Long before the national media shines its spotlight on a growing injustice, legal aid lawyers likely have already spent years ...

The debate over fracking continues nationwide, but in California there is an increasing focus on one major issue: water supply.

The recent decision in Ayala v. Antelope Valley Newspapers Inc. aside, plaintiffs in independent contractor misclassification ...

Mediators walk a razor-thin line on searching for "the truth" in a dispute; Most are more interested in identifying areas wher...

A recent decision provides authority to request that district courts affirm the reliability of an expert's opinion before admi...

A state Supreme Court decision cast doubt onto the constitutionality of public employees being compelled to pay dues to the un...

As the numbers of petitions for USPTO trials filed have increased, little attention has been focused on a related and equally ...

Mired as we Americans are now in the never-ending Affordable Care Act debate, it is often difficult to stay focused on the wor...

California environmental regulators breathed a sigh of relief last month, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Calif...

The majority opinion fails to square itself with Supreme Court precedent.

Not all errors at trial require a retrial. The state Supreme Court is in the midst of deciding which do and which do not when ...

I take issue with several points made by Steven Katz in his recent column on the state Supreme Court's recent decision in Iska...

What makes Glass truly powerful is not just its technological specifications, but what it allows Google to potentially do in t...

The high court's term completed earlier last week appears noteworthy for how the justices mostly decided big cases in cautious...

Lawyers must be highly tuned to the world about them. Success depends on recognizing and confronting the unpleasant vicissitud...

The decision highlights a trend among the Roberts court where there is frequently unanimity without consensus. By Scott J. Wit...

On June 30, the state Supreme Court issued the third in a recent string of employment class action decisions that will have a ...

A recent 9th Circuit decision provides trucking companies further cause to worry as they battle claims for misclassifying driv...

Los Angeles officials considering raising the minimum wage to $15.37 an hour for workers in large hotels should heed lessons l...

The results of a recent study were clear: "Judges with daughters consistently vote in a more feminist fashion on gender issues...

The object of this article and self-study test is to provide an introduction to small claims court.

It took a great deal of prompting from the nation's high court to make California fall in line.

Here's a semi-satirical Top Ten list of the absolute best ways to destroy any chance of settling a case at mediation. ...

Does the IRS "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" include a right to selectively disclose documents, such as emails? ...

The wage and hour plaintiffs' bar was recently faced with two potentially game-ending blows emanating from the state high court.

Why can Mickey Mouse, Rocky Balboa and Tarzan be copyrighted, but not Sam Spade of "The Maltese Falcon" or Regan from "The Exo...

Everyone is talking about data brokers. All seem to agree that some legislation is needed to regulate this already pervasive b...

Unfortunately, some parties are unsatisfied with the comprehensive system of fracking regulations developed under SB 4. By Jef...

The case may resolve a split between the 9th Circuit and the California Supreme Court as to whether proof of subjective intent...

Some of the perdurable mysteries that make law a jealous mistress abide in terribly mundane places, like ERISA Section 502(a)(3).