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After more than 40 years on the books, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) continues to be the focus of contentiou...

In September, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 606, amending Section 11414 of the California Penal Code. ...

On Oct. 5, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 440, designed to help communities struggling with "blighted" properties.

While trial courts' operating budgets in other states are primarily locally funded, California's entire judicial branch is fun...

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we see how the appellate courts were busy refining principles governing the practice of law...

Personal jurisdiction is one of those obscure technical subjects that only a lawyer can truly love. But few doctrines are like...

It remains to be seen if the Russian security forces will rise to the occasion, and do a better job than did the Germans in 19...

Given some of the other areas in which women have made significant "progress," having heart attacks in almost equal numbers to...

The events at Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland and in a courtroom in Alameda County have rekindled a debate abo...

There is an old adage that there are three oral arguments for an attorney: the one that was planned, the one that was given, a...

Public policy has promoted the adversarial process by giving special protections to conduct in the course of litigation. But t...

Attorney Helen Wan provides a thrill ride for those who have worked in our nation's big law firms - and those who have wondere...

Employers should pay special attention to the following bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that go into effect in 2014.

Until now, the Supreme Court has defined three levels of suspicion under the Fourth Amendment: probable cause, reasonable susp...

Re: "Legislation to Prevent Workplace Bullying Is Long Overdue," Dec. 31. ...

On Dec. 27, Sen. Diane Feinstein wrote a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to re-evaluate the FDA's policy on the i...

"To Establish Justice for All: The Past and Future of Civil Legal Aid in the United States," by retired Court of Appeal Justic...

Sometimes, they have about as much importance as the number of angels that could be doing the cha-cha-cha on the head of the p...

The notion of tentative appellate opinions still strikes most appellate justices as seditious, if not treasonous. Why? ...

Every lawyer should know the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, enacted in 2010, finally takes effect this year. ...

Here are a few things to consider this year in order to help you survive New Year's Eve without making a fool of yourself or j...

There remains a major problem in the American workplace for which further statutory reform is overdue - workplace bullying.

For litigators, it is undeniably worth investing some time into studying how to achieve best results through negotiation.

Whether you are a plaintiffs' lawyer or defense lawyer, you should know the basics of structured settlements. ...

Every lawyer should know what a structured fee is and what it is not. ...

The Legislature has a love-hate relationship with freedom of the press, depending on who's advocating for change.

I was stunned to read "Television station's decision to choose 'young attractive females' to fill vacant weather anchor positi...

The fact is that American cities built trolley car lines, then paid good money to destroy them, and now are spending more good...

The LA Sheriff's Department hired dozens of deputies even though background investigations found they had committed serious mi...