When Samantha Elauf, a Muslim, interviewed for a sales position at an Abercrombie & Fitch retail store, she wore a black h...

Should a felon, once convicted, be able to determine who gets his or her guns? We know that as a matter of public safety the a...

What are attorneys to do if they wish to compromise a case with an incentive to encourage payment on schedule? For starters, t...

The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to educate the bench and bar about judgments and orders in c...

The time has come for lawyers to get serious about understanding privacy and security.

Monday, the U.S. high court will hear arguments in Kerry v. Din. If the court expands due process to review of visa denials, b...

When a deputy district attorney becomes a judge, should they be automatically disqualified from presiding over a case where th...

What is the job of the appellate courts - to get it right or to make sure the trial court didn't get it wrong?

"Fifty Shades of Grey"? In taxes, it's more like 1,000.

Policymakers and firms should establish a legal baseline of worker protections that rises as a worker approaches full-time eng...

A case before the 9th Circuit looks at whether the California Resale Royalty Act violates the dormant commerce clause. ...

For three decades, when addressing specific personal jurisdiction in California, courts have been shackled to the "effects" te...

A recent article - especially its headline ("Female attorneys strike out on their own," Feb. 12) - and women-only attorney gro...

While Congress drags its feet on marijuana policy, people are being prosecuted and put behind bars. The courts are taking notice.

A few weeks ago, I found myself on a sunny strawberry farm in Santa Maria in the seat of a John Deere tractor, inspecting the ...

The state Supreme Court should resolve the matter of to what actions the anti-SLAPP statute can be applied.

To focus on relatively minor fluctuations in recent years is to miss the forest for the trees. By David A. Lash, Scot Fishman ...

Lawyers who have tried virtual practice discuss how it worked out and the tech they used.

Today, the 206th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12, 1809, is a good time to reflect on some of the humoro...

Liability for selling, furnishing or causing to be sold alcohol to an "obviously intoxicated" minor is a strictly construed ex...

Our legal system presupposes a considerable number of contested hearings and a fair number of appeals. Appellate courts play a...

Tom Wheeler is now poised to regulate the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act, which was enacted in 1934 but mod...

James P. Gray's story in a recent column reminded me of an anecdote attributed to the late Milton Friedman.

Two recent guest columns were kindred, if not twins in argument. Abstractions aside, each argued that the minimum wage distort...

The tension between the confidentiality of workplace investigations and the litigation process they serve remains is a complic...

In the past few months, Chinese agencies have enacted several regulations that may impact U.S. corporations operating in China...

"Never underestimate the power of a woman." That is truer today than perhaps at any other time in modern history. And sadly, n...

The conservatorship process for adults with developmental disabilities is broken. By Thomas F. Coleman ...

On Wednesday, Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed regulating Internet service as a public...

Although government performs necessary services and provides an infrastructure that facilitates the production of wealth, it a...