An interesting thing happens when a true friends asks you that questions. ...

The Supreme Court has developed principles to aid in identifying what portions of a split opinion constitute binding precedent...

Earn MCLE credit reviewing the basic principles regarding issuing injunctions. ...

This election, at the state and federal levels, could have big consequences affecting access to justice.

No aspect of mediation is more misunderstood than the use of brackets (less commonly known as "ranges") in negotiating settlem...

The Supreme Court dispute is arguably not an affirmative action case, depending on an understanding of the substantive content...

The amended decision still can be read as suggesting those principles are, in fact, accurate statements of California law. Suc...

Without government support and financing (think Fannie and Freddie) that made ownership of suburban homes a lucrative American...

Reports of Romney's "binders of women" are greatly exaggerated.

During last week's presidential debate, one of the more memorable exchanges surrounded the first bill that President Barack Ob...

Because former redevelopment agencies still collectively own thousands of properties, those assets seem like a particularly ta...

One mechanism receiving more scrutiny today is California's Density Bonus Law.

Mediating meal period claims may be different post-Brinker, as class counsel emphasize different claims, but the same s...

The only defendants named in the suit are the University of Texas, a state university, and its officers who are sued in their ...

The initiative will drive an estimated 10,000 jobs out of the area, which will ultimately fracture a highly stigmatized commun...

Issues of professional responsibility and ethics may rise to the forefront when opposing parties find themselves communicating...

Though there are exceptions, recent decisions continue the long-standing trend of favoring brokers. ...

The FCC is taking a closer look at its indecency enforcement policy in an effort to ensure "the agency carries out Congress' d...

Sales and use tax were confusing enough even in the old days. Now that we all buy online, the confusion is more palpable and e...

More than one in three women and more than one in four men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an inti...

I am starting to conclude that a mediator's proposal isn't really an evaluation of the case, it's only an evaluation of the s...

Social Security has always been a "pay as you go" system, and even if there were a lock box, it would only be filled with gove...

Gov. Brown recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed courts to recognize more than two legal parents. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed several bills of interest to California employers passed during the 2011-2012 regular session. ...

The court's lack of understanding of ADR (alternative dispute resolution), currently known as CDR (consensual dispute resoluti...

When I am advising on a complex issue, I am wary of giving the "two-sentence answer" that is more often being asked of me.

There are instances when we already have the "golden goose" in our hands, and it remains only for us to lose it.

California's civil justice system is closer to gridlock than many realize. By Michael L. Stern of the Los Angeles County Super...

A recent op-ed attacking Proposition 34, a measure to end the death penalty, among other things, does a disservice to voters.

The doctrine of "minimum contacts" takes on a new dimension when applied to a defendant who does business only over the Intern...