California needs a comprehensive approach to lowering incarceration rates — a plan that will not only lower incarceration leve...

In discussing this issue with my colleagues on the bench, I have not heard that there is a shortage of lawyers in our state. N...

If Special Counsel Robert Mueller has opened a grand jury investigation, the witch has fallen from her broom and the dogs are ...

As promised during the campaign, President Donald Trump has backed legislation designed to reduce legal immigration. The RAISE...

What happens when a subcontractor’s employees are injured on a construction project, sue the general contractor, and the gener...

I was at a dinner party at a friend’s palatial mansion. There on the wall of the living room was Van Gogh’s “Vase with Fifteen...

It’s up to you, the trial attorney, to make sure that your appellate lawyer gets a record that allows him to preserve your vic...

What FDR didn’t know is that he had appointed a former Klansman who owed his political career to the power of the invisible em...

As complex as our system is, many tax mistakes can be forgiven. Sure, you might still end up with civil penalties, depending o...

"Mindfulness" may be a buzzword these days, but it may also light the path to improving professional competence.

Under the guise of so-called “tort reform,” congressional shills for corporate America’s abuses have introduced a series of bi...

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...