There is a separate body of law that butts up against government code design immunity protections, which provides that a publi...

If the injuries to or death of a person are due to the actions of an animal that had theretofore been of peaceable disposition...

Bring in appellate counsel to consult while the case is still in the trial court if your later and ultimate goal is to ...

Not a single patent appeal was heard last term. This year, some IP cases may get the golden ticket.

Judges have been bifurcating trials sua sponte to dispose of legal issues first, which may encourage settlements as to the rem...

So lately grammar, its metamorphosis, something like K’s Metamorphoses, has become de rigueur.

Data shows number of environmental review lawsuits remain low while California communities reap benefits from strong protections

California’s current inadequate limits disproportionately impact low-income consumers who may either purchase a minimum-limits...

Surely many witnesses have second thoughts when their testimony results in harsh sentences, and some jurors may make up their ...

Assembly Bill 2449 allows members of a legislative body to participate via teleconferenced meetings outside of a state of emer...

Assembly Bill 156, signed by Governor Newsom on Sept. 27, will help attorneys and consumers recognize whether they have a lice...

The question presented, as formulated by the Court is: "Did the Ninth Circuit set forth the proper test for determining whethe...

Although running or capping can be criminal activity subject to fines and imprisonment, they also carry other potential conseq...

While it may not be obvious at first glance, the Texas Two-Step cuteness and other similar bankruptcy ploys that scream bad fa...

A lawyer like Rich Hutton comes along once in a lifetime. All we can do to pay tribute to him is to practice law like he did –...

Achieving the long-sought jurisprudential objective of eliminating the dormant Commerce Clause would enable California, with i...

At its simplest formulation, the duty of loyalty is focused predominantly on conflicts of interest.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in six people aged 60 years and older experiences some form of abuse in...

The Contract Clause analysis was interesting because such challenges have traditionally faced upstream battles. Here, however,...

Marshall’s most famous case arose in 1947 when a former babysitter for the Marshall family, Andrea Perez, and her fiancé Sylve...

For example, coverage for such claims under a CGL policy is unlikely because an insured’s false representation or false advert...

In The Color of Wealth in Los Angeles report, it was estimated that Black Americans in Los Angeles have a median wealth of $4,...

Erin and I made the decision to delay having children and then found it very difficult to conceive. Once we conceived, our wor...

The Supreme Court will again review prosecutors’ attempts to utilize the federal wire and honest services fraud statutes to ex...

The possibility that the IRS can audit forever is chilling. The potential for large civil penalties and perhaps even criminal ...

The Chief Justice is telling us, I think, that the issue in the case is not simply whether, in ordinary parlance, bumble bees ...

The primary difference between SB 62 and the similar legislative reform efforts that came before it is the law’s dramatic expa...

The fear that suddenly an armed IRS force combing through neighborhoods to collect taxes is completely unfounded, as the IRS C...

Marketing SB 1304 as a public safety measure is wrong. The reasons for criminal behavior are complicated and driven by a varie...

Even with planning, the estates of artists and other creators can present complex valuation problems because of the unique nat...