sentence reductions of Proposition 57 in a way that does not conflict with its actual text, they ...

President Donald Trump has threatened to exercise emergency lawmaking power to construct a $5.7 billion border wall; many lega...