In a pending case, the state high court is mulling over whether an unnamed class member must first intervene, rather than simp...

The First Amendment protects the right to not speak, as much as it protects the right to speak, argues beverage manufacturers ...

In her new book "Blaming Mothers," law professor Linda Fentiman explores how pregnant women are stripped of their right to mak...

I am no constitutional lawyer, but even I know that originalism depends on a large conceit. The conceit is that we can rightly...

Superior Court Commissioner Los Angeles County (San Fernando) ...

Don't burden the appellate judge with every date or fact — stick to what matters in the appeal.

The Commission on Judicial Performance is only a complaint form away if a judge is treating you or your client unfairly. By Jo...

Defense arguments that ask a judge to disallow the majority of a winning plaintiff's claimed fees often fly in the face of rea...

California is bound to play an integral role in spurring continued state-by-state legalization and in chipping away at federal...

Relegating the proactive functions of the organized bar to a voluntary bar association might endanger the State Bar's most imp...

Beyond the obvious answer -- CARB can keep auctioning emissions -- the 3rd District's recent decision has several important im...

In the wake of its fake account scandal, Wells Fargo installed a new chief executive, reformed its sales incentives, and clawe...

A recent 9th Circuit decision narrowed the term "beneficiaries" under ERISA to exclude health care providers. By Robert J. McK...

Like most states, California has enacted data security and data breach notification laws to protect personal information of re...

Probation officers may search cellphone and computer activity if it's pursuant to a probationary term reasonably related to po...

We've all run across an appeal that seems frivolous. But while some appeals may be losers, not all loser appeals are frivolous...

Last month, the California secretary of state posted a list of approximately 5,000 suspended or forfeited nonprofit corporatio...

The bill would make the Register of Copyrights, an appointed position, to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the S...

The California Air Resources Board approved greenhouse gas emission standards for crude oil and natural gas facilities.

Presiding Juvenile Judge Annemarie Pace collaborates with kids, families for best outcomes.

Entering the United States has become a brave new world of border inspections and electronic device examination.

Now that the Trump University litigation has settled, some ask why California does not prohibit the use of "college" or "unive...

James Real brought a civil rights action against the city of Long Beach, claiming the city's zoning ordinances impinge his Fir...

The company's "diversity holdback" mandate, which threatens to withhold up to 10 percent of an outside law firm's invoiced fee...

The 7th Circuit said Title VII prohibits an employer from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation -- the first feder...

San Francisco landlords may breathe a sigh of relief -- tenant-relocation payments won't be dramatically increased when they e...

As one insurer recently found out, risk-shifting provisions in their policies — specifically, one which seeks to shift the cos...

With the continuing popularity of donor-advised funds and with the issuance of regulations regarding the operation of such fun...

Whatever the future holds for Supreme Court nominees, both sides will have to live with the consequences of the end of the fil...

Judge Elaine Lu balances efficiency and thoroughness in an LA court with 15K pending cases.