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Education

K-12 students won big

Nov. 17, 2016
By John Affeldt

California's students won big on Nov. 8 when it passed Proposition 58, which allows English learners to learn English and acad...


Administrative/Regulatory

California has come closer than any other state to implementing price controls on drug products, but voters nevertheless rejec...


GC Email

The ballot measure, which voters passed Nov. 8 and which provides long-awaited relief for California's underfunded educational...


Perspective

Justice to test free exercise clause limits

Nov. 17, 2016
By Gunnar B. Gundersen IV

How far can a state pursue a proactive antiestablishment policy before it runs afoul of the free exercise clause of the First ...


Criminal, Government

Death penalty initiative will fail to deliver

Nov. 17, 2016
By Jon B. Eisenberg

Proposition 66, which California voters passed Nov. 8, was billed as a way to "speed up" California's broken death penalty sys...


Constitutional Law

Electoral College has lost its way

Nov. 17, 2016
By Ron Steiner

The Electoral College has again denied the presidency to the winner of the popular vote, and the nation is again debating whet...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Criminal

State and federal courts may clash over some of the legislation in Proposition 66, but locally its improvements expediting app...


GC Email

Trump to the tax code: 'You're fired!'

Nov. 16, 2016
By Robert W. Wood

Donald Trump's surprise victory may have rattled the markets and triggered some protests. It is even fueling a "Calexit" movem...


Perspective

Climate change fight has new obstacle

Nov. 16, 2016
By Ethan N. Elkind

California needs to lead the way to ensure its, and the nation's, progressive environmental programs continue uninterrupted un...


U.S. Supreme Court

Trump court will prioritize individual liberty

Nov. 16, 2016
By Tony Francois

The president-elect's list of potential Supreme Court nominees reflects an overall approach to judicial nominations. By Tony F...


Judicial Profile

Richard S. Whitney

Nov. 16, 2016
By Arin Mikailian

San Diego County Judge Richard Whitney relishes his job but doesn't like surprises in court.


U.S. Supreme Court

If the post-Trump court revisits race-conscious admissions program rulings, the idea of racial diversity as a compelling gover...


Law Practice

Article IV court constitutionality put to test

Nov. 15, 2016
By Anna-Rose Mathieson

One tropical appeal and a dubious marriage threatened to cause a storm in the Northern Mariana Island courts. By Anna-Rose Mat...


Law Practice

'Hear Ye, Hear Ye!' Asynchronously

Nov. 15, 2016
By David M. Balabanian

Imagine, if you can, the negotiation of a complicated transaction in which the lead negotiators have only half an hour to comm...


Constitutional Law, Law Practice, U.S. Supreme Court

The court that could have been

Nov. 15, 2016
By Erwin Chemerinsky

Since 1960, 78 years old is the average age at which a Supreme Court justice has left the bench. Three of the current justices...


Law Practice

Imagine, if you can, the negotiation of a complicated transaction in which the lead negotiators have only half an hour to comm...


Construction

Flaws in Caltrans dispute resolution

Nov. 12, 2016
By Bernard S. Kamine

Effective Jan. 1, 2017, Caltrans is making significant changes to the specifications for dispute resolution boards (DRB) and d...


Perspective

Negotiating settlements when the clock is ticking

Nov. 12, 2016
By Douglas E. Noll

Plan out negotiation scenarios before trial in order to make the best decision about settlement, as inter-trial settlement neg...


Perspective

Navigating finances in a dissolution of marriage

Nov. 12, 2016
By James Giacchetti

During a dissolution of marriage, tempered financial management is essential to protecting your client from court imposed sanc...


Starting next month, millions of additional American workers will be entitled to overtime pay. By David Harris and Yvette Davi...


GC Email

It's not just people eager to light up who are celebrating — there are those who wish to cash in on this emerging industry. By...


Constitutional Law

Undercover videos serve a valuable public benefit

Nov. 12, 2016
By Alexandra Snyder

Last year, David Daleiden released the first of a series of videos featuring conversations with Planned Parenthood directors a...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2016-2017 term in October, but in August and September the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...


Administrative/Regulatory

Time to revisit vehicular pursuit laws

Nov. 12, 2016
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.

That innocent persons injured or killed by LAPD vehicular pursuits not only spiked this past year, and at a rate that compares...


Perspective

Justices should stand up for FCA rules

Nov. 12, 2016
By Demme Doufekias

The underlying facts of a False Claims Act case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last week are the stuff of a good Hollywo...


U.S. Supreme Court

The Trump Court

Nov. 12, 2016
By David DeGroot

Donald Trump's stunning victory in the presidential election comes with an immediate opportunity: a nomination to replace the ...


Last week, the IRS increased the pressure on these entities, labeling virtually all micro captives as "Transactions of Interes...


Mergers & Acquisitions

Investigations by antitrust authorities in both jurisdictions could constitute material information triggering a disclosure ob...


Corporate

In a recent case, the District of Delaware denied a motion to dismiss claims of breach of the fiduciary duties of care and loy...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankruptcy

9th Circuit limits a borrower's ability to 'cure' in Chapter 11

Nov. 11, 2016
By David S. Kupetz, Asa Hami

The court addressed "whether Entz-White's rule that a debtor may nullify a loan agreement's requirement of post-defau...