For better or ill, we have an adversary system in our courts and so Judges deal with conflicts every day. And the public is wa...

Until the Legislature amends the statute, employers must be vigilant and timely pay all arbitration invoices

Decisions regarding where children should live when one parent proposes to move away have caused substantial angst to parents,...

Congress could pass legislation to curb self-dealing abuses by future presidents, but it’s unlikely.

Between 1982 and 2013, approximately 800 cases of high-school-level, sport-related deaths were documented in the United States.

The police must be empowered with the freedom to protect the community, not be called “racist” and “gang members” by the very ...

Supreme Court to consider method of calculating tax penalties for non-willful FBAR errors

Plaintiff’s attorneys will be integral in the enforcement of the FAST Recovery Act and should be encouraged to take on such ca...

The Grim Reaper visits everyone, including litigants and lawyers, and rarely at a convenient time. If those left behind are no...

Automatic replacement doesn’t make recalls any cheaper – elections officials still need to hold the recall special election. I...

Trust litigation lawyers should not be hesitant to contact the estate planner or tax accountant associated with the estate’s s...

L.A. County will not be the first county in the state to take this important step to create a system of local government check...

California has passed two laws that will shield many wildfire victims from having to pay a state tax on their fire legal settl...

Though Ireland has a written constitution, the judges are steeped in the British tradition of parliamentary supremacy. Will th...

At its heart, the celebration is an opportunity to connect the pro bono community across the nation by showcasing the incredib...

The Supreme Court's decisions about airplane cargo loaders and in-state delivery drivers undermine the Ninth Circuit's interpr...

Financial fraud is becoming a cost of doing business, with no real repercussion other than monetary loss to a defendant that c...

Intrastate movement of the new good, created in-state, is not the same good that came from out-of-state.

Once broadly and robustly applied to statutory interpretation in this country, the rule of lenity has fallen into relative dis...

If the purpose of 998 offers is to facilitate settlement by disincentivizing plaintiffs to proceed to trial in the face of rea...

If victims of sexual assault avert further harm by making their stories public, the same should be true for minorities and the...

The United States Supreme Court may soon decide whether appeals from orders denying arbitration automatically stay liti...

Creating a distinction in Section 5314 between the reporting form and the reporting itself is nothing more than a creative dis...

Including disabled professionals in our employment efforts is our moral obligation, professional responsibility, and legal obl...

The claims in Hanagami involved a registered copyrighted work, which allowed the Court to dismiss the claims after enga...

“Reforms” have resulted in weakened criminal accountability and a revolving door of justice – the perfect formula for increasi...

The circuit split that must be resolved in Bittner - with the Ninth and Fifth Circuits offering competing but both argu...

Someone with cancer often faces unexpected challenges, and though they might not need a lawyer, they may need to know their ri...

California gave courts $30 million this year to hire reporters for family and civil courtrooms. LASC received $9 million, but ...