A recent ruling rolled back the FCC’s broad definition of “automatic dialing system” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Courts are grappling with claims that comprise an innovative method performed within an ordinary computer that does not improv...

The number and variety of emotional support animals seem to expand yearly. Also expanding is the amount of litigation involvin...

There are important steps that can be taken to both mitigate the harm and prevent future problems when an employee with access...

While parties generally understand the intent behind indemnity provisions, few understand how they are actually applied.

The U.S. Supreme Court will first review an act of President Donald Trump’s leadership on April 25 in Trump v. Hawaii.

Lawsuits should not be the first recourse to sound mental health policy and effective programs.

Corbin Barthold reviews Steve Pinker’s latest book, “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.”

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration exercised its mandatory recall authority under the Food Safety Modernization Act f...

The 9th Circuit outlined the role that employers and others play as fiduciaries under ERISA, in order “to ensure that employee...

The commission was so preoccupied with whether or not it could regulate short-term rentals, it didn't stop to think if it should.

An attorney who is called to serve as a witness in an action faces unique risks -- even one who has questioned hundreds of wit...

While the parties may decide to resolve one or more issues based on their feelings or notions of fairness or other personal co...

Fortunately, the Court of Appeal recently rejected the famed actress' right of publicity case, but its own reasoning hardly cl...

Notwithstanding some unfortunate language in prior cases, there really is not any such burden-shifting doctrine associated wit...

Dealers in California should think twice before assuming the Supreme Court's ruling in the final word.

In the long run, only Congress and the president can resolve the underlying issue: the extent to which the United States will ...

A corporation may pay a penalty and receive forgiveness for entering into contracts that otherwise would be voidable -- but it...

Like many things, the issue will come down to negotiation power, leverage, fear of negative publicity and loss of potential re...

On March 23, President Donald Trump signed a law that could undo the very protections for privacy and autonomy that American c...

Unless we bring our systems for making rules and regulations into the 21st century, we can’t expect to effectively respond to ...

One of the most difficult and unexpected provisions of the newly enacted Tax Cut and Jobs Act is the three-year holding period...

We should demand that the federal government quit providing grants to school districts for not reporting criminal activity of ...

On April 16, the Los Angeles courthouse previously known as Central Civil West is moving to a new, but distinctly old, venue.

If you are committed to filing your return on time, consider how likely your return is to be audited, and whether there is any...

When any of us fail to “take actions that place the good of society above self-interest,” the public perception of the integri...

A ballot measure in San Francisco would require the city to fund and run a program to provide tenants facing eviction with ful...

The Supreme Court decided a case on Monday that has played-out in a back-and-forth between the 9th Circuit and the high court...

Lawyers have done a lot of good things for baseball down the years. But, like everything else lawyers touch, there is some ill...

President Trump recently signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a section on tipped employees tha...