A subtle but key aspect of the high Court’s fair-use analysis concerned the reference point from which any alleged transformat...

If an attorney is concerned about a specific risk with regard to a client matter but fails to apprise in-house counsel or seek...

Although lacking the incentives of the federal whistleblower statutes, or the California False Claims Act, California Labor Co...

The California Supreme Court explained that while Government Code section 830.6 immunizes a public entity for creating a dange...

In a recent Ninth Circuit opinion applying California's arbitration law, the question of scope took center stage

Lack of supervision, or ineffective supervision, may constitute a lack of ordinary care on the part of those responsible for ...

One might think that the NLRB must defer to what the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled, but it need not and probably won’t....

As several recent cases illustrate, the remote nature of videoconference depositions has also lent itself to deposition abuses...

Given the Supreme Court’s propensity for making up new “taking” situations, I propose the following: for those individuals who...

When notice of a proposed rule change regarding filing deadlines was issued, the Third Circuit invited comments – and comments...

In this 283-page book by Tania Branigan about the afterlives of China’s cultural revolution, if the book had a thesis, it wou...

Even if the results AI achieves are helpful, its use may foster the atrophy of the human creative brain. If this happens, our ...

“Berkeley” denoted Bishop George Berkeley, a prominent Irish philosopher. I had only a passing acquaintance with 18th century ...

Cultural interest in marriage was created before the California solemnization of marriage. In some far horizons, many moons be...

If the Court sides with the trial court and PricewaterhouseCoopers, it could open up the door for litigators expanding the gro...

Insurance company wrongfully conflates duty to defend with insured’s potential liability in third party action. On appeal, the...

Ironically, the governor's proposal to streamline and simplify CEQA may be delayed until next year due to its complexity.

Within each patrol station, there are station tattoos that are unique to the unit of assignment. Apparently, the only two grou...

Legal professionals practicing in the cryptocurrency sector must keep jurisdictional challenges in mind, particularly when dea...

Lower Division States’ agreement provides voluntary conservation option for the Colorado River, but must withstand scrutiny in...

The requirement that employers bargain before implementing new terms and conditions of employment is sacrosanct and should be ...

Veteran’s failed suicide led to monumental changes in California’s prisons for incarcerated veterans.

If someone is unable or unwilling to even receive certain information or limits the sources from which they are willing to rec...

In a strongly worded dissent, Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, asserts that because the petitioners are n...

No wonder employment attorneys are among the most fortunate in our profession. We are smart, bold, personable, creative, savvy...

The CEQA early settlement meeting, with careful preparation and facilitation, can build trust with the other side and explore ...

If someone as iconic and famous and, in theory, powerful as Tina Turner struggled so much to separate herself from her abuser,...

Some Observations on Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith.

In addition to incarceration, Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani were ordered to pay jointly and severally over $450 million in...