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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.

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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...

Well-stated facts in appeals sway appellate judges more effectively than skillfully argued arguments.

The April authorization for the genetic health test represents a dramatic change in FDA's longstanding policy on consumer-orie...

I read recently that conservative justices interrupt liberal justices at higher rates than vice verse — and, in another shocke...

Santa Ana Judge Gerald Johnston enjoys the intellectual and interpersonal challenges of probate.

Why did I lose when I did the work? This is the question most attorneys ask when they participate in fee arbitration with a fo...

California employers need to be aware that recent and future minimum wage increases affect designations of exempt employees.

Two bills that were recently introduced in the California Legislature's February session that impact asbestos litigation: Sena...

I recently found myself in the landlocked Himalayan nation of Bhutan. Sandwiched between China and India, Bhutan is small -- j...

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Armed with a recent appellate decision, trial courts should readily sustain demurrers where such causes of action are nothing ...

A recent Supreme Court ruling is an important decision and could expose tribes to new liability in state and federal courts.

It was April 29, 1992, and Los Angeles was on fire. The spark? A not-guilty verdict for the four Los Angeles Police Department...