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Real Estate/Development

The more a buyer pays and the more hoops they have to jump through to close a deal, the more likely it is that a buyer will pu...


Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family

The bottom line is that family matters are never simply about money. They’re about competing interests, hurt feelings, and som...


Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property

George Harrison rocks the Mosk Courthouse

Jul. 11, 2023
By Michael L. Stern

Harrison reacted with outrage to the court ruling finding him liable for stealing another composer’s work. After the disastrou...


Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation

Geeking out on live J&J/LTL bankruptcy hearings

Jul. 10, 2023
By Catherine E. Bauer

While there isn’t an insolvency requirement for filing bankruptcy, one must ponder why a solvent individual or entity would vo...


Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Rights

Sexual harassment offensive conduct continues

MCLE
Jul. 10, 2023
By Arthur F. Silbergeld, Aya Z. Elalami

As the 60th anniversary of Title VII approaches, it is worth looking back at the judicial standards that have evolved, Califor...


Military Law

Retaliation is the order of the day

Jul. 10, 2023
By Eileen C. Moore

From 2018 through 2022, 69% of personnel cases involving VA employees included allegations of whistleblower retaliation. Durin...


Intellectual Property, Technology

The issue of inventorship in our country’s patent laws for AI-created inventions will continue to be important as more compani...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

While the Groff decision constitutes a big change for Title VII religious accommodation claims, California laws and ru...


Civil Procedure, Government

Companies with unclean hands tend to remove cases from California's state courts when a Californian seeks to recover damages f...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Tips for mediating your next wage and hour case

Jul. 7, 2023
By Michael Strauss

Lawyers generally are not mathematicians; mistakes in their calculations are common. Rather than point out your opponent’s mis...


Although there was no written contract with an attorneys’ fee provision and no claim-specific statute providing for the recove...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Law Practice

Summer associates provide case load relief, but there are risks

Jul. 7, 2023
By Alanna G. Clair, Shari L. Klevens

Risks associated with summer associate programs arise from the obligation to supervise the inexperienced newcomers, and firm-s...


Government, Land Use

The final budget bill recently signed by the Governor includes the overall CEQA reforms, but removed the Delta Conveyance Pro...


It has been said the most nightmarish scenario one can imagine with AI and robotics is a world where robots have become so pow...


Judges are supposed to decide cases in an impartial manner. This does not mean that judges are free of bias (which is humanly ...


Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court

Trademark plaintiffs should lean on Jack Daniels Properties and the recent opinion in Hermès to defeat motions to dismiss and ...


Administrative/Regulatory, Civil Rights

Industry observers should consider themselves on notice that the CFPB may pursue unfairness actions against consumer financial...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

New guidance regarding the role of legal assistants in law offices

Jul. 5, 2023
By John Sullivan, Dale Bellitto

Earlier this month, the ABA issued Formal Opinion No. 506, which addresses a lawyer’s ethical obligations when he or she deleg...


Appellate Practice

California appellate courts and appellate bar organizations could easily modify, adopt, and perhaps improve on the templates s...


Law Practice, Technology

In order to spot false information, lawyers have to remain attentive. This is particularly true when seeking artificial assist...


Legal Education

Oppenheimer vindicated? Not so fast

Jul. 5, 2023
By Stephen G. Mason

Oppenheimer lied about his communism his entire life. He lied when he completed his Security Personnel Questionnaires for the ...


Government, Labor/Employment

For many, Senate Bill 686 is a welcome next step to protect the health and safety of domestic workers who have been excluded f...


Torts/Personal Injury

Can an individual escape liability simply by relying on the fact that the fireworks that caused the harm were “safe and sane?”...


Farmworkers had been cutting Green Giant asparagus for the settled price of $3 a box, but when the giant food company shorted ...


Next time you are asked to file for divorce of a client married in another country, test it for its validity where contracted....


When family and friends gather they often want to rehash the past. Sometimes that’s just lovely. Who doesn’t like to reminisce...


Administrative/Regulatory, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Don’t block the Microsoft-Activision merger

Jun. 30, 2023
By Robert E. Bright

It is easy to sympathize with the FTC’s skepticism of increased marketplace concentration in the tech industry. Over the last...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

Affirmatively deaf to the uniqueness of America

Jun. 30, 2023
By Denisse O. Gastélum

While the practice of affirmative action may be imperfect and may have an impact on tuition and revenue, albeit minimal or non...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Alito’s opinion yesterday emphasized the recent shift in Establishment Clause jurisprudence toward greater accommodati...


California lawmakers recently voted to proceed with an updated version of SB 287, a bill that examines how social media compan...