Imagine cutting through months of court delays and overwhelming paperwork with a few smart fixes to California's probate syste...
Year in Review Column, Cannabis
The cannabis laws of the 2024 state legislative session
The 2024 California legislative session introduced significant changes to cannabis and hemp laws, including research facilitat...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Procedure
AB 2049 is the first structural change to California's summary judgment law since the early 2000s, with the statute originally...
Intellectual Property
The case of Haas Automation, Inc. v. Guenther Steiner and Ten Speed Press highlights the balance between trademark law and cre...
The gatekeeper role, found across mythologies worldwide, is akin to the task trial courts face when screening expert testimo...
Military Law
On Veterans Day, we honor Tony Bennett, a beloved music icon and World War II veteran who faced the harsh realities of combat ...
Government, Health Care & Hospital Law
California Gov. Newsom vetoes AB 3129, stopping new restrictions on private equity and hedge fund-backed healthcare deals but ...
Government
Nathan Hochman ran a disciplined campaign, leveraging Gascon's unpopularity and securing significant fundraising and endorseme...
Entertainment & Sports, Government, Tax
The recent film tax credits won't save Hollywood
California's latest film and television tax credit proposal aims to boost production, but can it compete with other states and...
Exploring the probate implications of Shakespeare's "King Lear," drawing parallels with a real historical case and examining m...
Constitutional Law
Members of the military and lawyers have a duty to challenge orders that contravene the fundamental obligation to support and ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Pursuing early settlement of disputes allows parties to maintain control over the process and outcome, reducing reliance on ov...
Special interests, including major retailers and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, are pushing Propositi...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
The experimental bar exam awards up to 40 points for strong performance on pre-tested Kaplan questions, using a statistically ...
The Ex Parte Loophole: California courts likely will adopt an exception to malicious prosecution requirements which otherwise...
Balancing business needs with employees' rights to engage in protected concerted activity is essential to maintaining a positi...
Business Law, Labor/Employment
Knowing the difference between these classifications is not only a matter of compliance; it's fundamental to maintaining a fai...
Business Law
Small businesses with lean budgets can maximize efficiency by adopting a tiered approach to compliance obligations.
Proposition 36, a ballot measure funded by retailers, aims to change state law to classify a person's third theft and third dr...
Issuing a Form 1099 to a client can result in the client receiving multiple forms for the same settlement, complicating their...
The charges against Diana Teran could deter prosecutors from fulfilling their ethical responsibilities, potentially leading to...
The Government argues that Trump's actions were in his unofficial capacity as a candidate, using private actors and campaign i...
Civil Rights
Despite recent political and legal challenges, many organizations still value DEI initiatives, though some have scaled back or...
Anya Nelson reflects on the legacy of her great-grandfather, Judge Thomas L. Griffith Jr. - a pioneering figure in the Los Ang...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
AB 2016 amends the California Probate Code, changing how successors manage a decedent's real property, specifically affecting ...
Technology, Real Estate/Development
The Department of Justice, along with eight state attorneys general, filed a complaint against RealPage for using software tha...
Judges and Judiciary
The visit highlighted the commitment of the magistrates to justice reform, including oral hearings and increased transparency,...