Raimundo Montes De Oca faced crises as a firefighter, public defender and Santa Barbara judge.

Insurers owing a duty to defend must pay all applicable defense fees and costs — even ones that do "double duty" as prosecutio...

Two recent Court of Appeal decisions have made condemnation more difficult and expensive for the condemning authority. By Joan...

Under the most recent 9th Circuit ruling in the Uber case, it remains an open question whether the NLRA allows employers to in...

As part of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's recent travel delegation to Israel, we apparently walked into what we in the U....

Implementing President-elect Donald Trump's campaign promise to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would unneces...

While commentators often compare California to Periclean Athens or Rennsaissance Italy -- the Marvel of the World -- judges, l...

Cases like Dred Scott and The Antelope should not be cited for its dictum — at least not without acknowledgi...

Sessions has been attacked ever since Trump nominated him to be attorney general. But what is his true flaw? He is a Republica...

As Trump will be able to immediately select two new National Labor Relations Board members, given the conservative cast of his...

It has been my practice at the end of each year to call on my aged friend Miss Ann Thrope. It has been some time since I last ...

Social media activity provides rich resource for informal discovery, as long as each website's rules are abided. By Michelle S...

As the number and severity of data breaches have increased in recent years, there has been a corresponding rise in data breach...

Despite the results of the November election, marijuana remains illegal at the federal, and regulating its use in the workforc...

The same properties that lawmakers believe make powdered alcohol a health and safety concern will make AB 1554 difficult to en...

Uber's difficulty with the DMV when it attempted to roll out self-driving cars in California highlights the need for the feder...

A recent study concluded that women appear in civil trials less often than men, and when they do appear, are far less...

All attorneys should be aware that federal law requires government entities and businesses to provide reasonable accommodation...

Recently, the California Court of Appeal reversed a premature dismissal of a lawsuit challenging California's microstamping re...

On Tuesday, in a widely anticipated ruling, the 9thCircuit added its voice to the federal circuit split over class certificati...

Superior Court Judge Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) ...

When a strategic investor invests in a startup, it often results in an immediate and fundamental conflict of interest. By John...

The Delaware Supreme Court recently held that a director's co-ownership of a private airplane with the company's CEO and contr...

The IRS is pushing to obtain identifying information on countless "John Does" who have used digital currencies like bitcoin on...

A recent appellate court ruling has ended a nearly two-year legal fight blocking a safe and affordable energy supply for San D...

"Even if you are skeptical about the science of climate change, there is no escaping a swelling tide of climate-related regula...

It is important that attorneys carefully review their fee agreements and engagement/retainer letters to ensure that they compl...

Although there were no earth-shattering appellate opinions in cases against attorneys in 2016, attorney-defendants did achieve...

A California Court of Appeal was recently called upon to determine the timeliness of an anti-SLAPP motion challenging not an i...

What has begun as a crude act of driving a vehicle into a crowd could morph into a cyberattack on vehicles on a mass scale. To...