These incremental reforms have the potential to make ESA compliance incrementally more efficient and effective for both federa...

California appellate courts have taken a leading role in developing a body of law for public and private colleges and universi...

The State Bar formed a working group to study mandatory malpractice insurance earlier this year, but not many attorneys know w...

For more than 150 years, the Supreme Court has recognized a “separate sovereign exception” to double jeopardy. Justices Ginsbu...

A federal court in Los Angeles just proved that, even after many years of difficult, protracted litigation, and despite severa...

A recent Court of Appeal opinion said the notice-prejudice rule precluded the denial of life insurance benefits based upon the...

In a bankruptcy context, trustees, debtors in possession, and even creditors, may have the ability to pursue recipients of tra...

In the next few weeks, Dewayne Johnson’s lawyers will have to decide whether to accept the judge’s $210 million reduction of t...

Over the years, the State Bar of California has been tasked with ensuring that it does not use its authority disproportionatel...

A Native American treaty rights case up for U.S. Supreme Court review centers on whether an 1855 treaty protects a tribal memb...

As of Jan. 1, 2019, veterans sentenced prior to Jan. 1, 2015 will have an opportunity to go back to court and ask for a senten...

While the Mansfield Rule and Mansfield 2.0 may address some of the concerns about unequal treatment of women in the legal prof...

In a victory for children of same-sex parents and children conceived by parents using assisted reproduction, the California Co...

Before leaving office, Gov. Jerry Brown should take the courageous step of commuting the death sentences of the 743 individual...

Why, after four years of education and training (and after I also received a B.A. from UC Berkeley), passing my third test att...

If your clients have international interests, you may want to double check whether they need to register under FARA, the Forei...

The Music Modernization Act is a sweeping update to the U.S. Copyright Act that will bring the law closer to a music licensing...

On Oct. 19, the Internal Revenue Service issued long awaited-proposed regulations and a revenue ruling on Opportunity Zones, a...

Part I: The Art of Rhetoric

Should different types of university misconduct require different levels of due process? The 2nd District seems to think so.

The concept of being able to "get out of our environment" has become widely publicized and adopted in many forums -- for good ...

The real need for small business capital coupled with the inability of small businesses to attract traditional financing sourc...

Artists who have been living under these oral percentage fee agreements should consider fully researching their rights before ...

New ex officio director law, donor disclosures and more nonprofit news

The recent worker classification ruling by the California Supreme Court isn’t just about Wage Orders.

Earn MCLE reviewing the ins and outs of mediation confidentiality in California.

As the expert is neither the attorney nor the client, the protections afforded in the attorney-client relationship may not app...

The Federal Communications Commission made an argument in federal court last week that puts in doubt the agency’s authority to...

A case pending on the Supreme Court’s docket revisits the “intelligible principles” doctrine under the Sex Offender Registrati...

The Northern District of Texas made several mistakes in its recent ruling holding that the Indian Child Welfare Act is unconst...