Two recent cases mark a trend in which California courts recognize that wealth and poverty have increasingly resulted in two d...

The Trump administration, at the direction of the president, has charted a new course on federal water pollution law.

The language used by the Legislature in the new mediation confidentiality rule is very, very specific.

Calling the 9th Circuit’s ruling both “erroneous” and “puzzling,” the Supreme Court ordered a fresh look at this case and the ...

The Substance Use Disorder Patient Protection Act prohibits licensed or certified alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatm...

Wagering on esports is quite similar to wagering on traditional sports played on courts, fields, tracks and ice rinks: You pic...

While this is Justice Kavanaugh’s first decision for the court, the unanimity of the justices demonstrates how far in favor of...

A federal district court recently declared screenwriter Victor Miller the sole owner of the copyright in the screenplay to the...

Specifically, Assembly Bill 1701, codified at Section 218.7 of the Labor Code, requires general contractors to ensure that the...

New provisions give the act the teeth it needs to hold local governments accountable to approve much-needed housing development

Employees who "participate" in protected activity or "oppose" unlawful acts are protected. If you're thinking this definition ...

For family law lawyers, love can indeed be a battlefield; a battlefield filled with real estate, children, jewelry, IRAs, and,...

A recent decision holds that an appellate court's denial of "costs" does not preclude an award of attorney fees -- a holding t...

Remedies to the military sexual assault situation require attention by both Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Even a presid...

Today, we move on to part 2 of our series — Justice Leondra R. Kruger, who succeeded Justice Joyce L. Kennard on Jan. 5, 2015.

For the past six years (2013-2018), I have counted the number and type of motions that were heard in Department 15. I then pre...

Lawsuits filed under California’s Private Attorneys General Act are nothing new. What is new and noteworthy is a group of empl...

The former patent examiner, Albert Einstein, is credited with having told reporters, “I never think of the future, it comes so...

Last year once again saw courts addressing key insurance issues.

I am writing regarding the excellent article “Does Section 925 reinforce or weaken policy against noncompetes?” in the Jan. 7,...

Whether you are Donald Trump or just an ordinary Joe, everyone likes to save money. And no one likes to pay more in taxes than...

Last September, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that a Delaware choice-of-law provision and covenant not to compete in an...

This is my first column for the year 2019. It picks up some themes from my last column in 2018. You might consider the two col...

Intellectual property legislation is rarely front of mind for legislators, and more pressing concerns often leave IP proposals...

The subcommittee studying the "advisability of mandating errors and omissions insurance for attorneys" met on Dec. 7, 2018, to...

Since the ACA became embedded as part of the health care system, Americans without health insurance dropped from 16.8 percent ...

Litigants often face special obstacles to settlement on appeal. Sometimes, the appellant insists on a reversal of the trial co...

Whichever way the California Supreme Court decides will have monumental ramifications for the competitive and fragmented payro...

When a motion to disqualify is filed, tensions often run high. The attorney targeted by the motion may feel a mix of anger at ...

For many law firm partners, even those who run and manage law firms large and small, the idea that a law firm needs its own la...