The court's just-finished term was another banner year for friend-of-the-court briefs, with interested parties filing 849 brie...

Even thinking about tax filing may make you nervous. Are you claiming something that the IRS may view as over the top? How muc...

Several are developing new methods to enforce sales and use taxes for online purchases and setting the battlefield by seeking ...

Linking the state cap-and-trade program to Ontario and other jurisdictions would benefit California with increased market liqu...

This November, California voters will be presented an opportunity to make fundamental changes to its criminal justice system. ...

fWhile the California Public Records Act's policy of open government usually requires agencies to overlook deficient requests,...

California businesses and employees run the very real risk of missing out on many of these benefits, or falling behind other p...

By the time a case reaches an appellate court the trial court will have rendered dozens, perhaps hundreds, of rulings. The cha...

The answer is not as simple as you might think. By Ben Feuer ...

Superior Court Judge, San Diego County (San Diego) ...

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...