The IRS has finally released new details on its website. If you have seriously delinquent tax debt, IRS can notify the State D...
For now, uncertainty remains as we closely watch for unfolding developments over the next days, months and maybe even years. B...
The Supreme Court's interpretation of key provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act will have a signifi...
The president's executive order which threatens sanctuary jurisdictions with the loss of federal funds unconstitutionally depr...
Letters, Constitutional Law
Who says originalism isn't mainstream?
By Richard A. Nixon
On Feb. 6, an article titled "Should Democrats filibuster Gorsuch?" by UC Irvine dean and professor Erwin Chemerinsky, appeare...
Assembly Bill 626, which took effect on the first of this year, establishes a new mandatory claims resolution process for publ...
In 2011, Congress established a 10-year Patent Pilot Program "to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among dist...
January saw the ushering in of a new presidential administration, with a flurry of quick activity that many viewed as follow-t...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit deserves more respect
By Richard A. Hamar
Although reasoned presidential dissent has historical roots, there has never been a time when a president has personally disre...
Law Practice
Trump travel ban shines light on litigation funding
By Nora Freeman Engstrom
A new wave of litigation funding helps donors make points instead of profits. By Nora Freeman Engstrom and Nathan Werksman ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
The judicial qualities of Neil Gorsuch
By Daniel A. Farber
Given the odds that he will be confirmed, it is reassuring that Judge Neil Gorsuch occasionally deviates from stereotypical co...
LA County Judge Donna L. Quigley Groman views her juvenile courtroom as 'youth justice.'
Letters, Judges and Judiciary
Disabled, veterans still underrepresented on California bench
By Peter A. Lynch
I read with interest the recent article that article quotes Gov. Jerry Brown's press secretary Evan Westrup's claim of diversi...
GC Email
Despite legalization, employers can keep their no-pot policies
By John-Paul S. Deol
While marijuana is now legal for recreational use, California employers may regulate and even ban its use in the workplace. By...
The Department of Justice aims "to alert human resource professionals and others involved in hiring and compensation decisions...
You might have missed it, but resident Supreme Court jurisdiction expert Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just quietly overhauled t...
One of the most basic aspects of the rule of law is that no one, not even the president, is above the law. Yet, Trump has clai...
Autonomous vehicle regulations trying to keep pace
By Gretchen Anne Ramos
With the new Trump administration, Congress and recently confirmed secretary of transportation, Elaine Chao, there may be more...
An appellate veteran, LA County Commissioner Timothy Weiner values social aspects of job
Government Contracts
ADR process to help ensure contractors get paid
By André K. Campbell
Recently enacted Public Contract Code Section 9204, which on its face ensures that contractors get adequately and quickly paid...
Perspective
Bankruptcy's spendthrift trust exception: mandatory or permissive?
By James P. Menton Jr.
Failure to argue entitlement to a spendthrift exclusion could negatively affect a client's ability to shield their spendthrift...
One legal scholar has identified several different meanings and usages of the term from the time of the Constitution.
Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States does it say the words "crisis" or "disaster." And yet, disaster management ha...
The mere fact that a statute uses the term "mandatory" and sets forth clear deadlines does not implicate a court's fundamental...
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide where the proper venue is for patent infringement cases, potentially ending their conc...
If the Goleta Water District wants to enjoin Slippery Rock Ranch's 140-year practice of selling water to neighboring ranches, ...
President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration is legal and constitutional - and that's not just my opinion.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Arbitration agreement in warranty brochure may be no agreement at all
By Adriana Cara
Last month, the 9th Circuit added yet another decision to the growing number of cases that narrow the circumstances under whic...
California Supreme Court
Decision gives practical framework for obeying Brinker
By David Martinez
A recent California Court of Appeal decision provides employers guidance on how to comply with the state high court's 2012 dec...
California's extensive body of employment law, which makes it one of the most challenging states for employers to conduct busi...