Why is the ACLU even involved in the defamation case against John Oliver, brought after his talk show “Last Week Tonight” did ...

No, that’s not a typo; it’s a word that means “the act or habit of estimating something as worthless.” Reminds me of mediation.

The extension of the cap-and-trade program is a major milestone for the state’s greenhouse gas reduction program. However, it ...

What does the Legislature want to do now to increase anarchy in our state? Let everyone out of jail by eliminating the bail sy...

It helps to have a payroll company to ensure that your payroll taxes get pain — that is, until the payroll company itself star...

In June, the Brewers Association — a nonprofit trade association representing the craft beer industry — launched a new “Indepe...

In her July 24 column, Michele Hanisee, heralded the California Supreme Court’s decision concerning the interplay of Propositi...

Refusing to allow transgender people to serve — and indeed, kicking to the ground those who already do — violates the equal pr...

While U.S. VC activity appears to be in the middle of a self-correction period, the German venture market almost doubled in th...

In the fast-paced, high stakes startup environment in California, a company’s legal needs may seem a nuisance and not get the ...

A recent decision highlights the need to pay attention to the Rules of Professional Responsibility when handling privileged ma...

Many businesses, especially those in the tech sector, spend a great deal of time and money obtaining patents to protect their ...

The state agencies responsible for issuing licenses spent the past several months convening public hearings and accepting writ...

Oftentimes, solo attorneys are faced with a difficult task of practicing law, managing a business, while continually promoting...

Across the United States, millions of people have been incarcerated while awaiting a court date simply because they cannot com...

Defense attorney Michael Ogul recently wrote an opinion piece titled “A clearer prosecutor rule would benefit all.” Here’s my ...

So-called “reliance disclaimers” and “fraud carve-outs” in private company purchase agreements — designed, respectively, to pr...

On July 27, House Republicans unveiled a bill, the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441), that would amend two labor and employm...

Newspapers, television and social media have been forums for recent commentary on whether President Donald J. Trump could use ...

Lithium — the natural resource mined from the Earth’s crust — is perhaps the best-known commodity that people know the least a...

Five plaintiffs that use medical cannabis to treat their ailments, recently filed suit to remove marijuana from its Schedule I...

The president of the United States may block you if you do — but is he allowed to do that?

A number of “natural” food labeling class actions have been lingering in California federal courts for some time, many waiting...

I thought, why not try the new e-filing system? Cutting down on paper copies, and not having to pay a filing service to cart a...

Prosecutors, individuals accused of crimes, and all Californians would be better served by making it clear that a prosecutor’s...

Recently, three California local governments filed lawsuits against 37 major energy companies, seeking damages for the compani...

Does it violate the First Amendment for the state of California to force merchants who charge more to customers paying with cr...

It is believed that this decision is the first which extends the concept of computer “use” or “violation” to the practice of “...

In one recent criminal tax case, a man and woman filing their taxes jointly got three years in prison — each. We’ll come back ...

Former District Judge Vaughn R. Walker reviews Joel Cohen’s new book, “Broken Scales: Reflections on Injustice.”