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Perspective

Although money transmission is not a new or foreign concept, many technology companies fail to recognize that they are engaged...


Technology & Science

Cryptocurrencies muddy money laundering law

Sep. 8, 2016
By Jeff Steiner

A Florida judge's recent ruling shows that evolving technologies like cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and the blockchain do not alwa...


Criminal

Fixing our broken death penalty

Sep. 8, 2016
By Andrew S. Love

California's current death penalty has proven to be an arbitrary and unreliable government program that has cost taxpayers $5 ...


Perspective

All the judges who opined in Vergara agreed the facts were deplorable. It is only a matter of time until we see a majority opi...


Appellate Practice

We must break free from writing like, well, lawyers

Sep. 7, 2016
By Jeffrey M. Fisher

In law school we struggled to grasp old, cryptic, monolithic judicial opinions. And many lawyers, trained to read those opinio...


Appellate Practice

Your reply brief should reply, not repeat

Sep. 7, 2016
By Myron Moskovitz

Your reply brief might turn out to be the most important vehicle for influencing an appellate court. A few judges think the re...


Constitutional Law

The governor rightly vetoed AB 1766 — which would prohibit a criminal court and each party from referring to prospective juror...


Judges and Judiciary

Surviving without court reporters

Sep. 7, 2016
By Paul Kujawsky

If the court doesn't provide one, bring your own. There are alternatives, but they're rather unappetizing. By Paul Kujawsky ...


California Supreme Court

The real motivation in challenging jurisdiction is not because litigating here would be difficult or unfair; the real motivati...


California Supreme Court

Without jurisdictional limits, the confines of due process will be eroded and the predictability of litigation will be replace...


Judges and Judiciary

Shorter, better, clearer, stronger

Sep. 7, 2016
By Arthur Gilbert

I am a strong proponent… No, I need a more forceful adjective. How about "obsessive"? Yes, …an obsessive proponent, advocate, ...


Data Privacy

The greatest threat to a business's cybersecurity isn't hackers, viruses or malware — it's employees unknowingly clicking on r...


Government

One firm's pro bono efforts resulted in a 750 percent increase in Alameda County's food-stamp processing timeliness.


Transportation

Long road ahead for autonomous vehicle laws

Sep. 3, 2016
By Patice A. Gore

Before speeding ahead into the world of autonomous technology, legislatures need to take a critical look at what a driverless ...


Perspective

Patent program for cancer treatments has its downsides

Sep. 3, 2016
By Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff

The U.S. Patent Office's new Patents 4 Patients Program, which offers expedited examination of certain cancer treatment patent...


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

We don't need the 9th Circuit to retry criminal cases

Sep. 3, 2016
By Lawrence Waddington

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its recent term by filing five reversals of the 9th Circuit. Added to other 9th Circuit cases rev...


Government

California must pay for stormwater mandates

Sep. 3, 2016
By Rebecca Andrews

A recent Supreme Court decision resolves more than a decade of conflict over whether the state is required to reimburse cities...


Litigation

Courts still wrestling with arbitration question

Sep. 3, 2016
By Cary D. Sullivan

Federal and state courts have long struggled with the role that arbitrators should play in determining whether an arbitration ...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellate Practice, California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment

The 9th Circuit recently asked the California Supreme Court to answer whether the federal "de minimis rule" for wage actions ...


Solo and Small Firms

Irvine firm specializes in land use transactions, helping to build Southern California's communities ...


California Supreme Court, Labor/Employment

Should the tort duty of care owed by an employer extend beyond the employee -- such as to an employee's nephew or frequent hou...


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

The 9th Circuit ruled on Tuesday that courts determining whether governmental conduct was "substantially justified" for the pu...


U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

9th joins 7th in striking class action waiver

Sep. 2, 2016
By Zareh Jaltorossian

A decision last month is leading some to wonder whether we're witnessing an emerging judicial reluctance to enforce class acti...


Perspective

Protect children from abusive noncustodial parents

Sep. 2, 2016
By Frank J. Menetrez

Can a juvenile court "remove" a child from a parent with whom the child does not reside? What would that mean, and why would a...


Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy

State control of federal land

Sep. 2, 2016
By Michael J. Sherman

Users of federal land, take note: You should no longer doubt the state's power to regulate, or even prohibit, specific land us...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice

Perils of attorney social media use keep widening

MCLE
Sep. 2, 2016
By Natalie P. Vance

Social media can be a great resource for investigating parties and witnesses, forging a brand and promoting a practice. Howeve...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations

Tips for avoiding a State Bar complaint

MCLE
Sep. 1, 2016
By Heather E. Abelson

Because most lawyers would prefer to visit bars to sip cocktails and not defend against client complaints, there are steps law...


Perspective

The Legislature recently sent Assembly Bill 2888 to the governor's desk. If signed into law, it would close a loophole in Cali...


Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

Lessons from Jeter's journey to court

Sep. 1, 2016
By Marc Boiron

In Derek S. Jeter v. RevolutionWear, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed issues that arise when a director...


Employer expanded responsibility for worker commutes

Sep. 1, 2016
By Brian S. Kabateck, Douglas A. Rochen

Courts continue to carve-out exceptions to hold employers responsible for events occurring within the scope of its employees c...