CalEnviroScreen is a first-of-its-kind environmental health information tool. Visually compelling, it is an ambitious attempt ...

Cases before the U.S. and state high courts involve very different analyses, but may ultimately lead to a similar result - rul...

I urge you to assess your work life from a perspective of appreciation. ...

The Supreme Court has restricted the ability of victim of human rights violations occurring in foreign countries to sue in fed...

If you want your healthcare to be run like the Department of Motor Vehicles, you are increasingly close to getting your wish.

So where does the most recent leave the current regulation of talent agents and personal managers?

Filings increased to 83 false advertising cases filed in 2011, and 138 cases in 2012. The trend appears to be continuing as th...

Two 9th Circuit judges recently called for their colleagues to consider en banc whether federal courts should permit state-law...

In April, a bi-partisan panel unanimously concluded that American intelligence and military personnel used interrogation techn...

At my first full panel meeting I gazed across a room filled with over a hundred San Francisco attorneys. I was one of only two...

Perhaps a "primal scream" is just what we need to encourage a movement towards a genuine fix of our political institutions. By...

California courts long have recognized the respective burdens between and insurer and an insured. However, the burdens on the ...

This column speaks, among other things, about matters of bodily functions. Reader discretion is advised. ...

The intersection of social media and Regulation FD has received a lot of attention, particularly following the announcement of...

A closely divided court decided that while the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act prohibits traditional retailers from collecting in...

As a recent case shows, if a mediator-turned-arbitrator is only authorized to interpret and, if necessary, amend a settlement ...

Physicians are far more likely to improve patient care if the Legislature increases the cap on noneconomic damages (adopted in...

Gov. Jerry Brown has commendably and justifiably challenged a federal court panel order to release inmates of California prisons.

Since most of us will spend almost two-thirds of our life's waking hours in some sort of "work," it's a shame to think of just...

Sadly, a new court ruling affirms the problematic notion that if phrased incorrectly, lawyers can be sued for their words.

The objective of this article and accompanying self-study test is to familiarize readers with the law of bail and O.R. release.

Last week, the US high court ruled that "social sharing of marijuana" did not justify mandatory deportation because such condu...

Finding a talented mediator is good fortune. Finding a talented author is good fortune, too. Finding both in the same person i...

The California Arbitration Act requires an arbitrator to "disclose all matters that could cause a person aware of the facts to...

When love, law and money intersect, lawyers may lose their right to arbitrate malpractice claims against them. At least that i...

The show created a link between mental and developmental disabilities and gun violence.

The recent California appellate court decision illustrates how hard it actually is to maintain and win an idea-theft claim. ...

Personal injury attorneys who represent injured workers covered by employer-sponsored health plans should be wary. Injured wor...

One of the most daunting changes is the transfer of all personal injury cases, countywide, to just three specifically designat...

The high court's decision in Genesis Health Care is part of larger trend - a trend to limit procedural rights so that g...