ABA Formal Opinion 518 reshapes but does not eliminate the ability of skilled mediators to ethically guide parties from litiga...

SB 440 offers broader, more protective change order remedies for private works, providing a model to improve AB 626 before its...

A court-appointed receiver was supposed to stabilize a troubled Tenderloin building--now, 24 tenants, many elderly or non-Engl...

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As mediation and collaborative practice eclipse traditional litigation, family law practitioners must recalibrate their skills...

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SB 1427 aims to cut court costs, but in doing so, it risks overlooking the high price of errors in complex, deeply personal fa...

In Vetter v. Resnik, the 5th Circuit held that copyright terminations under the U.S. Copyright Act allow authors to rec...

California's new $435 divorce option will help some couples, but won't address the real cost drivers: too few family court jud...

Like Jim Thorpe winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon in mismatched shoes pulled from the trash, the greatest appellate brief mak...

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Patagonia's lawsuit against drag queen Pattie Gonia raises a familiar trademark question--but in a context where advocacy, per...

Every brief I file carries a choice: to sound correct, or to speak truth.

Video used to speak for itself in court. Now, thanks to AI and digital manipulation, officers and their attorneys must be read...

The Pasadena City Council's acceptance of a donated police tracking dog without scrutiny reflects a dangerous, well-documented...

Jon B. Eisenberg's claim of pension fraud is false: I continued judicial work and other significant judicial branch activities...

Extreme opening offers in mediation remain ritual, not strategy--inviting deadlock over dialogue and raising the question: Wha...

The independence and credibility that define effective monitoring counsel often mirror the qualities that make for a skilled m...

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The lawsuit claiming LAUSD's desegregation policies "harm white students" isn't just a misreading of the law--it's a distortio...

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Annual reporting isn't what it used to be--find out what's required and avoid an unpleasant surprise that could put your licen...

When lower courts defy clear Supreme Court precedent, like in the wake of Tyler v. Hennepin County, it raises a pressin...

Grok has become a hub for AI-generated sexual exploitation, prompting California officials to investigate its failure to preve...

Leaving California can eliminate its 13.3% state income tax, but expatriating from the U.S. entirely triggers a costly "exit t...

As parents let teens ride solo in autonomous vehicles, the real legal question isn't rule-breaking--it's whether companies can...

Lululemon is now tackling dupe culture on two fronts--challenging lookalikes in court while using a new trademark strategy to ...

When a bystander is killed by a gun fired in self-defense, criminal law often looks away, leaving civil court as the only plac...