While the line between protected and unprotected speech seems to be getting more ambiguous, the Supreme Court provided certain...

Legal skeptics have argued for years that this rule is easy to read, but hard to enforce.

Depositions often take place when your client feels most vulnerable. Preparing a client therefore requires careful attention t...

The Court has its lowest public confidence and approval ratings in history. I have the strong sense that if the Court continue...

A recent court of appeal decision took aim at arbitration provisions seeking to limit injunctive awards to individuals – rathe...

A recent federal court decision illustrates the contours of derivative work protection and underscores the difficulty in estab...

As experts scramble to assess the damage and determine the cause of the Rolling Hills landslide, many are left wondering wheth...

Worldwide, bigamy is a response to surviving and obtaining the necessities of life, but the reasons for entering a bigamous ma...

As a practical matter, it is incredibly important for plaintiffs’ counsel to keep pertinent and organized data about their cli...

The workers arrived at 4:30 a.m., but they weren’t there to work. Instead, they walked back and forth along the road carrying ...

SB 652 clarifies Evidence Code § 801 to ensure all experts must testify to a reasonable degree of probability based on their f...

Those who would do harm or interrupt transit need to know they will be held accountable for their actions and will face proper...

The court’s holding opens doors to personal and professional censorship. Although the 9th Circuit may be right about the Distr...

Special Masters, unlike judges, do not typically have a formal court docket, and as such, Special Masters can respond to reque...

Beginning in 2025, AB 1817 will prohibit the manufacture, distribution, sale or offer of textile articles containing PFAS. Thi...

This dramatic movie illustrates the competing cultural currents that Prohibition spawned. It was released about a year after P...

California is considering fixed charge proposals to bill residential customers based on income rather than energy usage. The L...

Comedian Sarah Silverman has filed a class action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement of her written work....

The 2022 amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act exempts from mandatory arbitration far more than just sexual, gender and pre...

George Orwell’s name gets thrown around a lot by conservatives aggrieved at their treatment by the media, but I wonder what wo...

Infrastructure project opponents have weaponized the California Environmental Quality Act to kill unwanted projects. Last minu...

DHS announces “Family Reunification Parole Processes” for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

The outcome of the Moore v. United States case is likely to serve as precedent that will dispose of the Mansion Tax as ...

Mandatory activities that are part of the school curriculum fall outside the assumption of the risk doctrine.

Conflicts between the People and victims are common, and possible serious conflicts may appear at virtually every stage of a c...

The more a buyer pays and the more hoops they have to jump through to close a deal, the more likely it is that a buyer will pu...

The bottom line is that family matters are never simply about money. They’re about competing interests, hurt feelings, and som...

Harrison reacted with outrage to the court ruling finding him liable for stealing another composer’s work. After the disastrou...

While there isn’t an insolvency requirement for filing bankruptcy, one must ponder why a solvent individual or entity would vo...

As the 60th anniversary of Title VII approaches, it is worth looking back at the judicial standards that have evolved, Califor...