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California Supreme Court, Civil Rights

“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...



Increasingly, our armed forces are imperiled by toxic hazards that have adverse effects on their health. Those who served in I...


On Sept. 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted certain amendments to the procedural requirements and resubmission...



Probate, Labor/Employment, Covid Columns

This recently enacted federal legislation has dramatically changed estate planning for retirement benefits.


The bill codifies an employer’s reporting requirements in the event of COVID-19 infections at the workplace and clarifies Cal/...



Covid Columns, Civil Litigation

On Sept. 18, Gov. Gavin Newsom approved Senate Bill 1146, codifying current COVID-19 Emergency Rules of Court 11 and 12 as Cal...


Government, Criminal, Covid Columns, Administrative/Regulatory

Significant infusions of government resources into the private sector during the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted focus on a ne...



Law Practice

A column about columns

Oct. 5, 2020

Number 299, but who’s really counting?


Judges and Judiciary, Covid Columns

COVID-19 has not stopped judicial outreach programs. But it will change them. Judicial outreach will emerge stronger and bette...



Defining “medical necessity” in the context of medical and surgical benefits has already been a challenge for health care, and...


Entertainment & Sports, Covid Columns

As summer turns to fall, movie and TV production is just beginning to gear up in the face of a pandemic that is showing little...



Labor/Employment, Covid Columns

Neither the courts nor federal agencies have addressed whether an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination requirement is lawful...


Real Estate, Law Office Management, Covid Columns

Businesses and investors can get ahead by embracing the changes that are here to stay.



Alternative Dispute Resolution

Parties use a judge pro tem to ensure a decision maker is knowledgeable in the law applicable to the dispute as well as having...


Covid Columns, Labor/Employment

Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to impose notice, record keeping and safety obligations on employers in Ca...



Entertainment & Sports, Health Care & Hospital Law, Covid Columns

The COVID-19 edition of the 2020 NCAA college football season is unlike any of the previous 150 seasons.


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education

In 2018, 55% of Californians at all income levels experienced at least one civil legal problem in their household, yet nearly ...



State Bar & Bar Associations, Law Practice, Covid Columns

The “diploma privilege” boils down to full faith and credit access to justice for “Us” and no faith and credit for “Them,” mea...


Tax, Labor/Employment, Covid Columns

President Trump issued an executive memorandum last month to allow payroll tax deferral for employees in response to the ongoi...



Law Practice, Criminal, Covid Court Ops, Covid Columns

Upon learning that my client and I were going to be part of the first post-pandemic jury trial in San Francisco, I was nervous...


Civil Rights, Law Practice

Mallika speaks to a critical race theorist and feminist legal scholar about challenging homogeneity of the profession and acad...



Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

It is no secret that in 1776, when the Founding Fathers wrote the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, “We the People” did not i...


Military Law, Civil Rights

In the military, Jackie Robinson took a stand within a racist system



Government, Constitutional Law

President Donald Trump’s constant attacks on the judiciary are a violation of the separation of powers set out in the U.S. Con...


A just society holds people accountable for what they do; it does not punish them for what they look like or where they may ha...



The constitutional due process implications of giving prosecutors discretion to investigate and charge women for engaging in a...


Insurance, Civil Litigation

Do all-risk business property insurance policies cover losses related to COVID-19? A recent decision out of the Western Distri...