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Government

County sheriffs and immigration detainers

Mar. 3, 2017
By Steve Mayer

A county board of supervisors can enact policies prohibiting most county employees from assisting in the enforcement of federa...


Law Practice

Knock knock! State Bar special master at your door

MCLE
Mar. 3, 2017
By Jonathan A. Goldstein

Since 1979, a select group of hand-picked individuals from the State Bar's Special Master's List have been responsible for car...


Perspective

It's that time of year again, when IRS Forms 1099 arrive. Perhaps no one likes IRS Forms 1099 except the Internal Revenue Serv...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

The distinction between belief and action

Mar. 2, 2017
By Thomas M. Hall

It is entirely legal to believe that various races should be segregated from each other. But someone who holds such a belief c...


Investments

Renewed focus on routes to going public

Mar. 2, 2017
By Jeff Steiner

The results of the 2016 election have renewed focus on the consideration of changes to the way in which U.S. companies go publ...


Intellectual Property

The question before the Supreme Court was whether the supply of a single component of a multicomponent product constitutes "a ...


Constitutional Law

Gorsuch filibuster would be a mistake

Mar. 2, 2017
By Anthony L. Francois

Trump's Supreme Court nominee has previously argued cogently that presidents and their bureaucrats (immigration officials, no ...


Letters, Government

Criticism of Trump comments misses big picture

Mar. 2, 2017
By Richard A. Nixon

On Feb. 24, an article by UCLA law professor Patrick D. Goodman titled "Trump and the American normal" appeared in the Daily J...


Corporate

Hacked companies hit back

Mar. 1, 2017
By Jeffrey L. Bleich

For the first time, some companies are taking advantage of lawful means to take the fight back to the hackers. By Jeff Bleich ...


Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate

Dual-class stock: Will innovation trump concern?

Mar. 1, 2017
By Sara L. Terheggen

The problem with innovation is that it favors long-term growth, which runs counter to the short-term quarterly expectations of...


Entertainment & Sports, Administrative/Regulatory

Donald Trump and legalized sports betting

Mar. 1, 2017
By Glen A. Rothstein

With a casino owner in the White House, support for legalized sports gambling may be at an all-time high. ...


Civil Rights

As currently written, two bills in the U.S. Senate would only apply to state projects intended to improve guardianship and abu...


California Supreme Court

New trials and untimely affidavits

Feb. 28, 2017
By Audra Ibarra

Can a court order a new trial based on an untimely affidavit? The California Supreme Court recently answered this question.


Transportation, Government, Administrative/Regulatory

A shift occurred when the federal government decided to rely on fuel taxes to fund transit instead of relying on General Fund ...


Immigration

EB-5: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!

Feb. 28, 2017
By C. Matthew Schulz

A proposal in the Senate would eliminate a well-established U.S. law that has created jobs for US workers, funded American bus...


Administrative/Regulatory

FTC takes aim at apps for suspect claims

Feb. 28, 2017
By Sheila A. Millar

Early evidence suggests app accuracy claims aren't always supported by the facts. Such clams are ripe for challenge. By Sheila...


Law Practice

Abe Lincoln: president, lawyer, person

Feb. 28, 2017
By James Attridge

Like the rest of us, Abe put his trousers on one leg at a time. He told dirty jokes, beat his own rugs, and milked his own cow.


California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice

Tips: critical new trial motion deadlines

Feb. 28, 2017
By Laurie J. Hepler, Alana H. Rotter

A recent California Supreme Court decision clarifies which new trial motion deadlines are do-or-die and which are not. ...


Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary

Interrogatories and demands to produce

MCLE
Feb. 27, 2017
By Patricia M. Lucas, Gary Nadler

Earn MCLE learning about interrogatories and demands to produce documents.


Judicial Profile

Gary Ferrari

Feb. 27, 2017
By Arin Mikailian

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


Judicial Profile

Fred Fujioka

Feb. 26, 2017
By Arin Mikailian

Los Angeles County Judge Fred Fujioka tries to guide juveniles in his court onto a better path.


Taxes are horribly complex, and even innocent activities can be misinterpreted. That's one of many reasons it pays to know how...


Administrative/Regulatory

In response to the legal challenges and industry concerns, the FDA has issued guidance that effectively permit manufacturers t...


Litigation

The right to an arbitration reporter

Feb. 25, 2017
By Joseph Goldstein

A new law provides any party to an arbitration the right to require the presence of a certified shorthand reporter to transcri...


Transactions

For better or for worse, Regulation Crowdfunding implemented Title III of the JOBS Act by creating a high-risk but lower-stake...


Perspective

The 'self-defense' exception to confidentiality

Feb. 25, 2017
By Andrew Dilworth

The notion that when a dispute arises between a lawyer and former client the duty of confidentiality will not prohibit the law...


Constitutional Law

The 'whole parcel' takings conundrum

Feb. 25, 2017
By Michael M. Berger

The confusion began with the U.S. Supreme Court's first modern takings decision involving New York's Grand Central Terminal.


Perspective

Trump and the American normal

Feb. 25, 2017
By Patrick D. Goodman

President Trump is not the first president to express fierce opposition to a judicial ruling. But he is the first president to...


Are all employees equal in the state of California?

Feb. 24, 2017
By Brian S. Kabateck, Christopher B. Noyes

Given the increasing mobility of the American workforce, questions about which state's laws apply to a traveling employee are ...


Perspective

Different approaches to CLRA damages

Feb. 24, 2017
By Austin B. Kenney

Is a car buyer's ability to recover attorney fees and costs under California's Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) limited by t...