To achieve civility in the current Senate, I respectfully propose the following. ...

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen recently qualified the "Six Californias" initiative for signature gathering, the fir...

The EPA recently issued final regulations reducing the sulfur content of America's gasoline supply - perhaps Obama's most impo...

The Supreme Court decided Heller, stated broad constitutional principles, but left the lower courts, law enforcement and the p...

California has egg on its face, constitutionally speaking.

Some attorneys are experts at derailing, manipulation, becoming indignant, making outrageous allegations and bringing up perso...

The most interesting question about Ellen's (or Bradley Cooper's?) selfie taken at the Oscars is whether it's even copyrightab...

Last month, a divided court heard oral argument on the agency's rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sour...

The Digital Revolution that gave us our laptops, tablets and GPS-enabled smartphones is poised to change the way law enforceme...

The realities of today mean that public defender offices must adopt innovative strategies while exercising sound fiscal judgme...

On Monday, the U.S. high court granted certiorari in a case in which a litigant's right to a fair trial collides with the law'...

Re: "Restoring the Rule of Law in California," Feb. 25.

We must guard against writing opinions or briefs that suffer from these infirmities.

An attorney should be able to argue that actual payment of an adverse judgment is a prerequisite because otherwise a plaintiff...

This month, the Obama administration issued new guidance for banks, purportedly clarifying how they can provide financial serv...

If you only occasionally have an appeal and wish not to be caught off-guard, here are a few pitfalls to avoid. By Robert J. St...

This week, because of a provision in the 2010 health care law, drug and device manufacturers began reporting virtually all pay...

Defending putative data privacy and data security class actions today is more complex than in past years.

Who should Gov. Brown pick to replace Justice Kennard? I have a suggestion, but first I want to make a few observations about ...

It seems some parents simply do not want their children to aspire to leadership roles in life.

Twitter was right to criticize the DOJ's settlement with Internet companies, saying the deal lacked in "meaningful or sufficie...

Several recent California decisions have reshaped the role of judicial officers in determining the admissibility of expert tes...

Ethical behavior is almost always more effective in arriving at the right result with less time and money being spent.

The goal is to treat pension benefits just like other aspects of compensation: as something earned over time and not protected...

Lawmakers misread the public when they passed AB 1266, the bill mandating that public school facilities, including bathrooms, ...

A recent decision gives guidance to tort litigants during discovery when seeking evidence of the reasonable value of medical e...

Germany will be reprinting "Mein Kampf" soon; meanwhile, Penguin Books India has agreed as part of a legal settlement to recal...

No Supreme Court case ever has found or even implied that the Second Amendment includes a right to carry a concealed weapon.

As tax season gets underway, many Americans are wondering how exactly companies like Google and Apple manage to reduce their t...

Mobile applications developers need to have a frank discussion about privacy with their users, and figure out what degree of u...