I have to join in the chorus of voices asking: How can this be? Who is to blame? What can we do?

Regardless of size, industry, product, service or entity type (corporation, nonprofit, partnership, foundation or education in...

If you are desperate to get out of the trial court and into the Court of Appeal, there is an obvious temptation to find a way ...

For audits of partnerships with partnership years beginning on or after January 2018, new audit rules will apply.

A California Supreme Court decision may not have made the headlines, but it creates a wrinkle that attorneys handling real est...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether the right to sexual privacy is violated by California's anti-pros...

The order has caused unintended consequences on the very businesses that it seeks to protect.

This case involves one of the worst nightmares" faced by a professional under a malpractice policy.

November is almost over. The April 15, 2018, due date for your personal income tax return is five months away. It is not too l...

State Sen. Connie M. Leyva has announced that she will introduce legislation to "ban secret settlements (confidentiality provi...

The Senate tax bill includes a provision that, if passed, would deny certain defendants the ability to deduct certain legal fe...

In the early 1980s, I had the honor of representing a group of 11 Japanese-American World War II soldiers. Each soldier had co...

Thank goodness there's still a place where a person can take escape from having her every move tracked and recorded -- the aut...

The objective of this article and self-study test is to familiarize bench officers and attorneys on how courts determine the a...

A trial that opens Monday in the nation's capital has major constitutional implications: the Trump administration's felony pro...

Because appellate courts don't get to watch live witnesses testify, they never engage in fact-finding. "Never"? Well, hardly e...

Until recently, inverse condemnation remained a relatively arcane area of California law. The recent wildfires, which spawned ...

Employee stock options are a great perk, but they can be complicated. By Robert W. Wood

California is likely to become the primary testing ground for legal cannabis, and I don't think the state has any idea what it...

It's wise to consider some of the potential worst-case scenarios that could arise in the process of departing your firm. Start...

The House passed its version on Thursday and the Senate is marking up or amending its version, which is expected to pass Friday.

The warning comes following numerous incidents of celebrities taking to social media to discuss their upcoming investments in ...

Since the IRS says cryptocurrency is property not currency, swaps should qualify as a "like-kind exchange," right?

The decision provides guidance concerning whether written, as opposed to oral, statements of decision are required in bench tr...

Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., introduced Senate Bill 203, titled the Recognizing the Protection of Motors...

Since the current focus in Washington is on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, it is easy to overlook t...

Data indicates a 45 percent increase in request for evidence between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, compared with the same period last ye...

Doss v. Bernal was filed in 1943. The plaintiffs alleged that permitting Mexicans to live in the neighborhood would cause them...

The issue in Masterpiece Cakeshop is whether our society will continue to enforce anti-discrimination law over a claimed right...

It was a disappointing denial for property rights advocates because it leaves open a loophole that California governments use ...