A recent California Supreme Court decision might seem to be a simple opinion about the exclusion of undisclosed expert witness...

Tax preparers and tax advisers talk a lot about "disclosure." Tax people use the term as if it is something you sometimes have...

A labor of love of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been to give the wives of the U.S. Supreme Court justices their due credit in how t...

California is changing its approach to AVs with the release of new proposed regulations.

A recent decision out of Delaware provides clarity stockholders of a company contemplating a merger. ...

An opinion which raises concern among those weighing President Donald J. Trump's first U.S. Supreme Court nomination is one un...

Under what circumstances do the Constitution and case law allow warrantless searches of electronic devices owned by probatione...

No one wants to fight with the Internal Revenue Service or the California Franchise Tax Board. Both agencies audit, and both c...

With the softening of the standards required to revive abandoned patent applications, there may be implications concerning ine...

In its analysis under Alice, in a recent case the Federal Circuit distinguished the present case from Enfish and Bascom Global...

The interest in preserving the frank discussion of jurors should not protect the expression of bias we would not permit elsewh...

In this politically charged environment, it's good to review what exempt organizations can and cannot do. By Erin Bradrick ...

The approach the Supreme Court takes in an upcoming case may affect how ineffective counsel claims are litigated.

People have been compiling and distributing data for a long time. However, in recent years, as our ability to capture and tran...

When it comes to expedited learning, few opportunities are better than working as in-house legal counsel at a fast-growing com...

Last week, the famed Mustang that Steve McQueen drove in the 1968 movie "Bullitt" was found, after having gone missing some 49...

Banks Albach, who covered corporate law at the Daily Journal for the past two years, died last Wednesday of complications due ...

San Diego County Judge Kathleen Lewis, an ex-prosecutor, says she is less cynical on the bench.

The IRS recently raided Caterpillar's headquarters over its offshore tax practices. As the investigation plays out, it is wort...

Because there are never any appeals by people with disabilities in limited conservatorship proceedings, appellate judges have ...

Today I paused over a recent headline that read: "Lawyer's Pants Catch Fire During Florida Arson Trial." By Dan Lawton ...

The 9th Circuit has just extended Shania Twain's sage advice to the arcane world of subject matter jurisdiction. By Charles Ka...

A Court of Appeal recently held that a black supervisor's verbal assault — including several racial slurs — against a black su...

For all too long, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to recognize the pervasiveness and insidiousness of racism in criminal ju...

Los Angeles County Judge Kathryn Solorzano wins plaudits for her thorough treatment of cases.

Winning is not the only thing. You do have to compromise -- even compromise your ideals. You do need to walk away from fights....

The issue has history: In Britain, the loser of a lawsuit pays the attorney fees of the winner. The "American rule," by contra...

There are no clear rules on what security measures a lawyer must take to protect confidential emails or other electronically s...

When reentering the U.S., Customs and Border Protection officers can detain you for a number of different reasons. It doesn't ...

This week the 9th Circuit held, as a matter of first impression, that the so-called "reserved rights" doctrine applies to grou...