Do you have the right to privately support charities and causes you believe in? And what standard applies when the government ...

In two cases this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will provide guidance on how appellate courts are to review the credibility of ...

Looks like our Democracy is intact. Whatever one’s politics or rationale for positions extreme and otherwise, the courts maint...

Few people outside the legal profession realize that Luis Cespedes, the governor’s newly named Judicial Appointments Secretary...

In 2020 we saw some high-flying attorneys come crashing down due to ethical problems. While it is (hopefully) easy to see how ...

When it comes to terminology that is acceptable in legal briefs and judicial opinions, the California Style Manual is the bibl...

Despite statutory limitations, over the decades the California Coastal Commission’s mission and jurisdiction have steadily met...

Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is clearly a man on a mission to create new laws, whether the...

A well-reasoned appellate opinion came to my attention the other day. Its conclusion upheld the social decision-making rights ...

Footage will provide a far richer and more accurate understanding of the legal issues and evidence presented during the trial ...

A combination of the evolving nature of lemon law litigation in California under the Song-Beverly Warranty Act and changes to ...

Across the country, most judicial proceedings have ground to a halt. But not eviction cases.

In a recent case the Supreme Court must grapple with a question of fundamental importance to any system of popularly accountab...

Granted, I made a big deal about my 300th column. When I brought it up in conversation, others would change the subject. I ack...

To ensure that agencies act within the law’s confines, courts, especially the Supreme Court, must hold those agencies accounta...

There are typically about 5,000 federal job openings that a new administration needs to fill; prospective Cabinet and sub-Cabi...

The lawyer’s job description is this: officer of the court. This is true without regard to whether the lawyer ever steps foot ...

Notwithstanding constitutional limitations, the Legislature has provided that in probate conservatorship proceedings — cases i...

Of late, the California Supreme Court has devoted a fair bit of its time to resolving ambiguities in several of the recently a...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced courts all over the state to quickly adapt to new modes of operation. Civil operations in Ora...

Settlements are often largely within the control of the parties to structure to bring a case to resolution. However, when sett...

Next in the Negotiating Trauma & the Law series, Protima Pandey speaks about why her experiences across nonprofit, public,...

Data privacy law is quickly becoming the hottest legal issue of the 2020s. Over the previous decade — amid the rapid growth of...

Every person who served in the United States' armed forces is not a "veteran," under the law. Instead, Congress gave the Depar...

Since 2008 when she was involuntarily placed into a probate conservatorship in California, she has not been able to control he...

Whether you live in a city, a suburb, or out in the country, you have probably seen a “private property” or “no trespassing” s...

Five years into California implementing the most sweeping change to state water law in a century, the first lawsuits are hitti...

Arthur Gilbert and I have some things in common: we both have two first names — only mine, Gilbert Arthur, sounds literary. An...

We are now eight months into the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which took effect in February. The act attempted t...

Mallika speaks to a deputy public defender about what the last decade of indigent defense work has taught her about the diffic...