The California Supreme Court is about to decide whether counties and cities can impose a transfer tax on the transfer of an in...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether State Farm can avoid a whistleblower lawsuit arising out o...

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LA County Judge Suzette Clover works to cultivate an environment of fairness in her courtroom.

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Regardless of how this latest dance around the warped initiative Maypole works out, it's time to lay out a vision for a sensib...

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The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to familiarize bench officers and lawyers with reduction of ...

Slack-fill, a fairly arcane aspect of food regulation, has moved more to the forefront with recent federal court cases. By Dan...

Some offshore account reporting is changing, although the civil - and potential criminal - penalties are still frighteningly h...

Academic institutions must ensure investigations are compliant with Title IX mandates, while also ensuring victims and accused...

While expert witness testimony is often a critical part in litigation — it's equally critical that the correct one is hired at...

In California, we have the longest civil jury trials in the country -- averaging 8.9 days, while the national average is 3.6 d...

Although few new technologies conjure more confusion and anxiety than the ubiquitous word "cloud," attorneys primarily need to...

The White House report on artificial intelligence puts indirect pressure on big data companies to be more transparent regardin...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument over "What is the appropriate test to determine when a feature of a ...

In the middle of several heavily contested political campaigns, it is easy to find barbs directed from one political candidate...

Learn about some of the red flags that can increase the risk of tax audit . By Betty J. Williams ...

The FCC proposes to establish a consumer consent framework for uses of broadband data that distinguishes between sensitive and...

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As Californians place greater emphasis on physical fitness and healthy pedestrian lifestyles, cities struggle with aging infra...

A federal appellate court recently held that a software company could be held liable for Wiretap Act violations when a jealous...

The minimum salary required to meet the Fair Labor Standards Act white collar exemptions from overtime pay will more than doub...

The Defend Trade Secrets Act provides a number of practical or procedural advantages for a trade secret plaintiff over a simil...

Recent months have seen a number of statutory and common law developments relating to appraisal rights that will have importan...

One excuse to willfulness, a required element of the felony of tax evasion, is a good faith misunderstanding of the law. Imagi...