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Technology, Constitutional Law

Charlie Kirk and the cancer of social media

Sep. 17, 2025
By Douglas E. Mirell

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Utah Governor Cox and other lawmakers are spotlighting social media's harmful alg...


Technology

The California Court of Appeal sanctioned and reported to the state bar an attorney who relied on generative AI to draft appel...


Technology

Can AI forecast California Supreme Court rulings?

Sep. 16, 2025
By Kirk C. Jenkins

Early this summer, I ran an experiment in which I gave ChatGPT-4 and ChatGPT-5 only the oral argument transcripts from the cou...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bilingual mediation: More than words

Sep. 16, 2025
By Patricia Garcia, Dalila Corral Lyons

Bilingual mediators who speak both the language and culture of non-English-speaking parties can build trust, reduce misunderst...


U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law

When independence dies, power moves to the president

Sep. 16, 2025
By William Rothbard

President Trump and his conservative Supreme Court allies are challenging long-standing legal protections for independent fede...


Immigration

President Trump's latest travel ban halts visas from 19 countries and curtails them for 32 more, upending business operations ...


Evidence

Litigating the gray areas of attorney-client privilege: A risky business

Sep. 15, 2025
By Gretchen L. Jankowski, Jennifer M. Oliver

Courts are increasingly scrutinizing the "primary purpose" of communications with in-house counsel, a...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination in Utah underscores failures in event security, the dangers of polarizing r...


Technology, Insurance

As AI transforms the way businesses operate, the insurance industry faces a pivotal question: Will existing policies respond t...


Criminal, Constitutional Law

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's opinion in McCoy v. Louisiana reshaped the limits of attorney autonomy -- but seven year...


SB 940 expands arbitration discovery rights by granting parties nearly the same discovery tools available in trial court proce...


Intellectual Property

Trade dress and the checklist trap for lawyers

Sep. 12, 2025
By Antonio R. Sarabia II

Lists bring order to legal analysis, especially in trade dress law -- but too many can cause judges and lawyers to miss the fo...


Insurance, Entertainment & Sports

Post-House insurance takeaways for college athletes

Sep. 12, 2025
By Frank N. Darras

June 2025's $2.8 billion House v. NCAA antitrust settlement, approved by Judge Claudia Wilken, formalizes compensatio...


Criminal, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights

California's CCP §231.7 and the Racial Justice Act adopt an objective "reasonable person" standard to evaluate peremptory stri...


Law Practice

Why every attorney in California needs to speak Spanish in 2025

Sep. 12, 2025
By Michael A. Sanchez, Giancarlo Mendez

If law firms can't serve clients in Spanish, they're not just losing business -- they're denying nearly half the city equitabl...


Evidence, Criminal

Even after California expanded public access to certain police misconduct records, Pitchess Motions remain indispensable for u...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Administrative/Regulatory

SB 53 underscores that while AI can support doctors, it cannot replace the human presence, judgment and empathy at the core of...


Contracts, Construction, California Courts of Appeal

In Stronghold Engineering v. City of Monterey (2023), the California Court of Appeal held that a contractor's initial ...


Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

From tennis courts to NASCAR tracks, athletes and the DOJ are using antitrust law to challenge governing bodies over suppresse...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation, Business Law

Uber is weaponizing federal RICO lawsuits against personal injury attorneys and medical providers in multiple states, a corpor...


Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution

10 ways lawyers can maximize family law mediation outcomes

Sep. 10, 2025
By Dianna Gould-Saltman

Mediation isn't always successful in family law, but attorneys can significantly improve the odds with the right approach -- t...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports

Taylor Swift's fight to reclaim her master recordings has not only secured ownership of her own music but sparked a legal and ...


Family

Understanding California DVROs: The challenge of subsequent restraining orders

Sep. 10, 2025
By Firdaus F. Dordi, Rosa Vaquera-Martinez

California's domestic violence law leaves unresolved questions about how courts should handle subsequent restraining orders wh...


Guide to Legal Writing, Appellate Practice

5 pointers for more persuasive appellate storytelling

Sep. 10, 2025
By Hayley MacMillen

The fact section of an appellate brief should provide relevant details that allow judges to draw their own conclusions; avoid ...


Letters

Flunk hate: Why racism deserves an F, not an A

Sep. 10, 2025
By Baruch C. Cohen

When a law student submits a paper advocating white supremacy and violence, the only appropriate academic response is to fail ...


The 9th Circuit will hear oral argument in Epic Games v. Apple, a case that could clarify whether corporate communicat...


Family

Entertainment mogul David Geffen has filed for divorce from David Armstrong after less than two years of marriage, and despite...


Military Law

In California, veterans facing criminal charges may receive treatment rather than incarceration through either collaborative c...


Civil Rights

The work of freedom never ends

Sep. 9, 2025
By Phyllis W. Cheng

From the landmark achievements of the 1957 civil rights legislation to ongoing debates over voting rights and workplace equity...


Civil Rights

On the 67th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the choice remains the same: justice for the vulnerable or power unch...