Just as with trustees, conservators, and guardians, the attorney-client privilege holder is the office of personal representat...

Many judges appreciate having a concise trial brief to orient them to the case before trial begins.

How does Joyce resolve the dilemma that pits friendship against ethical duties?

Defendants should expect the number of medical malpractice cases filed to decrease in 2022 and increase in 2023 once AB-35 tak...

Just like childbirth, there are many ways to achieve the same desired outcome, which in the case of the law is to have a licen...

After a customer paid with $100 in counterfeit bills during plaintiff's shift, he was terminated, and, on Nov. 22, 2019, plain...

High Court revisits precedent requiring prejudice to show arbitration waiver

"His gallant action and total disregard for his personal well-being directly saved 8 men from certain serious injury or death....

In the words of the California Supreme Court: “The malicious commencement of a civil proceeding is actionable because it harms...

Guastello highlights the important difference between "claims-made" and "occurrence-based" insurance policies.

The conflict between the states, such as California, which support ICWA and those who challenge it, presents a stark contrast.

Foltz lobbied the California legislature to allow women to practice law. In 1878, the state senate approved a bill that would ...

Despite its proclaimed skepticism, the Court “put any such skepticism completely to the side” and plunged gavel-first into the...

The time for filing of the lawsuit is wholly dependent on the public entity’s response to the government claim.

This praise is macro and intentional because it comes in abundance for our Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who led the Cali...

When faced with a choice about a procedural requirement, pick the conservative alternative - the one least likely to lead to p...

When I became the head of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office in 2019, as with many city agencies, the department opera...

Without proper estate planning for digital assets, your family and law partners may never be able to access them.

Attorneys have an obligation to speak up and report when we know that there is unethical and improper conduct by our fellow at...

The most important part of a DEI plan is to do things differently than the organization has done in the past. That especially ...

Unlike many courtroom movies, A Civil Action allows viewers to peek behind the curtains of lawyers' strategies.

Justice Clarence Thomas' fanhood of Prince aside, the Warhol case will impact a multitude of industries - specifically ...

When a district court states that it needs more information from the parties to approve an individual settlement, the parties ...

As long as attorneys comply with certain requirements, entering into investment transactions is generally permitted by the Cal...

Because Quach has been accepted for review by the California Supr...

His legal “loss” should be remembered every season.

Just as the objective of both our criminal and civil justice systems is to find the truth, so this should be the objective of ...