Texas law enforcement officials may or may not have murdered Sandra Bland in her jail cell earlier this month, three days after her arrest during a...
Unlike restaurant menus, community and democracy don’t work “à la carte.” We do not get to pick the laws we want to follow. The owners of...
In The Hunger Games, the rich and politically powerful rulers of the capital city Panem force young people from 12 districts to fight against each other....
Truck drivers in California’s ports have been fighting for decades for rights most workers take for granted: The right to a minimum wage, the right to...
Pity the poor, beleaguered Malibu homeowner. Median income over $135,000 is about two-and-a-half times the County average, and the average home’s value is so far past...
What you are about to read is about the FCC and “net neutrality.” But not really. As you probably know, the Federal Communications Commission is in...
There has been no shortage of ink spilled on the so-called “sharing economy”. To cut through the rhetoric, LAANE’s Jon Zerolnick spoke with Tom Slee, an...
You know the old joke. It gets tailored for whatever the despised group of the moment is: Q: What do you call 10,000 [lawyers/politicians/whatever] at the...
Several leading port trucking companies have taken a bold new position in the ongoing battle over whether or not they are misclassifying drivers as independent contractors....
The trucking industry likes to say, “If you have it, a truck brought it.” The industry’s point is that trucking is an essential and ubiquitous...
Last Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case that had the potential to impact millions of people in Southern California – people who have...
Is it too soon to hope that the snickering will end? One theme of our coverage of the marijuana industry has been to make it clear...
“Independent Contractor represents that Independent Contractor is an independent contractor.” I try to cultivate an appreciation for language, linguistic uses and linguistic misuses. I have an...
Last week, we reported on the legal struggle at port trucking company Seacon Logix, whose drivers filed claims with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement...
On Tuesday, July 24, the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to ban all medical marijuana dispensaries within the city. As the Los Angeles Times explains, this...
You need a new pair of jeans. You’re standing in front of two stores, both offering excellent quality jeans. One store offers them for $35;...
Imagine you just finished your standard 65-hour work week. You’re exhausted, you want to go home and spend time with your family – you never really...
Earlier this week, we reported on changes that are needed in the medical cannabis industry. Well, this Friday (June 22), the L.A. City Council takes...
In its continuing effort to be as sensationalistic as possible, the Los Angeles Times this Sunday ran what purported to be a big expose on the...
Last week, the AFL-CIO released a statement – “Restoring Democracy” – on the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in the Citizens United case. The federation eloquently and...