We should be embarrassed that the institution as a whole isn’t doing enough to maintain the public’s trust – at a time the Cou...

The Court found there was no reason based on any special foreseeability concerns to depart from the usual duty to exercise rea...

With less than 5% of the Office’s 500 attorneys devoted to affirmative litigation, the next City Attorney is poised to dramati...

When that rule change goes into effect, it will terminate the use of passim in the nation’s highest court. But there is someth...

Intelligence, of course, is power, which in the choosing of arbitrators, comes down to intelligence ethically obtained - espec...

Trump appointed fifty-four federal appellate judges in his four years in office, one short of the fifty-five nominated by form...

The parties bargained for arbitration, and, in turn, a different set of rules.

It seems the audit is more likely to lead to agency bloat than improved efficiency.

The government got its project. In the process, private property was taken. After a trial, that property was valued, and the g...

Just last year, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a decision in Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases v. Los Angeles Count...

Going forward, courts will likely consider new circumstances, and given the exponential increase in volume of remote work, new...

Fortunately, there are a few cases that have poked some holes in the liability barrier erected by Section 230 – thanks largely...

In order to obtain coverage for disgorgement settlements, policyholders need to overcome a series of hurdles.

When evaluating a trial court’s rulings for potential abuse of discretion, look not only for both unreasonable trial court rul...

The airwaves, billboards, and internet, are now flooded with legal advertising – one result of which is to generate tens of mi...

Despite Batson/Wheeler, Black jurors are the subject of peremptory challenges about 72% of the time. In contrast, White jurors...

To date, only one court has entered an order finding satisfactory cooperation and a limitation of damages pursuant to ACPERA. ...

Courts are used to warning counsel about “bells” that cannot be “unrung” for the jury, but it turns out a fatally flawed trans...

City ordinances need to be carefully crafted so they do not single out religious institutions in name or application.

With so much employee mobility today, law firms need to create an environment where their best people don’t want to leave.

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, ...

Besides the embarrassment and humiliation involved in disclosing the family was hungry, the service member was required to get...

Any comparison to three-dimensional chess, however, is insufficient by itself to illuminate the nearly unlimited facets of pro...

It is inconceivable but true that SCOTUS is the only judicial entity in the land that does not have a binding set of ethics co...

In the age of social media, one’s words can take on a life of their own, regardless of disciplinary consequences and First Ame...

Nothing happened in the argument to suggest that the predictable majority has evaporated. Overall, the justices in the predict...

Ginni Thomas’ words and actions have caused some academic and other commentators to find that Justice Thomas should have recus...

The question remains: what are Justice Thomas’ ethical obligations now and into the future should another election or Jan. 6 c...

Before we undermine the integrity of our state’s environmental protection system, we should do a reality check on the UC Berke...