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Civil Litigation

What’s in a name?

May 27, 2022
By Ashfaq G. Chowdhury

As has been observed by commentators, the distinction between use of a name or logo in these types of situations as either hea...


International Law

Assets linked to Russian oligarchs could put California in the crosshairs

May 27, 2022
By Derek Centola, Stephanie Yonekura

Given California’s economic prowess in key sectors – agriculture, healthcare, technology and a high-priced housing market – th...


Entertainment & Sports

The Alexander Pantages rape trials

May 27, 2022
By John S. Caragozian

We may never know which jury verdict was correct, guilty or not guilty.


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Health Care & Hospital Law

If the Wit decision is allowed to stand, it will set a terrible precedent for other health care insurers throughout the United...


Criminal, Entertainment & Sports

The saga conjures a world in which wealth and warrior prowess – what we consider the hallmarks of a successful Viking chief – ...


Civil Litigation, Data Privacy

CPRA Series: Part V - Litigation and Enforcement

May 26, 2022
By Josh Davey, Daniel Waltz

In this fifth and final installment of our series on the CPRA, we provide an overview of expected enforcement activity, both b...


Real Estate/Development

Due to the pandemic, parties entering into new leases now pay much greater attention to the force majeure provision. Tenants a...



Ethics/Professional Responsibility, U.S. Supreme Court

Why now does it seem like the fall of SCOTUS?

May 25, 2022
By A. Marco Turk

The further irony here is the historical conduct of Thomas as a member of this bench: Maintaining a low public profile, almost...


Government, Legal Education

Serranus Hastings did not massacre any group of people, commit genocide, or kill or knowingly participate in the killing of an...


Banking, Tax

Make lemonade, Crypto loss means IRS tax loss

May 25, 2022
By Robert W. Wood


Appellate Practice, Law Practice

What about all those statutes defining may as permissive and only shall as mandatory? What makes may something other than may,...


Government, Judges and Judiciary

Educating voters in judicial elections

May 24, 2022
By Anthony J. Mohr

Bench officers have the ability to, among other things, lock someone up for life, tear families apart, and turn off life suppo...


Administrative/Regulatory, Environmental & Energy, Government

States target EPA’s revival of California Clean Air Act waiver

May 24, 2022
By Davina Pujari, Shannon Morrissey

EPA has granted waivers to California nearly continuously since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970. If the waiver provision...


9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Tax

The Ninth Circuit majority opinion said: “The IRS wants the ability to direct taxpayers to submit delinquent returns to its au...


California Courts of Appeal, Civil Litigation

The Court of Appeal concluded that the trial court’s denial of the right to jury trial was reversible error per se, so there w...


Environmental & Energy, U.S. Supreme Court

The EPA and Army Corps have not solidified a definition of WOTUS and have left the field filled with uncertainty.


Judges and Judiciary, U.S. Supreme Court

The emotional, highly charged atmosphere regarding the third branch of our government, previously insulated by public deferenc...


Appellate Practice, Data Privacy, Law Practice

CPRA Series: Part IV - Data Processing Obligations

MCLE
May 23, 2022
By Ron Raether, Graham Dean

Businesses that are heavily reliant on automated decision-making technologies may want to consider adjusting their processes t...


Time to Sit Down on the CJP

May 23, 2022
By Kevin K. Green


The franchise industry has been a particular target of state administrative actions and employee lawsuits because of franchise...


Entertainment & Sports

Stream it Tonight! The Unholy Three (1930)

May 20, 2022
By Paul Bergman, Michael Asimow


Appellate Practice, Family, Law Practice

But let’s face it, most of the time the question from the civilian is about, yep, family law. And you don’t have a clue.


Appellate Practice, Labor/Employment, Law Practice

Beyond the dollar settlement itself, a trauma-informed mediation will include the opportunity for both employer and employee t...


Tax

Tax fire victims? Unless the law is changed, yes

May 19, 2022
By Robert W. Wood

How fire victims are taxed depends on their circumstances, what they ultimately collect, and what they claim on their taxes.


Letters

The State Bar has already been reformed

May 19, 2022
By Leah Wilson


Immigration

A Nicaraguan asylum seeker who had been returned to Mexico with another asylum seeker I interviewed paid $3,000 to a person in...


Government, Technology

This state-by-state approach is certain to create a split among the circuits, which likely means that the matter will end up i...


Appellate Practice, Law Practice

The controversy about the Department of Education’s guidance is somewhat different in that the due process deficits were not o...


Insurance

Multiple liability policies and who pays first

May 18, 2022
By Elliot Chen, Peter S. Selvin

Some carriers have taken the position that where multiple policies are implicated, the insured must satisfy all the deductible...