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...

The UCL, a staple of civil litigation in California, gives a plaintiff who has lost money or property as a result of a prohibi...

Accordingly to one study, at least 78 different types of "intent" exist in the federal criminal code. They include "willfully,...

Last month, I found myself in Papau New Guinea's remote Hela province. Forty years after independence, PNG is still steeped in...

Last week, the California Supreme Court said an expert could not rely on hearsay reports to prove a defendant committed a comm...

On Dec. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the election law case, Shapiro v. McManus. Coming less than five weeks after ...

Life or death for campus diversity? The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether strategies to ensure diversity on unive...

Generalizing about an entire race and saying that it is less intellectually able is the essence of racism.

Drones, once thought of as warzone killing machines, are now the stuff of Christmas list, begging the question of what rules t...

In October, Gov. Brown signed AB 1506 to help reduce questionable litigation under the Private Attorneys General Act for certa...

At its Oct. 23 public hearing, a State Bar commission voted to recommend adoption of ABA Model Rule 3.8 which sets a standard ...

Many political leaders have denounced Donald Trump's recent comments that the government should target American Muslims for su...

Imagine this: The Supreme Court has granted review, and the legal community is excited that the court will resolve a important...

When Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act back in October, California became the largest state in the nation to ...

Human beings tend to rely too heavily on the first piece of information they receive when making decisions. By Steven G. Pearl...

Attorneys are often called upon to represent joint clients with common interests. Of course, joint representation is not witho...

The California Supreme Court's latest California Environmental Quality Act ushers in two critical rulings affecting land use a...

Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the first major abortion case since 2007. By Leslie C. Griffin ...

On Dec. 1, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect that should increase cooperation between parties, ex...

The right to travel seems pretty fundamental. Even constitutional cases uphold it. And yet, it is also clear that this right c...

Companies on both sides of a transaction must understand what promises, legal limits and risks apply to the large data sets at...

Male-only draft registration is one of the last bastions of open sex discrimination in U.S. government policy, but two ongoing...

Last month, the Delaware high court affirmed that it is appropriate to determine at the pleading state whether a controlling s...