Recent decisions have expanded potential liability under the California Unfair Competition Law and the California Fair Employm...

Raising issues of judicial or court bias is understandably uncomfortable, especially for those who have to continue to live an...

Did the perfect storm of general labor changes, economic distress, and a protracted strike create fair winds for the WGA to re...

Many decades ago, judges were more guarded about who they truly were as human beings. Today most are more willing to reveal th...

From the start, the PPP loan program was destined for problems. Speed was prioritized over security, and conscious choices wer...

While the industry watches and waits for the outcome of the lawsuit filed by six trade associations against the SEC, private f...

The Google case is historically significant as the first major antitrust challenge against a tech company in over two decades,...

If professional court reporters will not be producing the transcripts from recordings of court proceedings and gig transcriber...

When it comes to fostering a healthy firm culture, it’s all about supporting favorable behaviors that not only support today’s...

Music’s biggest star can teach some lessons to the defense bar.

Unique to the FCA's structure is the right of private citizens - often referred to as "relators" or "whistleblowers" - to purs...

California and Florida have conflicting laws about gender-affirming care. The divide will likely be resolved by the conservati...

Copyright law seeks to protect an individual’s freedom of expression. Ordering a sale of artistic property would seemingly def...

Many people serving long sentences are also part of an aging population that is far less likely to reoffend, and costly to kee...

If judges were to avoid all bar association events that were sponsored by law firms, their absence would adversely affect the ...

Although the rhetoric around rescheduling marijuana is a positive sign, the notion of rescheduling cannabis to a lower schedul...

Currently, some districts divide their business geographically, so that a case filed in a particular division will only be hea...

This is the first time that any court has dealt with a settlement that is less than the 998 offer when the case involved a fee...

California employers with workspaces that are prone to extreme heat, such as warehouses, may want to review newly-proposed Cal...

Outcomes in a courtroom are not sterile; they are the result of human beings assessing the motivations and actions of others. ...

Mike is new to the LASC – he’s been here about six months – but not to the California or national court information technology...

Lawsuits have been filed against Perkins Coie and Morrison and Foerster challenging their DEI internship programs. Both firms ...

“The Save Our Sequoias Act suggests creating a Coalition of federal, state, and local entities to protect sequoia groves from ...

Denying the opportunity to cross-examine a witness raises concerns about the credibility of their testimony, as it may enable ...

As AI tools become more prevalent, authors and artists find themselves collaborating with algorithms, raising the question of ...

Once upon a time, we all believed that Judges could always be impartial, but we have since learned that we (like all humans) a...

As of July 1, over 1600 California attorneys were enrolled on administrative inactive status because they failed to complete t...

Core values, such as honesty, honor, and personal responsibility, can form the foundation of the defense theme.

Is the court's holding limited to real parties in interest in mandamus proceedings, or could non-party litigants in other type...

The tortures and extreme trauma that Everett Alvarez and other POWs experienced at the hands of the North Vietnamese and Viet ...