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As many of you know, the federal estate tax exemption (or credit equivalent) increased on January 1, 2009 from $2 million per person to $3.5 million.

The Tax Relief Act of 2010 has just been passed into law. This new bill reduces gift and estate taxes for 2011 and 2012, and changes certain estate taxes retroactively for 2010.

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) recently released a new standard for measuring an office building's rentable area.

It is time for your 2006 estate planning resolutions - 12 of them, one for each month. These are the simple, basic, first steps.

In a decision of interest to applicants for federal permits and those who access and use natural resources managed by the federal government, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has abandoned its "federal defendant" rule.

The California Supreme Court has issued an opinion determining that projects reviewed under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") cannot be approved through a Negative Declaration based on the absence of significant impacts when the proposed project is compared to a hypothetical maximum permitted capacity rather than existing physical conditions at the time of the commencement of the environmental review. Communities for a Better Environment v. South Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist., Ca

Let me begin with a few facts about the elderly. The number of Americans over the age of 75 has increased significantly, even dramatically, in the last 10 years, and that trend is likely to continue.

Many cities and counties are facing a coming financial crisis as their lack of foresight combines with the most difficult economic times since the great depression.

A district court in California recently found that an insurer was not liable where its insured sought coverage under its Commercial Umbrella policy for loss it suffered as a result of the manufacture of a defective product.

The "Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp." litigation is probably best known by practitioners for the hefty discovery sanctions imposed by the trial court in the Southern District of California against Qualcomm and its attorneys for failure to produce key documents.

Two recent cases from separate California state courts correctly interpret the phrase "that particular part" and apply it in its intended narrow sense.

Insurance companies have moved aggressively to limit liability coverage for intellectual property claims and have successfully challenged coverage under general liability policies for patent infringement.

On the final day of the legislative session, California's legislature approved 15 separate housing bills, taking a big step toward addressing California's ongoing housing crisis.

Over the next decade, increasingly large amounts of wealth will pass by gift and inheritance from parents to children.

When faced with a complex, high-stakes securities claim, corporate and individual insureds may be pleasantly surprised - indeed relieved - when their Directors and Officers Liability ("D&O") insurer agrees to meet its defense and indemnity obligations rather than deny coverage or rescind the policy.

The inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017, brought with it levels of angst and concern not felt for some time within the environmental community.

The increasingly “wired” nature of global commerce as well as the persistent ingenuity of hackers have companies scrambling to protect themselves against liability claims arising from lost or stolen data.