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Government

Think outside the prison

Nov. 12, 2021

The largest U.S. infrastructure-focused budget should include investment in dedicated inpatient facilities for mentally ill an...


To paraphrase “Hamlet,” “Separated, or not separated — that is the question” The date of separation is legally the date of the...



The bill embodies a new, more just approach in which government initiates and completes the process for reducing, dismissing, ...


Congress recently floated a proposal to halve the estate and gift tax exclusion, effective January 1. As of this writing, this...



Beginning next year, a new state securities law will significantly reduce the out-of-pocket cost of raising up to $300,000 in ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters, Law Practice

Danny Abir’s recent column unfairly characterizes an organization and individuals with a proven record in expanding access to ...



Judges and Judiciary, California Supreme Court

As Americans question the capacity of their institutions to serve them effectively and people around the world voice doubts ab...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters, Law Practice

I initially had no interest in accepting the Daily Journal’s request to its subscribers to submit articles either in support o...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice

The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System’s pursuit of and support for new legal service models in variou...


Judges and Judiciary, Criminal

If the pandemic has had any kind of benefit, it’s that it has raised awareness of the functions and dysfunctions of our courts...



U.S. Supreme Court, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

The Washington Department of Ecology allows public employee union representatives to communicate with workers in the building’...


Immigration, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

A pair of 9th Circuit cases will examine what the Constitution requires Congress to do when confronted with the present-day ef...



Law Practice

As wide-ranging as the practice of law is, so too is the range of potential legal malpractice claims. But, at their core, many...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

You’ve been arrested and charged with a crime. You’ve been denied pretrial release, and you don’t have the money for bail. So ...



Insurance, Civil Litigation, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Three recent 9th Circuit rulings held that business income and extra expense losses incurred following business closures order...


Criminal, Civil Rights

There are many ways to answer the question of whether the drug wars are racist, and all of them are “yes.” In California, spec...



Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

My warranty is up

Oct. 5, 2021

I am optimistic that Supreme Court justices who read this column will take my advice and write shorter opinions.


Mexican-Americans faced horrifying discrimination in this country. In her book “All For One & One For All,” author Amy Wat...



Law Practice

A court reporter’s gavel-to-gavel account of a four-month Zoom trial during COVID


Corporate, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal

A recent appellate court opinion that is now certified for publication resolves some open questions about how membership inte...



Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy

After agreeing to settle some 2,600 separate lawsuits over the company’s involvement in fostering the nation’s opioid crisis, ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education

The burden of overwhelming debt is hurting many new graduates — including lawyers — and that affects the American economy. You...



Discover some effective terms for seeking and obtaining indemnification that protect both parties and reduce the likelihood of...


Decades of underbuilding, largely due to red tape imposed by prohibitive land use laws, has pushed California into a housing c...



Quite often the thing that your client fears will harm the case is irrelevant and not be admissible at trial to begin with.


Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory

America’s longstanding antitrust policy is under fierce attack. What was once a relatively insipid area of law characterized b...



Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

S.B. 8 sets procedural traps, but providers and advocates can overcome them through the ordinary processes of presenting const...


Law Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Books

Real to Reel

Sep. 13, 2021

How fortunate we are to have Professors Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow again offering invaluable insights into the movies we ...



Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary

I’d like to think Judge Romero was my friend. When I thought about applying to the bench, his was the first advice I sought. H...


U.S. Supreme Court, Health Care & Hospital Law, Constitutional Law

Today, perhaps more than any other day, we mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.