We are fortunate that most people have forgotten that Article III judges were unceremoniously removed from office and that the...

We all have a stake in language access in California courts — the legitimacy and viability of the legal system in such a diver...

When confronted by an elderly transferor, every competent estate attorney must reflexively obtain a California certificate of ...

The frequency with which the U.S. Supreme Court has, in recent years, been changing patent law is dizzying, and the court ofte...

Until a recent Federal Circuit ruling, the practical application of these duties and burdens in litigation was hotly disputed,...

Set sail on a voyage through the California Rules of Court for civil appeals. The booty: MCLE credit.

In some cases, an entire law firm can be disqualified if the firm hires an attorney who has acquired, or could possibly have a...

It’s time for a new standard: Police should be legally required to de-escalate or use alternatives to deadly force whenever po...

Lawsuits should not be the first recourse to sound mental health policy and effective programs.

The commission was so preoccupied with whether or not it could regulate short-term rentals, it didn't stop to think if it should.

An attorney who is called to serve as a witness in an action faces unique risks -- even one who has questioned hundreds of wit...

Notwithstanding some unfortunate language in prior cases, there really is not any such burden-shifting doctrine associated wit...

On March 23, President Donald Trump signed a law that could undo the very protections for privacy and autonomy that American c...

When any of us fail to “take actions that place the good of society above self-interest,” the public perception of the integri...

Note to valued readers: What appears in the following column is not an April Fools' joke. Please observe that the publication ...

If you want an interested judge, you need to be an attentive advocate.

A 2017 survey of lawyers' professional liability insurers shows an upward trend in the average fees and costs incurred in defe...

As Justice Anthony Kline reminds us, certain developments in recent years have threatened to make it more difficult for courts...

If courts allow companies to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to block automated access by competitors, it will threaten o...

The widening gap between how the law is expected to be (and generally is) practiced, and certain events transpiring in our pol...

Even in light of a life-altering disaster, an attorney must act competently, preserve confidentiality, maintain confidentialit...

During Monday’s State of the Judiciary address, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye once again called on California lawmakers...

Does the judicial branch ever tell the political branches of government, "Hold my beer"? The recent efforts to reform Californ...

We feel the recent story on Jerry Brown’s judicial picks doesn’t paint an accurate picture of all that the governor has done t...

I am generally pleased to note that the vast majority of the current field of candidates for Los Angeles County Superior Court...

The California primary election takes place on June 5. The state’s general election follows on Nov. 6. This includes the elect...

For now, unless I have reason not to do so, all incumbent judges have my vote.

Now that it is election season, the legal community once again will turn part of its focus upon the upcoming elections for sup...

“The only constant is change.” Heraclitus may have been talking about life. But he might as well have been talking about the c...

People clamored onto the courthouse steps in the case of the baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s nuptials — o...