A few considerations for those who are considering starting their own funds.
Law Practice
Solo success means getting comfortable with technology
By Hamid Yazdan Panah
As the internet and technology become more and more entrenched in how we do business and how we interact with each other, atto...
Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
Authority, reference, necessity, clarity, et al.
By William Gausewitz
In 1979, the concern about government regulation reached a zenith, resulting in AB 1111, which dramatically reformed the Calif...
Native Americans, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court
Equal protection for Native American children
By Timothy Sandefur
The key to the Indian Child Welfare Act’s racism is that it applies to children who are “eligible” for tribal membership. But ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice, Criminal, Constitutional Law
Learn the basics of Marsden motions
By Gregory L. Prickett
The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to review how a court handles a criminal defendant's motion ...
Civil Litigation, Law Practice
Lots, and lots, and lots of pictures... and faceprints
By Kamran Salour
With the ubiquity of camera-enabled phones — more precisely, the ease at which they allow users to snap, share and store digit...
As a practicing city attorney, I sit through many hours of public meetings. I’ve probably seen just about everything from the ...
California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
When the 9th Circuit turns to the California Supreme Court
By Felix Shafir, Peder K. Batalden
Recent cases suggests that the 9th Circuit might be applying a less stringent standard for when it feels obliged to certify a ...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
Fall cleaning: reviewing partnership agreements
By Daniel O'Rielly, Dena Roche
It’s never a bad time to prepare, of course, but it turns out that fall is an ideal time for law firms to do this.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hearing aids: How listening settles cases
By Robert S. Mann
Something that a wise lawyer once told me: “The best quality in a lawyer is the ability to listen.”
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Identifying law firm cybersecurity solutions
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
The first and second articles in this three-part series addressed the scope of the rising cybersecurity problem and some of th...
Is tax reform really coming? With all the drama over this question since January, it is hard to say.
There was a time in this nation’s history when there were no political parties.
Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations
Democracy 101 and the State Bar of California
By Robert C. Fellmeth
The State Bar of California is controlled by what the U.S. Supreme Court calls “active market participants” in the profession ...
Civil Litigation, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory
The glyphosate merry-go-round
By Daniel J. Herling
Whether this Roundup ingredient should be listed as a carcinogen is just the beginning. Next comes ‘natural’ labeling suits.
Law Practice, Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Interpreter wage dispute escalating
By Camille T. Taiara
Court interpreters in 12 Bay Area counties are at a breaking point. After a year of negotiations and months of intensifying wo...
Labor/Employment, Government, Administrative/Regulatory
Overtime wage bill appears largely symbolic
By Felicia R. Reid
California has taken up the baton for now-jettisoned Obama administration initiatives in several areas, including climate chan...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
California’s expanding world of alternative dispute resolution
By Lawrence Waddington
This might seem obvious. However, a recent California Supreme Court ruling shows how a simple failure of proof can play out.
Despite the changes in our current political climate, the debate of the scope and nature of cooperation between California an...
Government, Criminal
CFAA is a horse and buggy in a jet plane world
By Jason S. Leiderman
The first U.S. computer crime statute was enacted in 1984 and was rewritten in 1986 to become the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...
Government, Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory
Northern District ruling is a gift for California cannabis operators
By Ariel Clark
A federal judge issued a temporary stay of the criminal prosecution of two medical marijuana growers.
Immigration, Government
Bill will boost fair treatment of immigrants in civil courts
By Saveena Takhar
Assembly Bill 1690 will eliminate existing loopholes in procedural rules and ensure fair and equal treatment in civil court fo...
Intellectual Property
Lessons in rejection of will.i.am trademark expansion
By Kenneth G. Parker, Diana C. Obradovich
Entertainer William Adams, aka will.i.am, of The Black Eyed Peas has marketed and sold goods using the phrase “I AM” in severa...
Law Practice, Government, California Supreme Court, State Bar & Bar Associations
The ‘last rites’ of the State Bar
By Karen M. Goodman, Loren Kieve
We disagree that Senate Bill 36, which will change the structure of the bar and how its trustees are selected, is something to...
Civil Litigation, Family, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice
Spousal support and ‘changed circumstances’
By Robert A. Roth
Earn MCLE learning about the changed circumstances test — the benchmark for modification motions in family law cases.
U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal, Appellate Practice, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Setting up an appeal: Preparing the Statement of Decision
By Myron Moskovitz
Whether you win or lose, you’ll want to think about what should be included in the Statement of Decision.
U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice
Raising up the work of (s)hero lawyers
By Rachel A. Van Cleave
There a several reasons for each of us in legal education and in the profession to broaden our own perspectives and evaluation...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court
Justices punted in Parrish decision
By Roy G. Weatherup, Kenneth C. Feldman
The decision is important because the state’s highest court has reaffirmed the strict definition of lack of probable cause app...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary, Corporate, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Questions left open in new Spokeo decision
By Randolph Hunter Pyle
The case involves whether a plaintiff has alleged a sufficiently concrete injury for purposes of Article II standing.