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The 9th Circuit recently considered whether a prominent politician's personal emails (no, not that politician) are di...

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Supreme Court justices follow less stringent rules than members of Congress, cabinet heads and their staffs on issues ranging ...

It took many by surprise when the California Supreme Court adopted a proposal to abandon the practice of automatic depublicati...

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If you make money, it is always taxable no matter what, but the rules are different if you lose money. If it is a real busines...

A recent, unpublished 9th Circuit opinion demonstrates the minimalist geographic market allegations antitrust plaintiffs can m...

Last month, the three Federal Trade Commission commissioners vacated their chief administrative law judge's bold decision to d...

What is a religion? Which beliefs will we grace with special exemptions from the law? Few have tackled the question of what th...

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The proliferation of CEQA litigation as a tool to impede development for commercial, anti-competitive, or unsubstantiated "NIM...

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If Donald Trump gets his way, the time-honored phrase "Stop the presses!" may take on a whole new meaning. By Karl Olson ...

When a motion to disqualify is filed, the targeted law firm takes on a second client — itself.

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The California Court of Appeal holds that police dashboard videos aren't confidential police personnel records, and thus must ...

Although a case pending in the Northern District of California may bring clarity, it's still unclear whether the pleading stan...

A new ruling holds that experts can still rely on hearsay to form an opinion, but cannot relay as true case-specific facts ass...

When a single, otherwise-valid, SLAPP cause of action includes allegations of protected activities, these activities may be ex...

Thanks to a lawsuit pending in the Southern District of California against Monsanto Corporation, chemical manufacturers could ...

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This week will mark an Olympic first on many levels, and now another first can be added: the first Olympics to be embroiled in...

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While the growth of more choice and flexibility in family law is a cause for celebration, the developing legal regime fails to...

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The Judicial Council should adopt a new Rule of Court to allow the Supreme Court to send a case back to the Court of Appeal if...

A federal judge threw out 200 hours of audio evidence Monday that was collected by FBI investigators near the San Mateo County...

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the earlier district attorney settlements with FedEx represent a new...