International
Olympics: building a peaceful and better world, usually
By Jonathan A. Michaels
This week will mark an Olympic first on many levels, and now another first can be added: the first Olympics to be embroiled in...
Technology platforms and products used in today's businesses often carry the potential risk of inherent system weaknesses or e...
Family
Increased family law flexibility doesn't protect vulnerable parties
By Erez Aloni
While the growth of more choice and flexibility in family law is a cause for celebration, the developing legal regime fails to...
While online video is booming and seemingly impervious to intellectual property restrictions, producers must nevertheless stra...
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...
Law firms must understand privacy law compliance to maintain a basic level of professional competence both relating to their c...
The growing number and magnitude of SEC whistleblower awards will undoubtedly motivate an expanding number of potential whistl...
A good way to prepare and practice for an appellate oral argument is to hold a moot court. ...
I keep my pet cat (rock) with me at work; I'd prefer the real thing but dare not, for fear my feline would purr into the micro...
Lawyers are diligent about ferreting out court decisions that bear on their matters but remarkably lax about finding potential...
Though digital currency, such as bitcoin, has been rising in popularity, there is very little guidance from the IRS regarding ...
FBI Director James B. Comey said Hillary was just careless with her emails. Well, extremely careless. Since then, the bounds o...
Under a new state law, business owners may hire a certified access specialist to ensure compliance with disability access stan...
The attorney general's attempt to define a standard of care by specifically endorsing a set of security measures in the 2016 C...
By bringing the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace out in the open, we have educated our workforce on how to detect a...
International Law, Government
China balks at the legal force of tribunal
By William Slomanson
The South China Sea features a regional dispute with global implications. Conflicting sovereignty claims are clogging oil and ...
Litigation
Once a witness is on the stand, things can only go wrong
By Brendan P. Glackin
The first, last and most important rule of direct examination (other than telling the truth) is this: prepare, prepare, prepar...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate
Delaware court dishes on conditions to closing a transaction
By Marc Boiron
A Delaware court recently considered whether a corporation was required to close a transaction even though its outside tax cou...
Personal Injury & Torts
Is there a duty to warn Olympic travelers about Zika?
By Laurie E. Sherwood
The Summer Olympics are less than two weeks away, and among the many concerns facing these Olympics is the Zika virus. By Laur...
Family, California Supreme Court
New law jettisons controversial divorce ruling
By Maya Shulman
SB 1255, which becomes effective in January, replaces a state high court ruling that a couple living under the same roof could...
California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice
The geography of the high court docket
By Kirk C. Jenkins
How closely do the three principal areas of the California Supreme Court's docket -- civil, criminal and death penalty -- corr...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Protect yourself from over-disclosing
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
Considering the sheer quantity of documents often involved in modern litigation, even the most careful attorney can inadverten...
Corporate
For LLCs, breaking up is now easier to do
Under existing law, it takes at least a majority vote of the members of an LLC to dissolve the entity and wind up its activiti...
The new regulations lower the barrier to entry and expand the number of businesses using drones from 5,526 companies with exem...
The governor has not declared the drought over, extending harsh water shortage conditions seen in many parts of the state into...
Labor/Employment
Ruling delves into outside counsel and attorney-client privilege
By Sarah Banola
A recent opinion assures employers who retain outside counsel to conduct workplace investigations that the attorney-client pri...
In December 2015, several amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect. Among the changes, the proportionali...
They will ultimately displace the entire legal profession as we know it, while creating demand for a new set of skills that wi...
