Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law
Workers’ comp: expensive consequences of over-regulation
By Jill A. Singer
The solution to this dilemma does not lie with requiring physicians to act as indentured servants to insurance carriers under ...
Suffice it to say, when addressing Siri, I did not use the four-letter word, the first letter of which appears toward the last...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Appellate Adventures, Chapter Two: “What’s the Payout?”
By Myron Moskovitz
Starring ace trial lawyer Flash Feinberg and his trusty sidekick Professor Plato
Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court
Class action majority rejected
By Marcos D. Sasso
This week the state high court rejected the opportunity to join the majority of courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, by h...
Criminal, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
Who can be held liable in the age of mass shootings?
By Brian S. Kabateck, Natalie S. Pang
Plaintiffs must show that the premises owner was aware of similar criminal activity at or near the location and this is often ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Law firm associates have obligations, too
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
Associates serve two masters: Their “bosses” at their firms, and the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Facilitative mediation and the value of listening
By Jaymeson Pegue
For those of us who are the actual participants in mediations where a deal is the goal, where the strength of the mediator is ...
A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...
Letters, Criminal
Former public defender appointed many of the current top brass blamed for problems
By Russell Griffith
As a lawyer for over 29 years with the Los Angeles public defenders, I was dazzled by the hubris of Michael Judge blaming the ...
Letters, Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
Judge Coen’s seminars provided an invaluable service
By Timothy J. Staffel
I appreciated the judicial profile of Judge Ronald Coen, Los Angeles County Superior Court, who probably has presided over mor...
Warrior culture and legal institutions
By Charles A. Bird
After 44 years participating in the evolution of women in law, I believe economic equality for women requires deep cultural ch...
Civil Litigation, Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
Memo suggests shift in DOJ’s qui tam approach
By Brian J. Hennigan, Padraic W. Foran
The Department of Justice issued an internal memo this month that signals a shift in its approach to qui tam actions, encourag...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Justices may limit ‘critical habitat’ interpretation
By Richard M. Frank
I would not be surprised if the Supreme Court winds up reversing the 5th Circuit and, at least to some degree, limits the Fish...
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law
Endangered species case: critical habitat or regulatory taking?
By Michael M. Berger
The designation of private property as necessary habitat for some endangered species or other must actually be supported by ev...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court to weigh tolling for absent class members
By James N. Kramer, Alex Talarides
The court's decision could have a profound impact on class actions -- particularly in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th Cir...
Immigration, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
H-1B visa: May the odds be ever in your favor
By Karine Wenger, Elona Dunehew
It is that time of the year again! U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services begins accepting petitions for new H-1B “CAP” vis...
Tax, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Mitigating the new limit on home property tax deductions
By Bruce Givner, Owen Kaye
New Internal Revenue Code Section 164(b)(6), titled Limitation On Individual Deductions for Taxable Years 2018-2025, prevents ...
Corporate, Banking
Convertible lenders need to stay up with debt market trends
By Patrick Lawler
Lending convertible indebtedness is no longer an equity investment by another name. Convertible indebtedness is now, more and ...
Clara Shortridge Foltz must be spinning in her grave realizing that the Board of Supervisors in 1913 was far more enlightened ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary
Overview of California depositions
By Patricia M. Lucas, Gary Nadler
The objective of this article and accompanying self-assessment test is to provide bench officers and lawyers with an overview ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Bankruptcy
Can you discharge a debt obtained by fraud?
By Richard A. Marshack, Judith E. Marshack
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider this question in a case it agreed to hear earlier this month.
Insurance, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal
Several big insurance decisions in 2017 for policyholders
By Rex Heeseman
Recent months have yielded decisions which will impact some aspects of insurance litigation.
It will take more than merely a harsh criminal sentence or a few depositions to break this spell.
Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
Foreign tax reform changes under new tax law
By Paul Sczudlo, Megan Lisa Jones
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is anything but simplifying with respect to its international tax code provisions. Co
Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Alternative Dispute Resolution
The dawning of California mediator certification
By A. Marco Turk
A system of voluntary mediator certification would benefit both the public and the profession.
Tax, Government, Banking, Administrative/Regulatory
IRS and cryptocurrencies: Coinbase is just the beginning
By Bill Cheng, Rahul P. Ranadive
Last year a California federal court ordered Coinbase to provide the IRS with certain records related to all Coinbase users wh...
Tax, Law Practice, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Tax law raises questions for sexual harassment settlements
By Robert W. Wood
Surely Congress would not want a sexual harassment victim to pay tax on 100 percent of her recovery when 40 percent goes to h...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Selecting a mediator the Molière way
By Jeffrey P. Blum
If you are considering mediation as an alternative to litigation, I recommend reading Molière's farcical play, "The Miser."
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sex work ruling isn’t the end of the line
By Amanda Goad
The Constitution protects an adult’s personal decision to engage in intimate, sexual activity with another adult, whether the ...
Labor/Employment, Insurance, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ruling shows breadth of an insurer’s duty to defend third-party claims
By Michael S. Gehrt, Shaun H. Crosner
The 9th Circuit decision underscores the breadth of an insurer’s duty to defend third-party claims in California — and the oft...