Defense attorneys are applauding a district judge’s recent ruling in a False Claims Act case.

Although grounds for vacating an arbitration award are few and the burden is hard to meet, she seems to have a plausible argum...

The IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2018-15 clarifying the circumstances in which an exempt entity that undergoes a co...

At a time when our society’s civility and decency are being threatened every day, I feel compelled to write about the passing ...

The questions raised by Barclays' petition for certiorari require answers to clarify the application of the fraud-on-the-marke...

I just lost an appeal. It really hurts. I can console myself with the fact that the appellate judges didn’t seem to like my cl...

The 9th Circuit recently said merely having personal information exposed in a breach is sufficient harm to justify Article III...

The battle between eliminate certain aspects of mediation confidentiality continues with a proposed Senate resolution to reaut...

Does a dissolved law firm, under California law, have a property interest in unfinished hourly fee matters upon its dissolutio...

The Internal Revenue Service announced this week that it will close the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on Sept. 28, 2018.

What’s magical about the number 68? Nothing at all.

After moving West and joining the California and Hawaii Bars, I have never stopped traveling to practice law. Here are some ti...

I am generally pleased to note that the vast majority of the current field of candidates for Los Angeles County Superior Court...

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2018-19 term is already shaping up as one of the court's most consequential in recent memory when it ...

Essentially, by assuming the risk of taking possession, the judgment creditor cannot then ask for damages, despite running the...

The filing of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition by a tenant can pose potential financial and administrative problems.

“Sentence first — verdict afterward,” said the Red Queen at the end of Alice’s trial. Perhaps she was talking about the Federa...

As the battle between federal preemption and states’ rights heats up, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra stands tall i...

In the last decade or so, corporate venture capital divisions have grown from small side players in the venture industry to a...

At the June election, four public defenders hope to unseat four judges simply because they were appointed by a Republican gove...

The California Supreme Court recently held that the act does apply to claims involving actual damages in newly constructed re...

Based on current law, there is merit to arguments on each side, but more on the side of California in this dispute.

The applications of blockchain technology go far beyond cryptocurrencies.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide by June on a case brought by New Jersey seeking to overturn a federal ban on spor...

Property owners and landlords must continue complying with the requirements of an ordinance regulating the manner by which the...

Last month, the California Supreme Court granted review of a case seeking redress for past and future costs of providing incre...

Last week, the California Supreme Court reversed an appellate court decision which dictates how employers in the state should ...

Rather than asking the courts to do their job for them, our elected representatives should do what they’re being paid for and ...

This new authority split calls into question the availability of Section 1260.040 legal issue motions, leaving inverse condemn...

Last week, the 4th District Court of Appeal rendered a decision in Old English style, addressing what it described as a “Shake...