| Protecting the system: How the plaintiffs' bar can be the solution to the DTLA scandal |
Torts/Personal Injury,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
|
Oct. 22, 2025 |
| Bad apples, big consequences: How a few high-volume mills are putting the whole civil justice system at risk |
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
|
Oct. 8, 2025 |
| Short memories and bad optics: The coming tort reform challenge |
Torts/Personal Injury
|
Sep. 17, 2025 |
| How debtors can avoid judgment and deny plaintiffs’ victory in court |
Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation
|
Apr. 5, 2023 |
| Complying with the SOL in a post “revival window” world |
Criminal,
Civil Litigation
|
Feb. 23, 2023 |
| How the pandemic changed the legal landscape |
Law Practice,
Covid Columns
|
Mar. 21, 2022 |
| SB 241: Addressing the court backlog create by COVID-19 |
Law Practice,
Covid Court Ops
|
Jan. 5, 2022 |
| The legal profession: bent but not broken |
Legal Education,
Law Practice
|
May 8, 2020 |
| Now is the time to save the civil justice system from COVID-19 |
Law Practice
|
Mar. 26, 2020 |
| AB 51: Inspired by #MeToo |
Labor/Employment
|
Jan. 8, 2020 |
| AB 51: Inspired by #MeToo |
Labor/Employment
|
Jan. 8, 2020 |
| For-profit colleges face yet another day of reckoning |
Education Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
|
Dec. 31, 2019 |
| Creative uses of the 'high-low' agreement |
Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
|
Dec. 20, 2019 |
| Autonomous Cars: Who is responsible for collisions? |
Transportation,
Civil Litigation
|
Oct. 22, 2019 |
| Legislature weighs bill inspired by elder residents abandoned during wildfires |
Civil Litigation,
Government
|
Jun. 14, 2019 |
| Baseball is back, and so is concern for spectator safety |
Civil Litigation,
Entertainment & Sports
|
Apr. 1, 2019 |
| Presenting life care planner’s testimony while navigating Sanchez |
Civil Litigation
|
Mar. 12, 2019 |
| AB 375: Cyber privacy rights for consumers |
Administrative/Regulatory
|
Jan. 9, 2019 |
| Navigating the difficult waters of an attorney-client breakup |
Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
|
Jan. 2, 2019 |
| Wildfire threats keep consumers from finding insurance |
Insurance
|
Jun. 26, 2018 |
| What law controls when a California worker works outside California? |
U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
|
May 2, 2018 |
| Who can be held liable in the age of mass shootings? |
Criminal,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
|
Feb. 2, 2018 |
| SB 33: Arbitration agreements covering bank fraud are out |
Criminal,
Corporate,
Banking
|
Jan. 10, 2018 |
| Secrets protect the powerful |
Civil Litigation,
Law Practice,
Criminal,
Contracts
|
Nov. 3, 2017 |
| Collective bargaining squares off against arbitration |
U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
|
Sep. 18, 2017 |
| Roadblocks to mass actions |
U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation
|
Sep. 11, 2017 |
| CAALA Special: Class Delayed |
|
Aug. 31, 2017 |
| For sexual misconduct, a higher standard for law enforcement |
Criminal
|
May 16, 2017 |
| For sexual misconduct, a higher standard for law enforcement |
Labor/Employment,
Criminal
|
May 12, 2017 |
| Are all employees equal in the state of California? |
|
Feb. 24, 2017 |
| AB 2159: Immigrationstatus in civil actions |
|
Jan. 19, 2017 |
| Jurors imposing liability against employers: a case study |
Labor/Employment
|
Sep. 30, 2016 |
| Employer expanded responsibility for worker commutes |
|
Sep. 1, 2016 |
| The hidden costs of mass tort cases can sink your firm |
|
Aug. 30, 2016 |
| Non-delegable duty of logistics broker carriers in California |
|
Mar. 17, 2016 |
| Dangerous herbal supplements continue to go unregulated |
Administrative/Regulatory
|
Jan. 30, 2016 |
| Weighing the pros and cons of multidistrict litigation |
|
Aug. 12, 2015 |
| Courts wrangling with contours of 'social host' liability |
|
Feb. 11, 2015 |
| SB 1027: Protections against mugshot extortion |
|
Jan. 7, 2015 |
| Little recourse for Sony employees |
|
Jan. 3, 2015 |
| Tougher restrictions on truck drivers needed |
Transportation
|
Dec. 24, 2014 |
| Prevent the need for massive auto recalls |
|
Dec. 11, 2014 |
| Backlash may trigger civil forfeiture reform |
|
Nov. 26, 2014 |
| Ray Rice, the NFL and at-will employment |
|
Sep. 24, 2014 |
| The naked truth: little recourse for cloud-based security breaches |
|
Sep. 16, 2014 |
| Earthquake insurance: the dim reality |
Insurance
|
Sep. 6, 2014 |
| Privileged rides are still common carriers |
Transportation
|
Aug. 7, 2014 |
| New bill targets Internet extortion |
|
Jul. 29, 2014 |
| State laws fail to keep up with the billowing cloud |
|
Jun. 18, 2014 |
| Who really benefits under MICRA? |
Health Care & Hospital Law
|
May 30, 2014 |
| Plaintiffs' firm pickle after ruling reviving old claims |
|
Apr. 3, 2014 |
| Neutral data to derail discriminatory damage awards |
|
Jan. 25, 2014 |
| AB 110: Stemming the flow of court budget cuts |
|
Jan. 22, 2014 |
| Unfair practices law not a shield against suits by insureds |
Insurance
|
Nov. 15, 2013 |
| Unintended consequences of Dodd-Frank and other reform laws |
Banking
|
Oct. 25, 2013 |
| Employers shed restrictive social media policies as more states regulate |
|
Jun. 3, 2013 |
| Choice of law under the governmental interest approach |
|
Mar. 15, 2013 |
| A rent-to-own computer spying case |
|
Dec. 22, 2012 |
| Judicial fact-finding on the rise in class certification |
|
Nov. 9, 2012 |
| What November means for California justice |
Government
|
Oct. 30, 2012 |
| Good faith duty exists from inception for excess carriers |
|
Oct. 25, 2012 |
| For-profit schools preying on low-income communities |
|
Sep. 18, 2012 |
| Consumer advocates block tort reform legislation in the 2012 session |
Government
|
Sep. 5, 2012 |
| New law proposes to limit length of depositions in California |
|
Aug. 14, 2012 |
| Treble punitive damages for elder abuse: are you claiming them? |
Civil Litigation
|
May 18, 2012 |
| Recovering Stolen Art Years After the Fact |
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
|
Oct. 6, 2010 |
| Is the Supreme Court Ready To Validate Class Action Waivers? |
U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
|
Jul. 21, 2010 |