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Government, Administrative/Regulatory

Legalized recreational cannabis: an update

Jun. 25, 2018
By Elizabeth Martyn

This article provides an update on the evolving impacts of the legalization of recreational cannabis with voter approval of Pr...


Law Practice, Law Office Management

A thoughtful year-end review is an excellent opportunity to take stock of what went right and what didn’t during the prior yea...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment

Workers’ compensation and personal injury lawsuits

MCLE
Jun. 22, 2018
By Lars C. Johnson

If you are a personal injury lawyer or you defend injury claims, you most likely have encountered cases involving a worker inj...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities, Civil Litigation, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

SEC in-house judges ruling is the agency's latest in a string of losses

Jun. 22, 2018
By Thomas A. Zaccaro, Nicolas Morgan

The Supreme Court has now disagreed with the SEC's interpretation of the Constitution and federal law in a series of significa...


Government, Constitutional Law

California needs a lawyer

Jun. 22, 2018
By David A. Carrillo, Stephen M. Duvernay

Tim Draper’s “Three Californias” measure qualified for this November’s ballot, and it is a mortal threat to our state. We revi...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

The key is to remain open to whichever process your client wishes to use.


Tax, Civil Litigation

The tax treatment of litigation damages is varied and complex. But at least the rule for compensatory damages for personal phy...


Law Practice, Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Administrative/Regulatory

VA's failure to provide adequate notice prolongs homelessness

Jun. 21, 2018
By Kara Mahoney, Amanda Powell

Other government agencies provide notice to attorneys -- why can't the VA?


Securities, Entertainment & Sports, Corporate

A Different Game

Jun. 21, 2018
By Kyle C. Krpata, Joseph Ferrari

Considerations for athletes who are looking to become engaged in venture capital.


Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory

TCPA ruling should provide businesses with more confidence

Jun. 20, 2018
By Ana Tagvoryan, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal

The D.C. Circuit recently issued its mandate to the Federal Communication Commission regarding the scope of the Telephone Cons...


Civil Litigation, Corporate, California Courts of Appeal

What if a forum selection clause requires that the target forum have personal jurisdiction over the defendants?


Constitutional Law

28th Amendment to the US Constitution: a proposal

Jun. 20, 2018
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.

The president's pointed public criticism of a federal judge's revocation of his former campaign manager Paul Manafort's bail d...


Administrative/Regulatory

Late last month, the General Data Protection Regulation, a sweeping set of regulations on collection and use of personal data ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Alternative Dispute Resolution

I write on the most common discovery problem — and propose an unusual solution: baseball arbitration.


Tax, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court

Even if you have a good handle on the issues that may weigh in favor of one classification or another for a particular worker,...


Tax, Government, Administrative/Regulatory

By far the juiciest story impacting the nonprofit sector in recent days was the New York attorney general's suit filed against...


Law Practice

On the trail of the real Perry Mason

Jun. 19, 2018
By James R. Rosen

Many legal historians believe that this legendary figure, Earl Rogers, the notorious “lawyer of the damned,” was perhaps the g...


Government, Corporate

Indicators suggest the recovery is in our rear view mirror

Jun. 19, 2018
By Jonathan A. Michaels

It is difficult to imagine, but 2018 will usher in a new class of young millennials who are, for the most part, complete stran...


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice

In part one of this series, we looked at the oral argument data for the California Supreme Court as a whole. Today, we will lo...


Law Practice

I am honored to be spending the summer teaching American law in China. Perhaps the better word is “humbled.”


Immigration, Government

Let’s be clear about what family separation means

Jun. 19, 2018
By William W. Bruzzo

Both Trump and Sessions see the separation of children from their parents as leverage in either keeping people from crossing t...


Law Practice

Representation of women in California law schools

Jun. 19, 2018
By Jennifer Kain Kilgore

Acknowledging gender representation in school is not just important, it's imperative.


Law Practice

Taking the first steps towards success

Jun. 19, 2018
By Valerie Fontaine

Congratulations to the recent bar admittees for successfully completing those long years of studying the rule of law. Now you ...


Law Practice

Tips from the trenches: Being the junior associate at trial

Jun. 19, 2018
By David R. Carpenter, Sheri Rockwell

On TV, every lawyer -- from Matlock, to Jack McCoy, to Alicia Florrick -- is a trial lawyer. In reality, trials are few and fa...


Law Practice

What new lawyers should look for in a firm

Jun. 19, 2018
By Howard Lind, Zack Wasserman

As nerve racking as some interviews may be, a little forethought and willingness to ask questions regarding the things you car...


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Appellate Practice

Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato


Judges and Judiciary

Attaining equal justice

Jun. 18, 2018
By Michael L. Stern

The story of how California ended the practice of non-lawyer judges


Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice

What can we learn from the oral arguments in the 84 cases decided by the California Supreme Court in 2017?


Labor/Employment, Corporate

Maintaining privilege in attorney-led investigations

MCLE
Jun. 18, 2018
By Gregory W. Knopp, Stephanie P. Priel

Earn MCLE credit learning about how to avoid disclosing documents that your company never expected to see the light of day


Civil Litigation, Insurance

3 little words: ‘arising out of’

Jun. 15, 2018
By Jaymeson Pegue

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, sitting with the 1st Circuit, recently tackled the question of whether an insu...