Criminal, Health Care & Hospital Law
AB 124, Banner decision, and their implications on mental health diversion
By Eric H. Schweitzer
Due to AB 124 and other recently passed laws, it is more imperative than ever for lawyers and judges to be aware and informed ...
Entertainment & Sports, Labor/Employment
June trial poised to be a home run for minor league players
By Frank N. Darras
The players who embody the future of the game earn an annual salary of between $4,800 and $15,400. They also live in terrible ...
Entertainment & Sports
Stream It Tonight! A Place in the Sun (1951)
By Michael Asimow, Paul Bergman
The movie is based on Theodore Dreiser’s classic novel “An American Tragedy” (1925). The deeper story is about the American cl...
In “tea rooms” or “shade rooms,” teens regularly post disparaging comments and photos of their peers and engage in online bull...
Labor/Employment, Technology
The union victory at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse – a new way to organize?
By Eli M. Kantor, Jonathan D. Kantor
One employee, Chris Smalls, was frustrated by H.R.’s lack of responses to workers’ demands, so he organized an employee walkou...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Biting the hand that feeds me: Part I
By Myron Moskovitz
How many of us are quick enough on our feet to come up with a persuasive rebuttal to a new twist we’ve never seen before – on ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
US DOJ gives important new guidance for antitrust leniency
By Steven N. Williams
To date, only one court has entered an order finding satisfactory cooperation and a limitation of damages pursuant to ACPERA. ...
Litigation & Arbitration
Language barrier and oppressive tactics means arbitration agreement won’t be enforced
By Ryan D. Kashfian, Robert A. Kashfian
The employee was told the English-language agreement involved a change of company, not that it waived his right to a jury tria...
Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Make sure your court reporter is really a court reporter
By Melissa B. Buchman, Mary E. Pierce
Courts are used to warning counsel about “bells” that cannot be “unrung” for the jury, but it turns out a fatally flawed trans...
Civil Rights, Land Use, Tax, Real Estate/Development
Buy now and get paid later (RLUIPA and religious institutions)
By Karen A. Feld
City ordinances need to be carefully crafted so they do not single out religious institutions in name or application.
Appellate Practice, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice
Careful jury selection not about undue consumption of time
By Barbara Adams
Under the new law (CCP Section 231.7), either the judge or opposing counsel can raise an objection if it appears that the pere...
Environmental & Energy, Government
Gov. Newsom’s 2022-2023 budget: It takes green to go green
By Peter Hsiao
Corporations and others looking to conduct business in California would be wise to consider the implications of Gov. Gavin New...
Appellate Practice, Labor/Employment, Law Practice
Four ways to prevent the Great Resignation from ravaging your firm
By Danny Abir
With so much employee mobility today, law firms need to create an environment where their best people don’t want to leave.
Government, Health Care & Hospital Law
Proposition 83 (Jessica’s Law): Is possession of child pornography still a wobbler (a possible misdemeanor)?
By David J. Cohen
What we have, then, is a conflicted opinion about an anomalous statute. In re H.N. first finds § 311.11(a) to be a wobbler and...
Anytime you are playing with ownership and who really owns what, be careful, and be realistic. You really shouldn’t have to pa...
Thompson said that the officers could not enter without a warrant. The officers pushed their way in, shoving Thompson to the f...
The next time you are negotiating and reviewing contracts, remember the whereas clauses. Those sentences that begin with old, ...
Education Law
In the spirit of amends: An argument to change from one Hastings to another
By Kris Whitten
The lone senator who did not vote to advance the bill was Brian Dahle (R-Bieber), who has many Native American constituents in...
Besides the embarrassment and humiliation involved in disclosing the family was hungry, the service member was required to get...
Data Privacy, International Law
EU-US reach an agreement on data transfers: Will it lead to Schrems III?
By Victoria Burke
Following Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelation of the vast US surveillance over all data transmitted into the US, the issue was ra...
Consumer Law, Data Privacy, Government
CPRA Series: Part 1 – Introduction and Overview
By Ron Raether, Kamran Salour
Practically, the changes introduced by the CPRA will likely result in fewer companies falling within the scope of the CPRA, in...
Administrative/Regulatory, Government
The SEC proposes far-reaching climate disclosure rules
By Nicolas Morgan
It is anticipated that there will be legal challenges to the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rules, as a number of State Att...
U.S. Supreme Court
Bending the arc towards justice (Ketanji Brown Jackson)
By Latrice M. Burks
Recognizing that I was watching a unicorn work her magic, I watched Justice Brown Jackson’s confirmation process closely. I wa...
Appellate Practice, Entertainment & Sports, Law Practice
Big scores: NIL trends and laws attorneys should know
By Frank N. Darras
Talented players should look for the best fit and financial opportunities. No one could or should blame them.
Government
Sheriff Alex Villanueva is obstructing attempts to eradicate deputy gangs from the LASD
By Sean K. Kennedy
He has refused to comply with subpoenas to testify and produce records regarding deputy gangs – even after courts have held th...
Government, Labor/Employment
California Senate introduces historic pay equity bill
By Ross Eberly, Eileen Leman
All employers will be required to submit separate pay data reports, including the median and mean hourly rate for each combina...
In an audit, if you can hand the IRS a settlement agreement that is explicit about taxes, it might be enough to make the IRS w...
Litigation & Arbitration
Advice for new attorneys: Litigating like a pro athlete?
By James D. Crosby
When my trial objection is sustained, I will walk over and chest-bump opposing counsel, wag my finger at him, shake my head, a...
Civil Rights, Government
It’s time to stop arresting Black women for standing on the sidewalk
By Minouche Kandel
Bias against trans women also manifests in the enforcement of Penal Code section 653.22, resulting in the criminalization of “...
Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
Thompson v. Clark: Criminal prosecution gains clarity
By Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Thompson resolves a circuit split on whether a section 1983 plaintiff alleging malicious prosecution must show that his crimin...