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...
Administrative/Regulatory
Climate change by administrative law?
By Joseph F.C. DiMento
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-...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Law Practice, Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Is your firm considering a merger?
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
Whether a merger is appropriate for a firm depends on many factors.
In an interesting twist reflecting a sign of the times, but Army and Marine Corps top brass testified earlier this month befor...
U.S. Supreme Court
High court to hear enhanced patent damages arguments
By Blaine H. Evanson
The court's decision could have a significant impact on the way patent claims are litigated. By Blaine Evanson and Taylor W. K...
U.S. Supreme Court, Judges and Judiciary
The coming fight to replace Scalia
By Eric B. Kingsley
News of Scalia's death had barely sunk in before Sentate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell began politicizing it. ...
I come to praise Justice Antonin Scalia, not to bury him. By Dana M. Cole ...
This past weekend, we lost a great justice, American and individual. Scalia applied his approach to the law in a principled ri...
Unsurprisingly, the intense political fight over Justice Antonin Scalia's successor began within hours of his death. ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Scalia's passing may change the ADR landscape
By Steven H. Kruis
The Supreme Court justice's recent and unexpected death may change the alternative dispute resolution landscape, at least as t...
A Supreme Court decision last month and several cases still on the court's docket could have a big impact on class action liti...
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is a logical choice to replace Scalia
By Terry B. Friedman
Our nation should not suffer a deadlocked, eight-member Supreme Court unable to resolve major cases for a year or more. Obama ...