No matter how prepared one is, sometimes new information still comes out for the first time during the mediation.

Among the new proposed Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.10 represents, at least in part, a significant shift for Californ...

Today's war to save health care must make some difficult decisions. Seemingly drastic at first blush, getting rid of he Health...

Although the Affordable Care Act is still in place for now, the future of health care in the U.S. is uncertain. That uncertain...

Nineteen years ago California voters set in motion the dismantling of our state's judicial system and the resulting transfer o...

As a recent opinion shows, the private attorney general fee award is an asymmetric fee system.

Despite what some reports are saying, Whittier Law School is not closing because its students failed to satisfy the ABA's bar ...

The confusion stems from the FAA's position that the notion it does not control airspace below 400 feet is a "myth." ...

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act became law in 1967, but make no mistake: age discrimination is alive and well today. ...

The tribal sovereignty ruling, like the 19th century duo, the case explores ground already covered but has a dramatic impact.

It was fitting the that the California Supreme Court's first order responding to the proposed revisions to the Rules of Profes...

After working hard to bring in a new client or matter, the prospect of losing the client or matter because of conflicts is dif...

Director and officer liability insurance is not the sexiest part of starting a startup, but venture capital investors may not ...

A corporate bankruptcy may slow down a creditor's action against the non-debtor guarantor, but it usually won't stop it.

Insurance policy provisions that give insurers who are defending claims against insureds unfettered discretion to settle is pr...

If all that matters to you is business, you might think cutting the Environmental Protection Agency's budget is good news. But...

The Copyright Act of 1976, which offers authors a second chance at ownership by providing a right to terminate a transfer, has...

Voters in Los Angeles spoke loudly and clearly last November in support of a $1.2 billion bond to address homelessness. Unfort...

When state Legislatures can ignore initiative statutes by "redefining" the meaning of words, we no longer live under a governm...

The Brewers Association made headlines this April when it revised its Marketing and Advertising Code to address growing concer...

Two recent orders are intended to combat unfair trade practices and protect intellectual property rights.

Since today's hot news is tomorrow's fireplace kindling, public record's request delays can be tantamount to denial. ...

Is there a way that a rational civil jury can find on a special verdict form that a plaintiff has proven all the elements of a...

SB 10 and AB 42 will upend the entire statewide pretrial detention system and bypass the valuable input of the upcoming judici...

LA County Judge Mark Kim says attorneys can count on his predictable decision-making.

Apple recently denied Peggy Bush access to her deceased husband, David's, Apple ID password so she could reload an already pur...

Tesla Inc. -- the famed electric car company named after Serbian physicist Nikola Tesla -- has done what many considered to be...

In style, Trump's administration is a remarkable departure from modern presidential history.

This decision represents an apparent departure from prior jurisprudence on this issue, and a return to a holistic consideratio...

Proposition 57 as currently written will do little (if anything) to reduce overcrowding caused by parole eligible life-term in...