I write to clarify a single sentence in the article that appears to have been misunderstood by, or which has created confusion...

On Oct. 31 it was reported that mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death just hours after he was transferred from a f...

The court acted appropriately in abandoning the physical presence test. But the burden of collecting sales taxes in different ...

Part III: Aristotle talks of the art of rhetoric; Sun Tzu talks of the art of war. Litigation is an adversarial exercise of rh...

When appellate attorneys discuss case law, we often focus on an opinion’s reasoning. Judicial reasoning is the grist of our cr...

Over the years I have participated in so many panel discussions that I lost count. But the panel I was on last week made an im...

A case involving construction delay damages, insurance and the recovery of attorney fees, makes sausage making look easy.

The U.S. government began regulating falconers and falconry practices in the 1970s. In 2008, the regulations were modified to ...

The actor has had a number of run-ins with the IRS over the years. His latest loss was part of his running feud over old IRS b...

Earlier this week President Donald Trump called to abolish birthright citizenship, which few reputable scholars believe would ...

At first glance, criminal defense and survivor rights lawyering may seem at odds, but in reality many similarities exist betwe...

How the 1868 tribal treaty case Herrera v. Wyoming currently before the U.S. Supreme Court may preempt current-day state regul...

My sit-down with “Gil” Jones began at 9:15 one recent morning at a corner table at the downtown Jonathan Club. It was already ...

Jurors in California and across the nation are routinely called upon to exercise their common sense in deliberations.

President Donald Trump recently announced plans to eliminate citizenship by birth faces profound legal hurdles.

Among other things, the MMA will affect music-related litigation, both directly and indirectly.

Already the 9th Circuit’s illogical reasoning has resulted in mistrial of a case involving a defendant who allegedly molested ...

In most cases, a property owner’s view is not protected and, accordingly, buyers unwittingly pay a hefty surcharge for somethi...

On Wednesday, the Daily Journal reported on a “split” among plaintiff lawyers over a “proposed PG&E fire settlement.”

When the doors of this fifth principal courthouse opened six decades ago, it was heralded as the "Dream Courthouse" and the "C...

The 9th Circuit recently issued an opinion that gives clarity to public agencies which wish to enact regulations related to si...

Up until the end of 2017, you could claim a tax deduction for your legal fees. In 2018 and thereafter, there is often no deduc...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently opened the door to legalized sports betting, but its future regulatory framework remains a wil...

Why strange? First of all,the property owners won. In itself, that is noteworthy. The second strangeness is that, notwithstand...

The unintended consequences of the law are familiar to learned attorneys. This is not the product of anyone’s fault, but an in...

This is a puzzle addressed by Carol Anderson, in her new and hard-hitting book. Not surprisingly, much of the story of voter s...

The objective of this article and self-study test is to familiarize readers on impeachment of witnesses’ credibility with prio...

Part II: The Art of War

Key Supreme Court decisions involving students’ constitutional rights are thoroughly but briskly covered in Justin Driver’s “T...