There are encouraging signs that both state and federal appellate courts are addressing distorted interpretations of statutory...

The iPhone X's facial recognition feature sure is cool. But what will it mean when it comes to your privacy, Fifth Amendment a...

The Real Mayor of Los Angeles passed away this week. Like the elected mayor who actually keeps an office in City Hall, this un...

In just the last few days, one charmed Prince Harry has gotten engaged and another Prince Harry has left us.

For all of the effort that goes into providing legal services, far too many attorneys take an informal, anything-goes approach...

This alternative can benefit both parties, as well as the court, because a mediator can expedite an agreement in a technically...

As it is that Dickensian time of year, it seems appropriate to once again review the ghostly presence of the ripeness doctrine...

In a decision last year, the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that it would be "illogical" to uphold a law requiring new fi...

The high court heard arguments on Monday to consider the constitutionality of administrative proceedings that revoke issued pa...

Now that the 9th Circuit allows tax gross ups, will this spill over into other cases beyond Title VII?

Despite its holding, the Court of Appeal's decision (as well as the trial court's order) serves as a reminder that courts take...

Like a lobster in slowly warming water, only in retrospect does the magnitude of the loss appear.

New industries often lead to new legal issues, and the anonymous internet review industry represented by Glassdoor and Yelp wa...

The recent outpouring of impassioned stories suggests that we are entering a new era in which these transgressions are being t...

The rapid rise of initial coin offerings has caused directors and officers of corporations with stockholders who are not offic...

With release of the new regulations this month, cities and counties can now get a glimpse of what a regulated cannabis industr...

A federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of California provided a key link in the evolutionary chain of school desegre...

During the shooting last month, four off-duty deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Department bravely jumped into action ...

Several questions come to mind as a result of this case: How is it to be determined if a demand letter is a just "bluff," or t...

I have to join in the chorus of voices asking: How can this be? Who is to blame? What can we do?

Regardless of size, industry, product, service or entity type (corporation, nonprofit, partnership, foundation or education in...

If you are desperate to get out of the trial court and into the Court of Appeal, there is an obvious temptation to find a way ...

For audits of partnerships with partnership years beginning on or after January 2018, new audit rules will apply.

A California Supreme Court decision may not have made the headlines, but it creates a wrinkle that attorneys handling real est...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether the right to sexual privacy is violated by California's anti-pros...

The order has caused unintended consequences on the very businesses that it seeks to protect.

This case involves one of the worst nightmares" faced by a professional under a malpractice policy.

November is almost over. The April 15, 2018, due date for your personal income tax return is five months away. It is not too l...

State Sen. Connie M. Leyva has announced that she will introduce legislation to "ban secret settlements (confidentiality provi...

The Senate tax bill includes a provision that, if passed, would deny certain defendants the ability to deduct certain legal fe...