Podcast - Del juez al árbitro: Una nueva ruta para ejecutar obligaciones
Podcast - Reading the Room
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 75 - Who’s in Charge? Navigating Uncertainty in New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney’s Office
Building a Quantifiable Business Case for AI in Corporate Legal Departments
Identifying Good and Bad Use Cases for AI for Law Firms
AI's Impact on Litigation
The Modern Discovery Traps that Are Upending Cases
Podcast - Telling the Whole Story
The "Lesser-Included" Email Debate: What Does Rule 34 Really Require for Production?
Trust Is Key
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 72 - Beyond the Headlines: Unpacking a Pivotal Case on Privilege Protections
Curtailing Civil RICO: The Rise and Fall of Securities Fraud Claims Under the PSLRA — RICO Report Podcast
Podcast - Part II: Recent Changes in Jury Dynamics and How to Prepare Your Expert Accordingly
Podcast - Miss Lillian "Testifies": The Importance of Witness Preparation
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 70 - Fireside Chat With Rachel Barkow and Casey Michel
Key Discovery Points: Think About Who Has Control Over a Hyperlinked File
Podcast - Bad Facts Make Bad Law
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Unruly Passengers – How a Bad Flight Could Ruin Your Travel Future
How to Handle Service of Process Effectively
How the Boards of Contract Appeals Work—And Why It Matters for Your Bottom Line
In a unanimous en banc decision, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery’s ruling invalidating significant governance provisions of Moelis & Co.’s stockholder agreement. The Court concluded that the...more
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) obtained more than $6.8 billion in civil False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments in Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025 — the highest recovery in a single year in the statute’s history and...more
After securing a number of settlements with California healthcare plans and providers in recent years related to the expenditure of Medicaid Adult Expansion funds, the United States faces a pivotal test of its theory under...more
Q: I was appointed receiver based on an ex parte motion. The court subsequently confirmed my appointment. The defendant vigorously opposed my appointment and has threatened to appeal. ...more
In Berk v. Choy, the Supreme Court held that a Delaware state law that requires plaintiffs bringing medical malpractice claims to set forth evidence of the suit’s merits via an affidavit of merit early in the case was...more
This column analyzes the differing outcomes in the Konya and Camire defined benefit cases as courts grapple with how to interpret Thole....more
In light of the 2024 Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) Reforms, which now require an employee to have personally suffered a labor law violation to bring a PAGA claim, the California Court of Appeal recently addressed a...more
On December 1, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5349, the “Tax Court Improvement Act,” with bipartisan support. The bill seeks to modernize several historically challenging aspects of tax administration. As...more
Electronically stored information is now the backbone of virtually all litigated matters, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations. Emails, mobile data, cloud platforms, collaboration tools, and system artifacts...more
Plaintiffs (Jane Roe and John Doe) sued defendants, a daughter and mother, pseudonymously as “Jenna Smith” and “Mother Smith.” Jenna and Mother Smith told other students that John had sexually assaulted Jenna and Jane...more
Are you kidding me? Dear Readers, here is an ADA quiz. I’m not sure you’ll be able to handle it. It’s really, really hard. Your employee discloses that she has ovarian cancer that has metastasized to her liver. She...more
Contreras v. Green Thumb Produce, Inc., 116 Cal. App. 5th 1251 (2025) Manuel Contreras mistakenly determined that his former employer (Green Thumb Produce) was violating the state’s Equal Pay Act (EPA) by paying him less than...more
The County obtained a three-year Workplace Violence Restraining Order (WVRO) pursuant to Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 527.8 that protected “nonparty Samuel S.” from Neill Francis Niblett. Prior to the issuance of the WVRO, both men...more
Teresa Randolph sued her former employer for employment discrimination, whistleblower retaliation and termination of her employment. The trial court dismissed the action based on Randolph’s failure to bring the action to...more
After Jessica Garcia filed a putative class action for unpaid wages against her former employer (The Merchant of Tennis), the employer entered into approximately 954 individual settlement agreements (ISAs) with employees...more
For more than four years, Sierra Pacific defended against this wage and hour class action, “remaining silent on the subject of arbitration and refusing to produce arbitration agreements signed by putative class members,...more
Talia Shayla Alexis Wise sued her former employer (Tesla) for disability discrimination and related claims. In response, Tesla filed a motion to compel arbitration, which the trial court denied after determining that the...more
The district court confirmed an arbitration award in favor of Jennifer Gates under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Arizona state law, and denied VIP Mortgage’s petition to vacate the award of unpaid overtime wages,...more
LaCour v. Marshalls of CA, LLC, 2025 WL 3731034 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) (Arbitration agreement that existed before Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 596 U.S. 639 (2022) could not result in compelled arbitration of...more
In many, if not most, cases, a litigant producing documents aggressively claims privilege protection, presumably figuring that “there’s no harm in asking.” But sometimes there is. In Berkovec v. Blue Matrix I, LLC, Index...more
We invite you to review our newly-posted, January 2026 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law...more
This past October, we reported on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari to resolve a long-standing dispute among federal circuit courts as to whether state affidavit of merit requirements apply to...more
In settlement agreements, a valid release serves as a critical mechanism for resolving disputes between parties. By its terms, a release is intended to extinguish all claims, both those that are known and unknown to the...more
Key Takeaways: Sixth Circuit FCA precedent remains intact. The Sixth Circuit declined to entertain constitutional challenges to the FCA’s qui tam provisions, emphasizing that binding circuit precedent forecloses arguments...more
Key Takeaways - Court approves landmark settlement expanding access to proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT). Final approval of an $8.75 million ERISA class action settlement requires UnitedHealthcare to revise its PBRT...more