Administrative/Regulatory
From the start, the PPP loan program was destined for problems. Speed was prioritized over security, and conscious choices wer...
Securities, Administrative/Regulatory
New SEC rules create industry chaos
While the industry watches and waits for the outcome of the lawsuit filed by six trade associations against the SEC, private f...
Administrative/Regulatory
A better solution than resurrecting SB 662 is on its way
If professional court reporters will not be producing the transcripts from recordings of court proceedings and gig transcriber...
Law Practice
Three key components to a healthy law firm
When it comes to fostering a healthy firm culture, it’s all about supporting favorable behaviors that not only support today’s...
Civil Litigation
Can Taylor Swift help prevent Nuclear Verdicts®?
Music’s biggest star can teach some lessons to the defense bar.
Administrative/Regulatory
Unique to the FCA's structure is the right of private citizens - often referred to as "relators" or "whistleblowers" - to purs...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
California and Florida have conflicting laws about gender-affirming care. The divide will likely be resolved by the conservati...
Intellectual Property
The artist, the spouse, and breach of fiduciary duty
Copyright law seeks to protect an individual’s freedom of expression. Ordering a sale of artistic property would seemingly def...
Criminal
Many people serving long sentences are also part of an aging population that is far less likely to reoffend, and costly to kee...
Judges and Judiciary
I don’t want to spoil the party, but . . .
If judges were to avoid all bar association events that were sponsored by law firms, their absence would adversely affect the ...
Judges and Judiciary
Currently, some districts divide their business geographically, so that a case filed in a particular division will only be hea...
California Courts of Appeal
This is the first time that any court has dealt with a settlement that is less than the 998 offer when the case involved a fee...
Labor/Employment, Administrative/Regulatory
California employers with workspaces that are prone to extreme heat, such as warehouses, may want to review newly-proposed Cal...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Tell your story, but to a mediator
Outcomes in a courtroom are not sterile; they are the result of human beings assessing the motivations and actions of others. ...
Judges and Judiciary
Mike is new to the LASC – he’s been here about six months – but not to the California or national court information technology...
U.S. Supreme Court, Law Practice, Civil Rights
Lawsuits have been filed against Perkins Coie and Morrison and Foerster challenging their DEI internship programs. Both firms ...
Government, Environmental & Energy
Save the trees or harm the forest?
“The Save Our Sequoias Act suggests creating a Coalition of federal, state, and local entities to protect sequoia groves from ...
Constitutional Law
Denying the opportunity to cross-examine a witness raises concerns about the credibility of their testimony, as it may enable ...
Technology, Intellectual Property
As AI tools become more prevalent, authors and artists find themselves collaborating with algorithms, raising the question of ...
Judges and Judiciary
The definition of justice
Once upon a time, we all believed that Judges could always be impartial, but we have since learned that we (like all humans) a...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice
New frontier for trust accounting
As of July 1, over 1600 California attorneys were enrolled on administrative inactive status because they failed to complete t...
Law Practice, Evidence
Core values, such as honesty, honor, and personal responsibility, can form the foundation of the defense theme.
Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal
Is the court's holding limited to real parties in interest in mandamus proceedings, or could non-party litigants in other type...
Military Law
An American hero of Hispanic heritage: Everett Alvarez
The tortures and extreme trauma that Everett Alvarez and other POWs experienced at the hands of the North Vietnamese and Viet ...
Law Practice
Saving remote appearance from itself
There is no inherent reason why remote appearance should be more casual and less decorous than physical appearance. But experi...
Contracts
TSG v. Disney is all about ‘Showing the Money’
Hollywood financier TSG Entertainment’s recent litigation against Fox and the Walt Disney Company is a tale as old as time.
Cannabis, California Supreme Court
California Supreme Court Review: August 2023
An injunction clarifying and defining the Department of Cannabis Control’s obligation to establish a track and trace system co...
Torts/Personal Injury
The majority’s creative interpretation of the line between fact and opinion creates a slippery slope that will undoubtedly be ...
Administrative/Regulatory
Robotaxi to SFO?
The CPUC’s decision is significant. San Francisco is an enormous market for taxi and ride-hailing services. It is the perfect,...
Law Practice, Appellate Practice
Effective use of focus groups
Can you imagine if you were able to have a trial, see the result, turn back the clock with a crystal ball, and then go to medi...