For whistleblowers who file under state law, the protection and reward they are entitled to is more robust today because of a ...

Technology is released, someone figures out how to hack it, tech is updated, someone figures out how to hack that, and so the ...

Even if one grants that we humans have consciousness, how do we know it was not something implanted in our brains like a compu...

Adopting technologies can help lawyers reduce the risk or even the impact of the mistakes and client relations issues that can...

All internet traffic may not be equal in the eyes of the Federal Communications Commission, but California legislators voted l...

A recent Federal Circuit opinion shows that not all improvements in computer and software-based claims will qualify as being t...

Even if a public entity does not directly construct or finance a project, a project may nevertheless be found to be a public w...

Possible federal action imposes grave immigration consequences on older adults and their families for accessing public benefits.

San Francisco’s law goes into effect in January, paving the way for it to become the largest city in the United States to ban ...

The unmistakable takeaways from a recent California Supreme Court ruling: (1) Clients get notice. Period. No exceptions. And (...

The 2nd Circuit recently ruled that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act does not apply to nonresident foreign nationals, acting...

The scandalous clause prohibits trademark registration of expression that offends a person’s conscience or moral feelings, whi...

Senator Richard Blumenthal and 200 other members of Congress have sued Trump in federal district court in Washington, D.C. to ...

The California Supreme Court heldthat a referendum challenging a zoning ordinance amendment seeking to make the ordinance cons...

By forcing your server to jump through these hurdles you are keeping the bad actors out. If you take nothing away from this ar...

An appellate court's review is generally cabined by the universe of facts that were "before the trial court for its considerat...

These might be quibbles. Most of the Style Manual is helpful. I just needed to get this off (my chest). Or — coming soon — [my...

Proposed here is the global replacement of preliminary examinations in felony cases by the use of multiple month-long impanele...

Lawyers face unique ethical and professional issues when representing cannabis businesses.

Disappointingly, the 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court confirmation of an arbitration award that took away a...

It only takes a village (in New York) to alter environmental review under California’s regulatory regime.

Matthew Kneale has attempted to compress 2,500 years of Roman history into less than 400 pages by taking an ingenious approach...

Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service issued sweeping proposed regulations for the pass-through entity tax break ou...

California’s record-breaking wildfires in 2018 raise not only climate change and forest management issues, but also spotlight ...

Employers still must grapple with the tug-of-war between protecting the brand on infringing on employee rights.

Under SB 10, for some offenses, a person will have to wait in jail for up to three days to be assessed at arraignment to deter...

As the 9th Circuit put it, the teachers charged that interest had been "skimmed" from their accounts and given to others.

Businesses face unique IP challenges since cannabis is still illegal under federal law.

The 9th Circuit said a remaster is ineligible for independent protection unless its essential character and identity reflect ...

A new school year is starting, and I will be teaching Asian-Americans and the Law. I believe it is worthwhile to explain the c...