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Earn MCLE while brushing up on a court's authority to impose sanctions. ...

When Congress enacted the Federal Arbitration Act in 1925 to offer an alternative to the cost and dilatory pace of civil litig...

You won your case at the trial level; you believe everything went pretty smoothly, so why be concerned when you receive the no...

Legislation that was introduced at the July 12 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting shows the city's willingness to acco...

The next administration of the California Bar Exam begins Tuesday. Last summer 8,736 individuals took the bar exam and only 4,...

Here in L.A. we may have acquired a skyline that resembles Northeastern cities, but our high-rises house a tacit understanding...

A few courts have gone so far as to suggest that with respect to jurors, online investigation is not only permissible, but exp...

While early constitutional challenges to the SEC's use of in-house judges appeared promising for respondents, more recent deci...

The California Supreme Court has the opportunity to safeguard the rights of millions of schoolchildren if it agrees to hear th...

Lawyers often need information and help from third-party witnesses over whom they have no power and who have no reason to coop...

The move into private practice as a defense attorney requires a change in attitude. Here are some things I wish I knew when I ...

The 2nd Circuit recently certified two issues to the California Supreme Court which could have a significant and long-lasting ...

Local police power-based mobile billboard bans are legal in California so long as the restrictions don't regulate viewpoint. B...

The release of this extension and amendment package is happening concurrently with a long-running legal challenge against the ...

A recent decision gives additional life to the doctrine after its scope was limited by the state Supreme Court in 2007.

The State Bar of California is considering new rules that prohibits sex with clients unless it is consensual and pre-dates the...

Every litigator is familiar with the experience of receiving a brief from the other side that is — to speak bluntly — garbage....

Seven months after the new rules took effect requiring plaintiffs to plead specific facts to support a direct infringement all...

The Supreme Court's changes to the IP landscape over the past several years have left patent and copyright holders with assets...

Out-of-state companies doing business in California would be well-advised to look closely at Senate Bill 1241. By Christine Sa...

The State Bar is in the midst of developing comprehensive amendments to the rules, which were last fully revised in 1987. By L...

A Court of Appeal decision is a reminder to ensure that all employee base salaries are reported on a "publicly available pay s...

Half way into 2016, it is clear that the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division is as committed...

Does government regulation of a distinctive ethnic and cultural food item — shark fin soup — amount to unconstitutional race-b...

In the first half of the year, regulators collected more than $9 million in HIPAA fines, a number that surpasses the previous ...

The Supreme Court did not address arguments related to the contracts clause and bankruptcy clauses of the Constitution in the ...

Supreme Court commentator Dahlia Lithwick said it best, "This is Anthony Kennedy's world and we are all just living in it."

Oral argument gives you an opportunity to discover what concerns the judges, so instead of covering all the arguments in your ...

For much of 2016, many in the biotech industry hoped that the court would revisit the issue — and presumably modify the standa...