Last October I wrote in this column about the Montana rape case which drew national attention, shock and ire. The basic facts ...

Crawford v. Washington's interpretation of the Sixth Amendment's confrontation clause made quite a splash when first handed do...

You can learn a lot about somebody from the movies and TV shows he or she watches. But under the Video Privacy Protection Act,...

Recent headlines may make it seem like San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrara is preparing to wage war on short-term renta...

Any law regulating expressive activity - even malicious expressive activity - must be narrowly and carefully drafted so as not...

"Even a dog," Justice Holmes famously wrote, "distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked." By Rory K. Little ...

Despite all the moral outrage, there has been little or no focus on the presumptive criminal violation that may have occurred....

The impact of a recent U.S. high court decision is that most power plants in the eastern half of the U.S. will face tighter li...

A lawyer I knew expressed regret that the law was so demanding that he could not devote enough time to appreciate the arts. I ...

I have never had a formal dance lesson, so it was with some reluctance that I opened the new book published by the ABA's Secti...

The rules of professional conduct don't just govern ethics -- they also ban discrimination. ...

Denial is not, as they say, just a river running through Egypt. So why, as the tidewaters linger from Donald Sterling's racist...

The U.S. high court recently heard oral arguments about an Ohio law that penalizes false statements about candidates. ...

There is more to urban home life than proximity to trendy purveyors of haute cuisine and a latte-dispensing Starbucks within w...

Earn MCLE credit reviewing one of the most common evidentiary issues that arises in both civil and criminal litigation: the ad...

California recently became the first state in the nation to establish a drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium. ...

What happens if the officer was mistaken about the facts or the law such that, with the proper information considered, the off...

A court found that the applicable statute of limitations in malicious prosecution cases is not the legal malpractice statute o...

A case before the 10th Circuit suggests that the U.S. high court may again be asked to determine whether states are free to d...

San Francisco is considering legislation that will allow this "new sharing economy" to co-exist alongside a 35-year-old rent c...

A recent decision helps to define the scope of the "component parts doctrine" used in product liability actions. By Craig A. R...

A recent court victory for a Muslim scholar who was subjected to shocking mistreatment by the U.S. government has exposed the ...

In March, the California Environmental Protection Agency released in draft form significant proposed changes to Proposition 65...

It appears certain that the regulation of fracking, and litigation related to fracking, will increase in the coming year.

Ask most lawyers what they know about arbitrators and they will tell you only one thing: "They split the baby." ...

Both the 9th Circuit and California criminal courts can do better by persons mistakenly arrested on warrants meant for others.

Filing a notice of appeal on time is crucial. If you miss the deadline, the Court of Appeal will be required to dismiss the ap...

Earlier this month the world was taken by storm by "Heartbleed" - one of the most significant and widespread security flaws ev...

I was stunned when I learned that Ayaan Hirsi Ali was summarily disinvited to be Brandeis University's commencement speaker.

"Oh, he wants to take a selfie," President Obama observed with amusement before gamely posing with Boston Red Sox designated h...