Of all your communications with clients and colleagues the most frequent is the one to which you may be paying the least atten...

A recent 7th Circuit's decision strengthens the argument for the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's most important c...

At first glance, it may seem like participating in an established, coordinated proceeding for a defective drug or device is a ...

Take a look at this non-exhaustive list, and then test yourself on how many of the motions you remember. Earn MCLE, too. ...

In pursuing the collaborations necessary for the advancement of personalized medicine, there are serious and complex legal par...

Last month, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto approved Mexico's new national anti-corruption system, declaring that he is "...

Five decades ago, Professor Herbert McClosky demonstrated that the general public's commitment to democratic values was weaker...

As businesses in the sharing economy have grown, many have developed rules that control the activities of individuals who part...

Many lawyers, both experienced and inexperienced, are eventually faced with opposing counsel asking a contention question at d...

Prevailing parties seeking post-trial fee awards in statutory or contractual fee-shifting cases in federal and state court in ...

In a victory for common-sense, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit against Starbucks for having ice in its iced coffee and i...

The expectation that the commission would propose a meaningful process to balance the competing public interests between confi...

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Assembly Bill 2535, which restricts the requirement that total hours worked be included on employee pay stubs, protects employ...

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Some have wondered whether the factors considered in the Public Safety Assessment bail program in San Francisco produce uninte...

The past five years have witnessed significant developments in the remedies available under ERISA, including a 9th Circuit dec...

Last week, the 9th Circuit shut down an attempt to close Hawaii's current open partisan primary system. By Jeff Marston ...

The ongoing fight by the Chamber of Commerce and powerful business interests to deny employees the right to bring collective c...

A recent Court of Appeal decision confirms that a timely policy limits settlement offer does not automatically insulate an ins...

Here, we discuss not what your can or should do about a bad client review -- rather, we focus on what ma...