When a litigant who has lost in the trial court tells you that a win on appeal is certain, run away. If the litigant tells you...

Abusers have been known to try to interfere with their victims’ use of contraception, access to information, or have used coer...

Confidentiality provisions are increasingly common in personal injury cases. Plaintiffs’ lawyers must take precautions to prot...

According to the State Bar website, "paraprofessionals would handle routine matters in specified practice areas, intended to s...

Keep in mind that the operative issue is protection of the public health and safety from unknown contaminant exposure – not pr...

Justice Alito could have argued that protecting fetal life is a compelling governmental interest that justifies banning aborti...

The LA Superior Court is rolling out a new product – the Model Class Action Agreement – that standardizes the format of clas...

Happily, an “irrevocable” trust can be revoked, and there are ways to make it responsive when parents change their minds in th...

By ruling in favor of Viking, the Court held that employers may enforce arbitration agreements in California to the extent the...

In September 2019 - about the same time that the Covid epidemic began in China, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publishe...

Of course, just as Democrats can pass a national law protecting abortion rights, so when there is a Republican President and a...

At first blush, a combination of design patent and trademark might appear implausible and counter intuitive as these IP rights...

In enacting legislation like PAGA, the legislature can override courts’ inherent authority to manage their dockets and require...

Litigation is not a solution to address the broadest public policy challenges, and in the end, it is the lawyers who end up wi...

After West Virginia v. EPA, the Biden Administration’s plans to tackle the climate crisis will likely (and necessarily) extend...

None of the eight justices voted to grant the petition despite the conflict between the 9th and 1st Circuits decisions on the ...

The film opens with the resounding strains of “Ten Thousand Men of Harvard.” This is highly ironic as there were only nine wom...

Unlike a sports agent who preserves communications with and about a specific client, leagues face countless limitations and re...

In California, for example, common interest or joint defense is a “nonwaiver doctrine,” rather than a separate privilege.

The case tests the power of state legislatures to set the rules for federal elections without state court oversight. It has th...

Is it worth fighting over employment case settlement agreement wording? You bet. The language of the settlement agreement does...

If a pyrrhic victory connotes a victory that is tantamount to defeat, negating any true achievement, then surely one could cha...

The majority held that the FAA preempts a California Supreme Court rule prohibiting employers from mandating arbitration of “i...