This year, California courts issued a number of interesting, and sometimes provocative, decisions on insurance-related issues....

Procedural fairness is not a panacea that guarantees a case will settle, but it can allow participants to find that overlappin...

Given their success rates, relative low cost, and willingness of district courts to stay infringement claims, AIA reviews have...

The recent data breach involving the personal information of millions of children and their parents from VTech Holdings, Inc h...

With a new year comes new California laws for employers to learn and understand, and 2016 is no exception. ...

A new law allows a wrongfully incarcerated individual a to exclude from his taxes the civil damages, restitution, or other mon...

2015 saw several notable decisions impacting employment law. ...

In McNair v. NCAA, the 2nd District Court of Appeal was asked whether former USC assistant football coach Todd McNair h...

When a corporation agrees to plead guilty to an antitrust crime, the DOJ's long-standing practice has been to enter into a ple...

In June, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a new rule defining those "waters of the U...

Small unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones, are one of the hottest gifts of this holiday season, with the FAA estimating that ...

Could filling out a form be both sinful and unconstitutional? We will find out this spring when the U.S. Supreme Court decides...

The objective of this article and self-study test is to review special issues that often arise concerning the application of j...

The "privilege log" emerged like a mythical beast from the mists of "best practices" and the smoke rising from angry meet and ...

In 2001, the state of California set out the definition of a paralegal, in order to address the large number of people who wer...

Recent opinions demonstrate the court's role in reconciling California law with developments in federal law; in each case, the...

California and federal legislators will soon have the opportunity to vote on an issue of fundamental fairness to current and f...

The law surrounding the enforceability of arbitration agreements continued to develop in 2015, and 2016 promises to provide ma...

I often wonder what would happen to the mediation process if more lawyers and parties were willing to suspend their disbelief ...

Reserving jurisdiction over temporary spousal support deserves a place in the family law toolbox, but it's no fix-all and shou...

On Tuesday, the LA Unified School District made the unprecedented decision to close over 1,000 schools, impacting some 640,000...

A recent Delaware case provides practical guidance on the effects of a disclaimer of reliance provision in a stock purchase ag...

At its conference Friday, the justices will consider whether to hear a case challenging the ordinance, which requires builders...

The Supreme Court's 80 published decisions this year provide an initial indication of the impact the newest justices, Mariano-...

The consensus at the recent climate meeting in Paris bodes well for addressing climate change, but is it adequate? By Deepa Ba...

Law practices hired by insurance companies to defend insured are no longer largely immune from malpractice claims, but panel c...

In the Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy case of the city of Stockton, Franklin Funds was the only major creditor group that did ...

SB 588, which takes effect next month, will provide the California labor commissioner with substantial new powers to combat wa...

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were updated Dec. 1, modifying the standard for pleading direct patent infringement. Name...

The real, human stories we hear from refugees families fleeing war and persecution have no connection to the fear-driven, anti...