The Fourth District held that family courts may impose reasonable time limits in domestic violence restraining order proceedin...

The California Supreme Court's new electronic recording mandate expands access to appellate review but leaves unresolved quest...

A lis pendens can be a powerful tool in family law, but California courts require attorneys to specifically identify the prope...

In re Tung Trust held that a generic survivorship clause does not override California's anti-lapse statute, underscorin...

California's mental health diversion law creates an anomaly for misdemeanor DUI defendants: those found incompetent or eligibl...

Comet's $40 million trade secret verdict unraveled on appeal, illustrating how midtrial claim changes, jury instructions, and ...

A judgment for or against your client is a piece of paper. It may or may not be valuable. Either way, it is far from the end o...

With NIL valuations and endorsements influencing every stakeholder in college sports--from the players and coaches to a school...

In 30 years of practicing election law, I have never witnessed widespread voter fraud. Two legislative proposals are using vot...

In FEHA mediations, nuanced questions involving back pay, mitigation and non-wage losses can significantly affect the value of...

A recent debate over California's Proposition 45 has raised a surprisingly basic question: "Are data centers eligible for the ...

San Francisco's expanded Fair Chance Ordinance prohibits employers from basing adverse employment decisions on out-of-state co...

Most cases settle before trial--but when one doesn't, the smallest overlooked detail can become the most important fact in the...

A judge just ruled that Kalshi cannot operate most of its prediction markets in Washington, reopening the question of whether ...

The 9th Circuit has narrowed the Lanham Act's false advertising reach, holding that allegedly false claims about a product ide...

California's workers' compensation system promises to protect injured workers, but its attorney fee structure can leave those ...

California art transactions sit within ordinary commercial law, but art-specific statutes can displace familiar assumptions ab...

ICE's planned use of electric-shock G.L.O.V.E. devices raises serious legal and accountability questions about whether deployi...

Justice Goodwin H. Liu's efforts to ensure representative juries underscore the responsibility of attorneys and judges to guar...

Justice Clarence Thomas has advanced a series of far-reaching constitutional positions that would significantly narrow federal...

As courts grapple with whether algorithmically generated feeds are "expressive," the answer may determine the extent of social...

The California Supreme Court rejected a novel "duty to innovate" theory, holding that a drug manufacturer had no duty to devel...

Winning appellate arguments often hide in the reporter's transcripts, where a judge's revealing remark, a damaging concession ...

A new regional storm water permit expands compliance obligations to previously unregulated Los Angeles County facilities, requ...

California's Court of Appeal is weighing whether a 1967 wiretapping law can regulate everyday website technologies, with poten...

Nearly 50 years after MICRA's enactment, California's medical malpractice landscape is evolving in ways that affect both injur...

Experienced counsel know mediation preparation is not one-size-fits-all. Tailoring the process to each client's experience, ne...

Mediator certification is a solution in search of a nonexistent problem, and applying real due process to the State Bar's disc...

This final installment of the three-part series argues California's existing FEHA regulations already hold employers accountab...

California employers and unions can obtain workplace violence restraining orders quickly, yet few use them. Understanding the ...