Not every seizure falls within the confines of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.

Is disparate treatment based on race a real or imagined construct facing attorneys of color? And how should an attorney respon...

Lawyers, clients, judges and juries all must pay taxes. And with both federal and California tax changes today, tax worries ar...

Remote prescribing is a viable telemedicine tool to combat the opioid epidemic but faces legal barriers in federal and state l...

The regulated cannabis industry entered into an important new phase this month, presenting a new round of challenges and costs...

Assembly Bill 2770 expands existing law concerning privileged communications to include communications by former employers dea...

The San Francisco court needs to change its practice of disallowing no-contest pleas. It’s the fair, humane and just way to al...

While it has long been the rule that a California employer must pay all final wages upon an employee’s termination, it has bec...

Artificial intelligence is being used in the legal profession in a number of ways, including helping lawyers to perform resear...

In Jameson v. Desta, the California Supreme Court has now told the superior sourts that they must provide official court repor...

While textbooks and practice guides are useful, there simply is no substitute for trial experience to learn the art of evaluat...

The proliferation of these fun, mobile vehicles presents several challenges from a legal standpoint.

Sacramento’s latest foray into reshaping our criminal justice system is an utter disaster that violates the state Constitution...

What if criminal court judges answered to the prosecutor, and the prosecutor could evaluate the judges’ job performance based ...

If one were to take a guess as to the strongest asset class for investment, considerations such as fine art, rare wine or blue...

Beginning January 2019, employers can anticipate having applicants and current employees who present identification documents ...

On May 21, in a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that businesses do not violate the National Labor Relations Act...

Dynamex throws a major wrench in an employer’s decision to classify workers as independent contractors by making employee stat...

Navigating the maze of complex requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act can prove to be a daunting task, and the...

On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision holding that mandatory agency shop fees violated the First...

A decision in closely watched timekeeping case is due any day now.

Assembly Bill 2841 ought to amend Section 246 of the Labor Code to increase the accrual of paid sick time for employees in Cal...

The “regular rate” plays an essential role in an employer’s ability to properly compensate its employees given that this rate ...

In an effort to combat pay inequity, California enacted a new statute, effective Jan. 1, 2018, that prohibits employers from i...

On April 2 after two trips to the high court, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered automobile dealerships a decisive win by holdin...

Earlier this year, the Sacramento County board of supervisors adopted the Sacramento County Hotel Worker Protection Act; will ...

Workplace violence is on the rise. In 2017 alone, several fatal shootings occurred in workplaces, including schools, offices, ...

The movement created a seismic cultural shift in society’s awareness of the widespread presence of sexual harassment and assau...

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you know that the IRS cares a lot about offshore bank accounts.

The U.S. Supreme Court's Carpenter decision may provide a valuable tool for citizens demanding greater privacy protections for...