The California Supreme Court recently overruled its prior authority permitting an expert’s opinion to rely on case-specific fa...

The obvious lesson to be learned from a recent ruling is that care must be taken in pleading each theory of liability a plaint...

The California Supreme Court should join the vast majority of other state supreme courts that have adopted reciprocal admissio...

The California Accredited Law Schools have filed a letter brief with the California Supreme Court supporting lowering the mini...

Counsel should not assume that a general choice-of-law clause will dictate what law applies to threshold arbitrability issues ...

In their new book, Professors Sandra Sperino and Suja Thomas explain why individual cases alleging disparate treatment, harass...

PR firms are frequently used in entertainment litigation for many reasons, including to develop a litigation strategy or plan ...

This Sunday, September 17, 2017, is the 230th anniversary of the signing of the original version of the U.S. Constitution, to ...

During the last week of August, we saw Hurricane Harvey pummel parts of Louisiana and Texas, including the city of Houston, ca...

Here is a suggestion that would be a boom to workers, corporations and the economy: Abolish the income tax and replace it with...

Unfortunately, this is not a scare tactic, but a very real possibility. A city looking to impose a new tax or increase an exis...

I doubt many people consider about the legal consequences attached to displaying someone’s art on their skin. However, nowaday...

Two recent amendments have important practical implications for private corporations and create a framework for significant ch...

When a class action litigant seeks to discover contact information for a third party--often with respect to potential class me...

Two bills were sent to the governor’s desk last week reforming civil procedure — Senate Bill 658 relating to voir dire, and As...

A bipartisan bill, the CryptoCurrency Tax Fairness Act of 2017, was introduced in the House by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and ...

At a recent business lunch, I was surprised to hear that many attendees (most of whom are practicing attorneys) pay their chil...

In ordinary times, and in most courts, this suit (and the me-too suit filed by California’s attorney general on Monday) would ...

Protecting innovation in apparel fashion design has long been a challenge for Congress, which has repeatedly considered, but f...

Insurance and indemnity provisions are the primary risk-shifting tools for owners and contractors. Sometimes, though, insuranc...

This is likely to affect everyone in the supply chain from growers to manufacturers, to distributors to retailers.

The concept of judicial independence has been in the news a lot lately. But seldom do people ask: Independent from what? And w...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has announced plans to modify Obama-era rules regarding campus sexual assault.

In light of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the plaintiffs’ bar will have to adapt its approach to national mass actions.

Form should not win over substance. When it comes to SJ, however, that precept may not apply as much anymore.

Civility aside, lawyers have professional concerns about their use and abuse of email. Here are a few.

For many reasons, it is usually advantageous to have an arbitration award confirmed in California state court. But not always.

Review a new ruling dealing with when an insurer breaches its duty to defend an additional insured.

The 9th Circuit has approved the use of cy pres in settlements where there are millions of class members who would receive pen...