U.S. Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory
California women deserve accurate health care information
By Amy Everitt
The Reproductive FACT Act, which requires that all unlicensed facilities providing prenatal care provide certain information t...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
What is the harm in giving voters more choice?
By Michael B. Salerno
Given the text and structure of the constitution, limiting the 'advisory measure' power is decision for the voters, not the co...
If there were an Oscar awarded to the most overlooked provision in the California Code of Civil Procedure, it might go to Sect...
International Law
China's new counter-terrorism law will affect US businesses
By Pooja S. Nair
Chinese lawmakers recently enacted the Counter-Terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China, which took effect Jan. 1.
While Scalia's legacy ought to take precedence during this time of mourning, widespread panic over the future of health care r...
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court ruling could curb 'stock drop' lawsuits
By Christopher Rillo
The Supreme Court issued a rare ruling in Amgen Inc. v. Harris, reversing without full briefing or oral argument a 9th ...
Apple's ongoing showdown with the Justice Department over an iPhone is raising much-needed public awareness of the role of enc...
Chances are that virtually everyone reading this column has a smartphone. So how should trial lawyers adapt to this new realit...
Once again, events "out there" have intruded into our parochial little world of land use and such, but on a grander scale. As ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation
Political football and the vacancy on the high court
By A. Marco Turk
It appears that Obama's game plan may be relegated to nominating a candidate that Senate Republicans could not block without r...
What strange and interesting conversation must fill the reception salons of Purgatorio amongst its two noteworthy arrivistes, ...
Beyond the current Apple/FBI controversy, there also is another way that the government could threaten encryption in many case...
Transportation
Automobiles as the Internet of Things
By Robert E. Braun, Michael A. Gold
We don't think of it when we turn the key, but most of us start our days by operating a 4,000-pound computer, our cars. And li...
Civil Litigation
Catch up with discovery practice under amended FRCP
By Armen N. Nercessian
In December, proposed amendments to the FRCP took effect, introducing measures aimed at making discovery practice more efficie...
Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice
'I object!' Possibly not. New rules for objections
By Craig A. Roeb, Chelsea Lee Zwart
As objections are often required to preserve future rights, being well-versed in the current laws governing them is an imperat...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
Why the energy plan is a big deal
By Richard M. Frank
Earlier this month, the Obama administration suffered the most profound environmental of setback of the president's two terms ...
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
33-month decision gives few answers
By Douglas E. Mirell
33-months is how long it took the 9th Circuit to decide that Army Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver does not have a viable publicity rig...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Lawyers as defendants in 2015, Part 2
By Kenneth C. Feldman, Alex A. Graft
In 2015, California Courts of Appeal clarified several issues affecting attorneys as defendants. ...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Books
Uncovering the racial disparities in American health care
By Dayna Bowen Matthew
In her new book, law professor Dayna Bowen Matthew explores the roots of the disparities that remain in the American health ca...
Clarification is expected by the end of 2016 with respect to several trade secrets, computer fraud and restrictive covenant qu...
One hundred and fifty years ago today, President Andrew Johnson surprised many in Congress by vetoing a bill to extend the Fre...
Generations of law students have studied Korematsu v. U.S. Lorraine Bannai's excellent new book tells the compelling st...
Every judge seeking to improve should read "Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary" by 7th Circuit Judge Richard A. Po...
Justice Antonin Scalia's written legacy will continue to inform any discussion of our law and our constitution and will show f...
Statutory and common law protections for employees in recent decades have largely eviscerated the presumption that employment ...
Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate
Disclosures when stockholder approval not required
By Marc Boiron, Kelly Galligan
A recent opinion sheds light on the disclosure obligations related to transactions that do not require stockholder approval bu...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Government, Civil Rights, Administrative/Regulatory
Tending to veterans' fertility needs
By Judith Daar
The Pentagon recently announced a series of measures aimed at attracting and retaining personnel who have a dual desire to ser...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices to look at when debtors can avoid debt
By Neal S. Salisian, Stephanie Chau
In March, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether debtors are allowed to transfer assets for less than equiva...
On Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court acted to prevent the implementation of an EPA rule requiring that states make cuts in greenh...
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon determine whether Congress intended to maximize the procurement contracts awarded to veteran-...