California Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory, Year in Review Column, U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy
Cases provide insight into shifting environmental policy
With the appointments of Scott Pruitt (administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency), Ryan Zinke (secretary of the Int...
Administrative/Regulatory, Corporate, Labor/Employment, Government
The New Parent Leave Act expands access to 12 weeks of job-protected baby bonding leave to qualifying workers who work for emp...
Year in Review Column, Civil Litigation, Judges and Judiciary
New law is driving down motions
The Legislature enacted of Code of Civil Procedure Section 430.41 in 2016, and earlier this month a new set of changes took ef...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights, Civil Litigation
Access to justice for the disabled
Current court rules are vague and flimsy. It is time for the Judicial Council to flex its rulemaking muscles and protect vulne...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
Why leave Mississippi's discrimination law in place?
When a new pope is selected by the assemblage of cardinals at the Vatican, the papal conclave releases white smoke into the sk...
Ninth Circuit and the Department of Labor clarify when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and other employment benefits. ...
Jack Walker's powerful, insightful and moving "Eye Corps: Coming of Age at the DMZ," details his experiences as a recon patr...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
When the high court handcuffed student journalists
High school journalism has been losing ground since the 1970s due to education budget cuts -- and rulings of the U.S. Supreme ...
The Federal Communications Commission defied the facts, flouted the law, and ignored the will of millions of Americans when it...
California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal
Justices should uphold DNA collection law
People v. Buza provides an opportunity to ensure that fewer people in the state are convicted of crimes they did not commit an...
Government, Corporate, Administrative/Regulatory, Tax
Attorneys: Get up to speed on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Here, we have tried to provide an early and high-level overview of federal income tax issues with which California attorneys s...
Two weeks ago, body camera footage of the police killing of Daniel Shaver flooded news outlets across the country, along with ...
California Courts of Appeal, Contracts, Appellate Practice
Beware boilerplate settlement agreement language
A cautionary tale on the perils of "plugging in" those standard settlement terms when more careful drafting is warranted.
California Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory, Government
Justices should uphold state Reproductive FACT Act
Imagine that you're one of the more than 350,000 women in California who becomes unexpectedly pregnant every year. Maybe you f...
Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
Leading us out of the cultural divide
Can court outreach inspire the public to dialogue with opposing factions on contentious social issues? It did just that with a...
Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court, Appellate Practice
How do you spell ‘G-U-I-D-A-N-C-E’?
Although the courts' hesitancy to give guidance for future cases seems maddening at first blush, there is some method to that ...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
Regulators: approach cannabis with caution, not puns
As Los Angeles County's first cannabis management officer, it is my job to implement the cannabis regulatory policies of the L...
California is a leader in promoting alternative energy sources, including the use of solar power in connection with residences...
Constitutional Law, Labor/Employment, California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of California's "mandatory mediation and conciliation" p...
As fires consumed the outskirts of the Los Angeles basin fueled by strong Santa Anas, religious fervor heated up Tuesday morni...
Last month, Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors, issued a harsh criticism of Tesla, stating that its fixed costs ...
Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
Fighting housing discrimination in Orange County
In 1962, Dorothy and Lincoln Mulkey were living and working in Santa Ana in pursuit of the American Dream.
His extraordinary legal career and life in the service of others reflected the great courage with which he served as a United ...
Perfectly acceptable words can become detestable through overuse and misuse. "Incredibly" and "iconic" vie for first place on ...
Year in Review Column, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property
Supreme Court shook up patent venue in 2017
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that venue in patent cases based on where a corporation "resides" is limi...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary, Civil Rights
Judge Harry Pregerson was a Prince
In just the last few days, one charmed Prince Harry has gotten engaged and another Prince Harry has left us.
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court
A federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of California provided a key link in the evolutionary chain of school desegre...
I have to join in the chorus of voices asking: How can this be? Who is to blame? What can we do?
Military Law, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Government
A different kind of courage
In the early 1980s, I had the honor of representing a group of 11 Japanese-American World War II soldiers. Each soldier had co...
Employee stock options are a great perk, but they can be complicated. By Robert W. Wood