A move by the IRS and Treasury Department this summer is likely to make it even easier for wealthy individuals to funnel dark ...

A little-known California constitutional provision allows courts to overturn election results due to defamation if the losing ...

A good friend of mine passed away recently: Peter Tannenbaum, my campaign manager. Yep. A few years back, some fellow parents ...

As with so much else in the tax world, it depends. No one likes fines or penalties, but deducting them on your taxes makes the...

In his recent column, Deputy District Attorney Eric Siddall complains that Senate Bill 1437 would not merely “abolish the appl...

When it comes to legal malpractice cases, there's rumor going around that "emotional distress damages" actually exist.

In order to craft an enforceable settlement agreement at mediation, there are a few things to keep in mind.

There is a new kind of risk in California law that affects the way cases should be analyzed, on appeal, in trial, through sett...

Though there is abundant talent floating about in fiction, poetry and memoir, few realize how true this also is of literary cr...

Do members of Congress have standing to sue President Donald Trump for violating the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitu...

Many politicians and activists claim that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is anti-labor. But have they read Jud...

The California Coastal Commission's emerging requirements for shoreline development follow a new report predicting accelerated...

Ongoing conversations online could inadvertently create serial meetings.

Last month, the musician Will.i.am lost a five-year battle against the USPTO attempting to register the mark #WILLPOWER in cla...

It is the nature of the analysis supplied by Troester that suggests more is yet to be said about the implications of this prin...

Whether they reciprocate, or others join me in doing so, I will respect the lawyers who represent clients because they need th...

Should Gov. Jerry Brown sign into law Senate Bill 1437, criminals in California can no longer be punished for the natural and ...

But to be successful, it is important to set the stage properly. Among other things, the right players need to be at the table.

A good estate plan requires a clear understanding as to which assets are controlled by the trust terms. Counsel who rely on th...

It doesn’t appear that anyone worried too much about sexual harassment plaintiffs. In an employment context — and most such cl...

How public agencies can manage new demands for electronic records.

At the end of last term, the U.S. Supreme Court hammered a bit deeper the wedge it had previously inserted between electronic ...

The 3rd District Court of Appeal recently ruled that the public trust doctrine can apply to groundwater extraction, but the co...

A study of 40,775 cases administered by the AAA, JAMS, ADR Services, and Kaiser reveals why states should create incentives fo...

California Senate Bill 826 has passed the California legislature and is headed to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown, who will have ...

California is facing the greatest affordable housing crisis the state has ever experienced. Our largest cities are dominated b...

When dividing community property in a dissolution case, the determination of when the parties separated is key.

The recently enacted CCPA is one of the most comprehensive existing privacy measures in the United States. Earn MCLE credit le...

Did you know that the subatomic particle, the quark, derives its name from Joyce’s impenetrable novel “Finnegan’s Wake”?

As football is America's favorite spectator sport, it is not surprising that many football terms have crept into our everyday ...