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Health Care & Hospital Law, Military Law


Justice Eileen Moore, a veteran, reviews several important developments in veterans’ law at both the state and federal level.


Government, Labor/Employment


One-size-fits-all solutions never fit anyone very well. That is especially true when it comes to picking a career. California ...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


When Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the denial of certiorari last week in Howard and Karen Baldwin v. U.S., he lamente...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Algorithms might persuade, but only humans can be persuaded.


Labor/Employment


The increasing use of arbitration clauses, coupled with class action waivers in standard employment agreements, has led to a d...


U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Constitutional Law


The federal government will defend the constitutionality of a law that prohibits “encouraging” or “inducing” undocumented nonc...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation


Judge Kimberly Mueller issued a detailed written ruling earlier this month in which she stressed that the plaintiffs are “like...


California’s law dictating the number of women who must be hired to the boards of publicly traded California corporations (whe...


Criminal, Constitutional Law


The Sixth Amendment right to confront entails, among other things, the right to have a witness “physical[ly] presen[t]” in cou...


Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal


The unlikely setting of a depublication request in a recent case reveals the extent to which California lemon law litigation h...


What do the American Bible Society, Consumer Reports, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Sierra Club have in common? All of them use ...


Judges and Judiciary


The judicial career of the recently-passed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Philip Saeta is one that deserves more than...


Law Practice, Judges and Judiciary


Consider to what extent an incident, a moment in our past, is significant within the endless chain of what we think is cause a...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education, Law Practice


Americans, especially Californians, celebrate meritocracy, the idea that what what we do matters more than where we are from. ...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


At the end of each year, for the past seven years, I have counted the number and type of motions that were decided in Departme...


Criminal, Corporate


2019 was notable for the number of white-collar criminal matters that broke into the public consciousness, whether it was the ...


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


In the almost two decades since 9/11, our nation has slowly started to restore the balance among the three branches of governm...


Government, Administrative/Regulatory


Reforming the internet

Jan. 17, 2020

Recognizing the sea change in information technology in the 21st century, Congress is finally beginning to consider in earnest...


Legal profession surveys consistently show a persistent, systemic inclusivity problem: at 70% male and 88% white it is one of ...


Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


As 2019 drew to a close, the National Labor Relations Board issued a number of notable National Labor Relations Act decisions,...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


One leap forward and two missed steps


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


More than 43,000 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are living under the protection of California courts....


Two new laws restricting the creation and distribution of so-called “deepfake” videos – Assembly Bills 602 and 730 – will beco...


Military Law, Civil Rights


The law isn’t doing the job. The #MeToo Movement hasn’t made a difference. What about the movies?


Appellate Practice


Zygote!

Jan. 6, 2020

New Year’s opening: no resolutions. At my age, it’s too late. And no clichés about it never being too late.


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


With the new year quickly approaching, now is a good time to reflect on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ significant cas...


Government, Constitutional Law


Hurricane Harvey. Words that struck fear into many Texans a couple of years ago. The pain still lingers — as does the litigati...


Labor/Employment


The new laws, most of which take effect Jan. 1, 2020, cover a wide area from wage and hour and work classification to hairstyl...


Banking, Law Practice, Corporate


Finding efficient solutions for high profile clients


Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the federal Fair Housing Act with the goal to “guarantee a basic American ...