Two Army veterans, suffering from physical and mental injuries were discharged with less than honorable characterizations to t...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Supreme Court ruling doubles down on property rights
A unanimous Supreme Court held that if the cops want to get inside your house and take your guns, they’re going to need a warr...
Last November, I was supposed to go home. I had served 17 years in prison for a crime I committed at age 20. I was granted cle...
A recent explosion of social science research documents the collateral consequences of pretrial incarceration, such as the los...
Until recently, individual states led the initial push to comprehensively regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
A recent Supreme Court ruling may give oil companies an advantage when it comes to removing climate change lawsuits to federal...
Immediately upon taking office last December, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced several abrupt and controv...
Academics and industry groups on Friday told H. Thomas Byron III, rules committee chief counsel with the Administrative Office...
The recent guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial demonstrates the importance of having a diverse and representative jury. ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Technology
FCC won’t defend net neutrality, but California will
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that high-speed internet is crucial to our daily lives — and that’s unlikely to c...
Three California civil rights enforcement agencies are effectively missing in action when it comes to protecting people with d...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
In Caniglia v. Strom, 20-157, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether there is a “community caretaker” exc...
The intriguing title of my February column “Revelations” was an intimate look (not exposé) on how appellate opinions are “proc...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Supreme Court has the opportunity to bolster free speech
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a case asking whether you have the right to privacy when you make charitab...
Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary, California Courts of Appeal
Law Day 2021: A celebration of the law and lawyers
As presiding justice of the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2, in Riverside, I come into contact with the men and women...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Tax
State-licensed marijuana businesses have high IRS audit rates and face big challenges to minimize their federal tax burden. On...
Intellectual Property
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office created a process to prioritize examination of trademark applications covering certain CO...
U.S. Supreme Court
An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case is highlighting the need to pay greater attention to the justices’ conflicts of interest a...
The board of trustees of the State Bar of California will be reviewing the Annual Discipline Report on Friday. During the meet...
The veteran community has unique needs as a client base which differ from civilian clientele. Consider some examples: A vetera...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Columns
OC courts safely conducted 170 jury trials during COVID
When U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney dismissed charges against defendants in the Central District of California for the fail...
Judges and Judiciary, Covid Columns
Los Angeles County Superior Court’s restraining order courts in a year of emergency.
The Supreme Court is poised to review the standard for a defendant to successfully show that an error in federal constitutiona...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Letters, Law Practice
Ralph Baxter and Zachariah DeMeola believe the legal system is broken. Their arguments for why and how nonlawyer ownership of ...
Wanna bet which proves more effective in speeding up justice for veterans… more government regulations or class action lawyers?
Public officials, even judges, may sometimes give voice to social issues
The top-down approach to conservatorship reform has been tried for nearly 15 years with very little success. Perhaps it is tim...
Before gifting to foreign charities (through checks, credit cards or Venmo), consider that charitable giving outside this coun...
Law Practice, Law Office Management
The experience of managing a law firm during the 12-plus months since California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his March 19, 2020, ...
U.S. Supreme Court
As the administrative state has expanded, so too has the importance of the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA ensures public scr...