There is no inherent reason why remote appearance should be more casual and less decorous than physical appearance. But experi...
Hollywood financier TSG Entertainment’s recent litigation against Fox and the Walt Disney Company is a tale as old as time.
An injunction clarifying and defining the Department of Cannabis Control’s obligation to establish a track and trace system co...
Torts/Personal Injury
The majority’s creative interpretation of the line between fact and opinion creates a slippery slope that will undoubtedly be ...
The CPUC’s decision is significant. San Francisco is an enormous market for taxi and ride-hailing services. It is the perfect,...
Can you imagine if you were able to have a trial, see the result, turn back the clock with a crystal ball, and then go to medi...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Welcome to the premiere of ‘The Source,’ your monthly column to the dynamic realm of attorney business development. Whether yo...
Government
While the headlines are understandably focusing on Trump himself, the legal community should be looking to its own. We sit in ...
Construction, Torts/Personal Injury
Property owners could face substantial legal risks from failure to comply with asbestos abatement obligations – including civi...
Intellectual Property
Nate Shelley left Ted Lasso and Richmond United to work for a competitor. What can Nate’s betrayal of Ted and Richmond teach u...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
“Our HR teams are creating the 21st century workplace, dealing with human potential, human aspiration, human skill development...
California has poor laws addressing cultural/religious marriage gifts. IRMO Noghrey (1985) correctly found that exorbit...
Civil Procedure, Judges and Judiciary
There is no statutory requirement that the judge be available and physically present “within the state” to have the authority ...
Lina Khan has served as the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission for just 26 months, but already some commentators have decla...
In the term that ended on June 30, the Court clearly overruled precedents without saying so. The only explanation seems to be ...
An argument against a child living in a multigenerational household does not account for cultural differences. For the past ce...
Land Use, Torts/Personal Injury
Due to a zero-safe-exposure limit, administrative enforcement for asbestos mismanagement during construction can lead to large...
Entertainment & Sports, Immigration
There is a misconception that for immigration purposes, “work” requires that a person be paid for their services. While being ...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
As is true with all successful lawyers at the top, Ivette Pena works very long hours and is available 24/7 for the latest brea...
Alternative Dispute Resolution, California Supreme Court, Class Action
Unfortunately, the Adolph decision leaves open several unanswered questions regarding the preclusive effect of the arbi...
It’s not hyperbole to question whether LA’s public defenders will be able to meet their obligations in the coming months witho...
The challenge for the Riverside prosecutors will be whether they can convince a jury of the defendant’s intent to kill – that ...
Appellate Practice, Law Practice
Being a trial attorney does not mean you are in some exclusive club reserved only for certain persons who possess or, better, ...
Civil Rights, Health Care & Hospital Law
Lacks’ cells were harvested in 1951, when it was not illegal to do so without a patient’s consent. However, lawyers for Lacks’...
Intellectual Property, U.S. Supreme Court
On its face, the petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music ...
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights
Judges, like most of us, like to clear out cases that are time-consuming and aren't going anywhere. In Jones, the distr...
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance
On Jan. 1, 2023, Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) sections 999 - 999.5 took effect for all pre-suit and pre-arbitration time-limi...
The federal government paid almost $1 million to settle a military sexual assault lawsuit even though it is immune from being ...
What makes virtual law practice so appealing is its efficiency. You are more productive when you can manage your law practice ...
Government, Judges and Judiciary
Sylvia White-Irby oversees a 47-member team whose primary purpose is to make sure that the judicial and executive officers at ...