A recent decision provides welcome guidance about when an employer is liable for failing to prevent sexual harassment or discr...

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to grant review in an important case concerning student speech. ...

Some exemptions from CEQA do not apply if there's a reasonable possibility of a significant effect on the environment due to u...

As a recent misclassification case against ride-sharing service Lyft shows, our labor laws were written for a different centur...

Picking a mediator can be overwhelming - kind of like standing in front of the supermarket ice cream freezer. ...

Taylor Swift recently made headlines for attempting to register her song lyrics as trademarks. By Jocelyn M. Belloni and Sharo...

A court recently held the plaintiffs could state a cause of action if the winning bidder was able to submit a lower bid becaus...

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first biosimilar drug for use in the United States. By Michelle Rhyu an...

The shoemaker recently dropped a legal bombshell on dozens of companies, claiming they are infringing upon signature elements ...

A case pending in the U.S. Supreme Court could alter the legal landscape for public sector labor unions. ...

Chief Justice Earl Warren once told me that in reading the newspaper, he always read the sports page first to read about mans'...

We can predict that the bar will view a recent high court ruling as an ephemeral nightmare or falsely rationalize that it does...

Until recently, few legal commentators paid much attention to libertarian thought on constitutional issues.

The majority held that ERISA bars tandem claims for benefits and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought, where the latter is ...

Over five years after the filing of an action challenging California's Unsafe Handgun Act, last week a federal district court ...

Among the many risks inherent in law firm combinations is ensuring the amalgam does not run afoul of ethical rules prohibiting...

The Center for Biological Diversity recently sued several federal agencies for issuing permits to drill of the coast of Califo...

Is the president personally responsible for all of the crazy tax proposals in his budget? Maybe not, but there's a lot of back...

Last week, the U.S. high court ruled that state boards helmed by active market participants must be actively supervised to inv...

The truth is not that it's good there's so little prosecutorial misconduct; the truth is that it's bad there's any. ...

Should the police be able to collect evidence against you without a legally required reason or a warrant, but just because you...

The Los Angeles city attorney recently announced that his office was stepping up their enforcement of those who violate the Kr...

For several years now, Congress has been promising to address patent litigation abuse, but judges have expressed concern that ...

Those rare instances in which prosecutors lie or cheat are painful. But I am also offended when people describe these aberrati...

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An interview with the president and co-founder of the Equal Justice Society.

Five lawyers discuss their stress-relievers.

As the FDA drafts federal e-cigarette rules, it faces a key question: Can vaping reduce nicotine dependence, or is it a gatewa...

The California Supreme Court's recent focus on environmental cases is unprecedented in the court's history.

It is surprisingly often the case that a seemingly trivial matter can derail mediation at the 11th hour. ...