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Government, Criminal

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


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice

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



9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law

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


Tax, Law Practice

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



Real Estate, Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

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


Administrative/Regulatory, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

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



Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice

301*

Dec. 7, 2020

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


Government, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory

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...


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



Appellate Practice, Constitutional Law

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


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice

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



Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary

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, Civil Litigation

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...


Law Practice

300 years ago

Nov. 2, 2020

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...



While Assembly Bill 3234 has been touted as a saving grace for first-time misdemeanor offenders who may be offered diversion b...


Earlier this month, a federal district court issued a ruling largely upholding the constitutionality of Assembly Bill 32, a la...



Civil Litigation, California Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court will soon decide whether to review Johnson v. Monsanto, a product-liability case that spawned ten...


Government, Data Privacy

Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act, offers a potential solution to the EU’s call for action after invalidating ...



Civil Rights, California Supreme Court

“It’s not my victory, it’s yours and yours and yours,” Harvey Milk said after winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Sup...


On Nov. 3, California's electorate will vote on Proposition 19, a constitutional amendment that would substantially restrict p...



U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pair of cases involving Arizona’s prohibition of so-called “ballot...


Judges and Judiciary, Community News

Last week, the Kern County Multicultural Bar Alliance held a panel addressing the important issue of the elimination of bias f...