Law Practice, Bankruptcy, Administrative/Regulatory
It is time to reexamine student loan debt
By Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux, Steven Frederick Werth
If the Supreme Court chooses to hear Tetzlaff, it will be the first time since 2010 that the court has addressed student loan ...
Fifty years later, the seemingly settle issue of state legislative apportionment is back before the high court in Evenwel v...
Law Practice
Pens are mightier than swords, but can backfire like pistols
By Louie H. Castoria
Countless films, novels and television dramas feature lawyers as lead characters, but few devote any time to depicting us doin...
Perspective
Prosecutors should search for justice instead of rushing to judgment
By Heidi L. Rummel
In the last 20 years, DNA and video recordings have shed a revealing light on American criminal justice. By Heidi L. Rummel an...
Cities around the world are grappling with mass attacks on their citizens,. In the past three weeks, Paris, Brussels, Colorado...
Many years ago I was a superior court judge. I squint to look back to that distant time.
Since the Dodd-Frank Act permitted the SEC to bring virtually every securities case in front of its own ALJs, litigants have c...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Move mountains in the workplace with mediation
By Jan Frankel Schau
Thirty years ago, when a young female associate asked to work part-time for another few months after he maternity leave ended,...
A recent California Court of Appeal decision confirms the limited scope of judicial review in binding arbitration cases. By Ga...
While clients bear the ultimate responsibility for preservation and production of all relevant ESI, the lawyer nevertheless ha...
Thirty-two states specifically protect religious freedom. Reasonable minds may differ on these laws, but opinions should rest ...
Here's something I never saw coming: I purchased an Apple product... and then I returned it. By Paul R. Kiesel ...
This fall, the California bench has filled several judgeships. Here's some advice for our newest judges. ...
California Supreme Court
Do employees who retire get the same protections as those who quit?
By Morin I. Jacob
The California Supreme Court will soon grapple with a putative class action involving the definition of "employer," and whethe...
Insurance, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Tips for minimizing your firm's malpractice exposure
By J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
In difficult economic times, current and former clients often look to attorneys — who they often perceive as "deep pockets" — ...
Government, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Panel set to weigh challenge to net neutrality rule changes
By Lee Rowland
This past September, the ACLU did something unusual, filing a legal brief taking the federal government's side in a First Amen...
Perspective
Tort case could impact interstate cooperation in enforcing tax laws
By Lila Disque
On Dec. 7, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt. On its face, Hyatt
A dispute involving an online media publisher has prompted to state Legislature and Gov. Brown to revise California's libel to...
Perspective
High court ERISA case has potential to limit health service research
By Carmel Shachar
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on whether states can require all health insurers, including employers w...
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal government's approach to criminal expungement is draconian
By Eamon P. Joyce
At its Dec. 4 conference, the Supreme Court could decide whether to grant review of Mann v. United States, which presen...
Family, California Courts of Appeal
Ruling dishes on Family Code fee awards
By Claudia Ribet
A recent appellate ruling wrestled with whether a trial court must differentiate between fee awards under the cost-shifting pr...
The Justice Department has an opportunity to restore faith in our government's ability to controle those it is charged with ma...
National settlement and clearing systems rely on regulatory consistency and stability to cheaply and efficiently settle millio...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices ask whether federal-tribal relations should affect claim timeliness rules
By Melody Mccoy
A fight over tribal contract health care costs may seem incongruous in the larger scheme of things. But it is the larger schem...
U.S. Supreme Court
Justices to consider key provision of Federal Tort Claims Act
By Paul Figley
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a case which will decide whether a final judgment in a Federal Tort Claims Ac...
Immigration
Deferred action is constitutional and essential for immigrant families
By Sharon Hing
On Nov. 9, a 5th Circuit panel placed another roadblock in the way of President Barack Obama's ability to implement his latest...
Perspective
Employment discrimination case illustrates importance of sensible deadlines
By John Paul Schnapper-Casteras
On Nov. 30, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will decide when federal employees in a workplace discri...
Over 8 million Americans live and have bank accounts abroad. Many receive letters from their banks requesting U.S. tax ID numb...
Chaucer's proverb "better late than never" may provide a constructive maxim for human behavior, but it doesn't apply to an ins...
Thanksgiving is a time for reflection; it might be useful to spend some time this year reflecting on the history and role of l...