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Labor/Employment, Health Care & Hospital Law

The solution to this dilemma does not lie with requiring physicians to act as indentured servants to insurance carriers under ...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

Big Sisters are listening

Feb. 5, 2018
By Arthur Gilbert

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

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


Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

Class action majority rejected

Feb. 2, 2018
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?

Feb. 2, 2018
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

Feb. 2, 2018
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

Feb. 2, 2018
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 ...


Civil Rights

Marriage case will require balancing of rights

Feb. 1, 2018
By Thomas F. Coleman

A Riverside case involves the right of people with developmental disabilities to marry as well as the right not to be pressure...


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

Feb. 1, 2018
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

Jan. 31, 2018
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

Jan. 31, 2018
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

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

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

Jan. 30, 2018
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

Jan. 30, 2018
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

Jan. 30, 2018
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

Lending convertible indebtedness is no longer an equity investment by another name. Convertible indebtedness is now, more and ...


Government, Criminal

LA public defenders need a qualified leader

Jan. 29, 2018
By Michael P. Judge

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

MCLE
Jan. 29, 2018
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?

Jan. 29, 2018
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

Recent months have yielded decisions which will impact some aspects of insurance litigation.


Criminal

After Nassar, what is to be done?

Jan. 26, 2018
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.

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

Jan. 26, 2018
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

Jan. 26, 2018
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

Jan. 26, 2018
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

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

Jan. 26, 2018
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

Jan. 25, 2018
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

Jan. 25, 2018
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...