In April, the United States, Canada and Mexico will hold their latest round of negotiations to revise the North American Free ...

The Oral Screening Panel is meant to help streamline the court's workload but often results in deportation decisions being mad...

A common sense conclusion lies at the heart of the Martins Beach case -- that is, the constitution does not distinguish betwee...

As Justice Anthony Kline reminds us, certain developments in recent years have threatened to make it more difficult for courts...

When she went to her UCLA chemistry lab on Oct. 8, 2009, Katherine Rosen didn't know her classmate was hearing voices in his h...

The 9th Circuit is asking the California Supreme Court to interpret the impact of a state law bearing on the parental status a...

If courts allow companies to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to block automated access by competitors, it will threaten o...

If a private landlord rented a commercial office space and the building was considered unfit to withstand an earthquake, we wo...

Does a finding of probable cause in a preliminary hearing preclude a subsequent false arrest claim? Courts are split.

A recent California appellate court opinion highlights the danger that the design-bid-build system can bring when it is not ap...

In a split decision, the 9th Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment after a jury trial that Pharrell Willi...

The court follows different procedural rules from other appellate courts — and attorneys brought before the court for discipli...

In all, approximately 4,200 public employers within the state of California and an estimated 2.7 million public employees, are...

The widening gap between how the law is expected to be (and generally is) practiced, and certain events transpiring in our pol...

The Southern District of New York disagreed the 9th Circuit about the so-called "server test."

By rejecting the government's expansive interpretation of the tax obstruction statute, the Supreme Court has required fair war...

One wishes that the elected district attorney of a county were not so politically motivated as to skirt the ethical rules and ...

Even in light of a life-altering disaster, an attorney must act competently, preserve confidentiality, maintain confidentialit...

Some attorneys and firms make a principled decision to never sue their clients. Whether altruistic or risk-adverse, a law firm...

Thanks to a Court of Appeal case, family law attorneys can answer with more clarity questions concerning when a spouse’s separ...

This week, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act grants state courts the j...

During Monday’s State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye once again called on California lawmakers...

Earlier this month, the 9th affirmed dismissal of a securities class action against on the basis that the inference of sciente...

Franchisors must be mindful of their business practices to avoid being held liable for labor law violations committed by franc...

When elected officials choose to issue personal attacks, suggest bias or collusion, or otherwise attempt to politicize the cou...

In years past, shareholder initiatives to enhance climate change reporting beyond this basic level of disclosure typically exp...

Yahoo! Inc. recently stipulated to an $80 million settlement related to its massive 2013 and 2014 data breaches. But not one d...

Does the judicial branch ever tell the political branches of government, "Hold my beer"? The recent efforts to reform Californ...

I write to follow up on Michael Leb’s March 20 column on the restraining order in the legal conflict between Stephanie Cliffor...

We feel the recent story on Jerry Brown’s judicial picks doesn’t paint an accurate picture of all that the governor has done t...