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Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate

Fund fundamentals

Aug. 29, 2017
By Sara L. Terheggen

A few considerations for those who are considering starting their own funds.


Law Practice

Solo success means getting comfortable with technology

Aug. 29, 2017
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.

Aug. 28, 2017
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

Aug. 28, 2017
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

MCLE
Aug. 28, 2017
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

With the ubiquity of camera-enabled phones — more precisely, the ease at which they allow users to snap, share and store digit...


Law Practice, Government

Presenting at local government meetings 101

Aug. 28, 2017
By Derek P. Cole

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

MCLE
Aug. 25, 2017
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

Aug. 25, 2017
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

Aug. 25, 2017
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

Aug. 25, 2017
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...


Tax, Government

Trump tax cut cheat sheet

Aug. 25, 2017
By Robert W. Wood

Is tax reform really coming? With all the drama over this question since January, it is hard to say.


Government

Why must we have political parties?

Aug. 25, 2017
By Mark B. Simowitz

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

Aug. 24, 2017
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

Aug. 24, 2017
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

Aug. 23, 2017
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

Aug. 23, 2017
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


Criminal, California Supreme Court

Don’t forget to prove your case

Aug. 23, 2017
By Will Jay Pirkey

This might seem obvious. However, a recent California Supreme Court ruling shows how a simple failure of proof can play out.


Immigration, Government

Debate continues over state ICE bill

Aug. 22, 2017
By Kathleen Spero

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

Aug. 22, 2017
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

A federal judge issued a temporary stay of the criminal prosecution of two medical marijuana growers.


Immigration, Government

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

Aug. 22, 2017
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

Aug. 21, 2017
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’

MCLE
Aug. 21, 2017
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

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

Aug. 21, 2017
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

Aug. 18, 2017
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

Aug. 18, 2017
By Randolph Hunter Pyle

The case involves whether a plaintiff has alleged a sufficiently concrete injury for purposes of Article II standing.