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U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Constitutional Law

Judicial review double standard

Jun. 9, 2017
By John C. Eastman

The 4th Circuit's order upholding Trump's travel ban injunction amounts to a coup d'etat.


Securities, Banking, Administrative/Regulatory

Fiduciary rule for retirement investors set to take effect

Jun. 9, 2017
By Doreen E. Lilienfeld, Matthew H. Behrens

Beginning June 9, brokerage houses and other retail market financial firms must adhere to "impartial conduct standards" when d...


U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment

The issue before the Supreme Court was a seemingly simple one: whether a church must have established a pension plan in order ...


Appellate Practice

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned back a state court's aggressive effort to decide out-of-state disputes despite the limits on...


Government

Addressing veterans' homelessness in LA

Jun. 9, 2017
By Laura Riley

Two days after Memorial Day we found out that Los Angeles County is now home to 4,828 homeless veterans. ...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports

Courts appear happy together on sound recordings

Jun. 8, 2017
By Delia Ramirez

High courts in California, New York and Florida are all considering the performance rights that exist for pre-1972 recordings....


Law Practice

How do I find clients?

Jun. 8, 2017
By Hamid Yazdan Panah

It requires patience, trust and hard work. Results might not be seen for months or even years, but if you trust the process, t...


There is a scarcity of interesting published authority concerning the Enforcement of Judgments Law. And a recent decision is r...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory

Senate Bill 775 would significantly revamp change the way carbon credits and offsets are addressed in California's groundbrea...


Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory

We'll always have Paris... until 2020

Jun. 8, 2017
By Daniel A. Farber

The fundamental flaw in Trump's argument about the benefits of leaving the Paris Agreement is his misunderstanding of how the ...


Criminal, Civil Rights

Back to the future with Jeff Sessions

Jun. 8, 2017
By Marc Mauer, Kara Gotsch

Sessions' effort to revive decades-old thinking about crime and punishment will inevitably contribute to a rise in the federal...


State Bar & Bar Associations

When bar exam scores go low, discipline rates go high

Jun. 8, 2017
By Robert Anderson IV, Derek T. Muller

Understandably, our recent study has been controversial. Much surrounds things the study does not purport to say, and we hope ...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory

After many years of being derided as the Wild West of medical cannabis California has finally begun crafting regulations that ...


Immigration, Government

The 3rd Circuit should err on the side of protecting asylum seekers in a case which will clarify the reaches of the expedited ...


Law Practice

When law firms look and sound alike

Jun. 7, 2017
By Scott M. Wornow

Brand has become secondary, if not generally irrelevant in most cases (with limited exceptions). There are few firms, if any, ...


Judicial Profile

Kimberly Menninger

Jun. 7, 2017
By Arin Mikailian

Orange County Judge Kimberly Menninger deftly handles tough sexually violent predator cases.


Real Estate/Development

The industrial real estate sector is on a white-hot growth streak, propelled by a surge in e-commerce, manufacturing and tight...


Construction

Earlier this year Trump signed Executive Order 13788 implementing his "Buy American, Hire American" campaign promise.


Government

Officials recently announced that President Donald Trump will not be continuing the policy of disclosing White House visitor l...


Law Practice

It's a Snap, Snap, Snap, Snap world

Jun. 6, 2017
By Jonathan A. Michaels

When Snapchat isn't drawing criticism from Wall Street analysts, it is drawing ire from concerned parents everywhere, who have...


Judges and Judiciary

Facts are

Jun. 5, 2017
By Arthur Gilbert

For what noun are the adjectives "true" and "false" misleading? Facts. That is why "true" is redundant to describe facts. When...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law

On impeachment

Jun. 5, 2017
By Daniel A. Farber

There is increasing talk about presidential impeachment in some quarters these days. Given that fact, it is worth taking a clo...


Labor/Employment, Government

Bill would prohibit asking about salary history

Jun. 5, 2017
By Megan C. Winter, Miranda R. Watkins

The California Assembly recently passed a bill that would prohibit employers from asking applicants about their salary history...


Appellate Practice

Statement of Facts: Part IV

Jun. 5, 2017
By Myron Moskovitz

Every part of your brief should be as clear as a bell. This includes the "Statement of Facts." If it ain't clear, it ain't the...


Judicial Profile

Michael Villalobos

Jun. 4, 2017
By Arin Mikailian

LA County Judge Michael Villalobos gives victims, families, lawyers a chance to feel heard.


This year, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and James Lankford reintroduced the Truth in Settlements Act. It would increase transparenc...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Justice lost in a thicket of doctrine

Jun. 3, 2017
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.

Simplify, simplify. Thoreau's admonition glistens across the veneer of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent iteration of excessive ...


Civil Litigation, Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory

More retailers being sued for false reference prices

Jun. 2, 2017
By Lisa M. Gilford, Devon Hein

Last month, Hobby Lobby Stores joined the list of retailers accused of using false reference prices to sell their products.


Labor/Employment

Welcome summer interns the right way

Jun. 2, 2017
By Collin D. Cook, Caroline Pham

Seven steps for ensuring a legally compliant summer internship program that eases business needs and imparts valuable experien...


Transportation, Administrative/Regulatory

The Drone Slayer and private property

Jun. 2, 2017
By Joshua M. Briones, Esteban Morales Fabila

Earlier this year, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a drone pilot against a Kentucky man who shot down a drone t...