Companies that market expressive works should avoid relying on anti-SLAPP to protect promotional claims and should be mindful ...
The Onion’s brief can fairly be described as a parody of a Supreme Court brief. Reading it raises the interesting question tha...
California’s Family Law Courts are quietly changing how they serve divorcing couples and their families. Here’s an easy fix.
As new technology develops, it seems that the requirement of human expression, whether in creating an original work or transfo...
What we don’t know yet is what other birth defects or conditions will develop in the children of parents who were exposed to t...
If the injuries to or death of a person are due to the actions of an animal that had theretofore been of peaceable disposition...
So lately grammar, its metamorphosis, something like K’s Metamorphoses, has become de rigueur.
Land Use, Government, Environmental & Energy
Data shows number of environmental review lawsuits remain low while California communities reap benefits from strong protections
Law Practice, Administrative/Regulatory
Assembly Bill 156, signed by Governor Newsom on Sept. 27, will help attorneys and consumers recognize whether they have a lice...
Judges and Judiciary, Bankruptcy
Where can I do the Texas two-step in bankruptcy court?
While it may not be obvious at first glance, the Texas Two-Step cuteness and other similar bankruptcy ploys that scream bad fa...
At its simplest formulation, the duty of loyalty is focused predominantly on conflicts of interest.
For example, coverage for such claims under a CGL policy is unlikely because an insured’s false representation or false advert...
Labor/Employment
In The Color of Wealth in Los Angeles report, it was estimated that Black Americans in Los Angeles have a median wealth of $4,...
The Supreme Court will again review prosecutors’ attempts to utilize the federal wire and honest services fraud statutes to ex...
The Chief Justice is telling us, I think, that the issue in the case is not simply whether, in ordinary parlance, bumble bees ...
Even with planning, the estates of artists and other creators can present complex valuation problems because of the unique nat...
It is always recommended that immigration attorneys take preemptive measures to make sure their foreign clients are prepared f...
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Although it may take some time to fully implement and require adjustment by the various stakeholders, this system is sure to b...
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
Lawyers may be concerned about the impact this change will have on already heavily congested judicial calendars. The court, ho...
Civil Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory
The plan will allow for a return of Civil courtrooms to our different local communities around our vast county – as was the sy...
Though the concept of trust is amorphous, successful mediators recognize that trust is vital to the process.
A protective order should only be renewed “if, and only if, it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the protected par...
Courts have never held that the Fourteenth Amendment bars any consideration of race in map drawing. The only constitutional li...
Technology, Civil Rights
Since the law imposes content- and viewpoint-neutral disclosures and does not require or prohibit platforms from engaging in t...
Entertainment & Sports, Civil Rights
The Seventies: A Breakthrough Decade for LGBT Rights
In the 70s, seeds previously sown took sprout and grew ultimately into a uniquely successful civil rights movement, with such ...
Contemporary law students seek a legal education that fulfills an expanding range of client needs, promotes access to justice ...
Just as the SEC has been wrangling securities rough riders, the CFTC has been actively rounding up commodities violators.
Assuming you determine you cannot exclude an expert’s testimony, your next effort can be to attempt to weaken the foundation o...
The 24th & Hoffman court was unpersuaded by either Saarman or Conway, declining to follow those non-binding cases.
Placement with extended family and other caregivers identified by the Indian child’s Tribe maintains a network of familiar rel...