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Alternative Dispute Resolution


Had Vince Lombardi coached mediators and not football players, his famous proverb might sound something like this: “Great comm...


California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Insurance


On March 10, the California Supreme Court announced that it has declined to weigh in — for now — on the biggest brewing insura...


For countless law enforcement agencies, the scope of disclosures they are legally required to make often turns on what constit...


California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court, Consumer Law


Subrogation is commonly described as a legal device that allows one person to "step into the shoes" of another in relation to ...


Law Practice


How to fire a client

Mar. 16, 2022

This has probably never happened to you: The facts turn out to be very different than initially relayed by your client. Or a c...


Banking, California Supreme Court


In a landmark decision sure to have a significant impact on the real estate banking industry, the California Supreme Court dec...


Government, Labor/Employment


We need political willpower and cooperation among officials to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft in L.A.


Constitutional Law, Government, U.S. Supreme Court


Don’t miss the broader legal significance of the Supreme Court’s vaccine-or-test cases.


Civil Litigation, Law Practice, Securities


As we enter the third month of 2022 amid swirling uncertainty in many aspects of professional and personal life, legal practit...


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


While my colleagues and I strongly support education and awareness to heighten our sensitivity to implicit bias, I cannot help...


Criminal, Labor/Employment, Military Law


What led up to recent executive order making sexual harassment an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice?


Almost immediately after the filing of a new complaint or a decision on a dispositive motion, attorneys may receive a call fro...


Government, State Bar & Bar Associations


How do we hold attorneys accountable for alleged misconduct that is not a matter of shortchanging clients, but rather an effor...


Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property


As part of its fair use analysis, the district court opined that Corellium’s use was transformative: Its product did not merel...


Constitutional Law, Criminal


A few weeks ago in the California Court of Appeal, Arthur Lange tried to get the benefit of the exclusionary rule. As defendan...


Constitutional Law, Land Use, U.S. Supreme Court


This is the story of a California couple caught in the cross-hairs of environmental bureaucracy bent on revenge for the crime ...


Corporate, International Law


While the U.S. government has made some recognition of its of policy regarding China, it’s important to ask whether corporate ...


Civil Litigation, Health Care & Hospital Law, Military Law


I cannot say I was surprised when I read a complaint filed last July in Connecticut federal district court on behalf of Black ...


California Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Labor/Employment


In a recent decision, the California Supreme Court rejected a line of cases that required plaintiff-employees to satisfy the t...


Administrative/Regulatory, U.S. Supreme Court


On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission to decide whether fe...


Administrative/Regulatory


Californians often take for granted that our consumer protections are muscular and new chemical dangers are addressed with an ...


Law Office Management, Law Practice, State Bar & Bar Associations


From public service to big business


Government, Labor/Employment, U.S. Supreme Court


On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s effort to turn the Occupational Safety and Health Admi...


Practitioners representing survivors of sexual abuse sue the State of the Vatican City (i.e., Holy See) because they argue tha...


Covid Columns, Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Last week, the Central District of California announced the suspension of civil and criminal jury trials.


What appellate courts have said about Penal Code Section 1170.91


Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


Will try to be optimistic about the future. Sorry, I can only try. But I can be certain about a resolution that is an acknowle...


Criminal, Judges and Judiciary


A victim of domestic violence is expected to speak to dozens of players up and down the chain of our various legal systems, fr...


When I speak with other managing and supervising partners at plaintiffs' firms across California about this need to soldier on...


Covid Court Ops, Judges and Judiciary, Law Practice


As 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to report on what the Los Angeles County Superior Court has been able to do this year and p...