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Sidney Roy Korshak was an Illinois-licensed lawyer who never practiced in California yet became one of Los Angeles's most infl...


California family courts are increasingly being asked to resolve custody disputes that span countries, languages and cultures-...


Military Law

B-52 crash raises important questions of federal law

Jul. 7, 2026
By Michael E. Rubinstein

The June 15 B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base, which killed eight people, creates a legal divide under the Federal Tort Cla...


Cite Out at the Big Nerd Corral

Jul. 7, 2026
By Benjamin G. Shatz

Standoff at the table of authorities. Two guides enter. Can only one survive?


Technology

Why the litigator will outlive the machine, part one

Jul. 7, 2026
By Bahram Seyedin-Noor

The first of five letters on what artificial intelligence will do to the practice of law.


A Los Angeles jury verdict in K.G.M. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. & YouTube LLC signals a pote...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Independent regulators now work for the president

Jul. 6, 2026
By William Rothbard

In Trump v. Slaughter (2026), the Supreme Court overrules Humphrey's Executor and embraces a strong ...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Trump v. Barbara: Competing originalist narratives

Jul. 6, 2026
By Marc D. Alexander

In Trump v. Barbara (2026), the Supreme Court reaffirmed birthright citizenship under the 14t...


Technology

I lied

Jul. 6, 2026
By Arthur Gilbert

AI's growing role in the courts, including efforts by Chief Justice Guerrero and Presiding Judge Tapia to draft ethical AI gui...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

In Wolford v. Lopez, the Supreme Court upheld Hawaii's law requiring concealed-carry permit holders to obtain express p...


U.S. Supreme Court, Litigation & Arbitration

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties clarifies when federal courts retain jurisdi...


Appellate Practice

Working, Part 2: Reviewing the record

Jul. 3, 2026
By Myron Moskovitz

How to build the Appellant's Appendix, consult trial counsel, identify key documents, develop a unifying theme, and conduct pr...


U.S. Supreme Court, Torts/Personal Injury

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Monsanto v. Durnell undermines the legal foundation of thousands of California ...


Although cryptographically relevant quantum computers remain years away, organizations that delay planning for post-quantum cr...


Civil Procedure

Trimming pretrial depositions

Jul. 2, 2026
By Jay M. Spillane

When witnesses can be compelled to testify at trial, practitioners should focus depositions on obtaining information they do n...


Criminal

Can implicit bias be countered?

MCLE
Jul. 2, 2026
By Steven S. Kimball

Although California's implicit bias jury instruction encourages jurors to engage in more deliberate decision-making, implicit ...


Judges and Judiciary

The declaration of (judicial) independence

Jul. 2, 2026
By Edward M. Chen

A look at how judicial independence has enabled courts to protect -- and, at times, fail to protect -- constitutional equality...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

The proposed California ethics rules would incorporate artificial intelligence into existing professional conduct rules, but q...


Technology

Despite predictions that AI's accessibility to legal information will make attorneys obsolete, history says otherwise. Paralle...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

ABA Formal Opinion 518 holds lawyer-mediators to a higher truthfulness standard than negotiating attorneys, and California's n...


Civil Procedure

California's J.O. v. Superior Court limits abusive peremptory challenges by allowing scrutiny of repeated strikes again...


Constitutional Law

This article examines how the Supreme Court's decision in Parker v. Levy continues to shape military free-speech rights...


Land Use

Treat data centers like urban freeways

Jul. 1, 2026
By Joseph F.C. DiMento

Data centers, like mid-20th-century urban freeways, are being rapidly sited with insufficient local input and oversight. Stron...


The EPA's proposal to rescind certain PFAS drinking water standards turns on statutory interpretation and administrative proce...


California family courts, long governed by predictable rules for dividing community property, now face cryptocurrency and othe...


Labor/Employment

The pay gap has nowhere left to hide

Jul. 1, 2026
By Dolores Y. Leal

California's new pay transparency laws give employers more reporting duties, regulators more enforcement power and plaintiffs'...


Technology, Labor/Employment

In high-stakes wage and hour litigation, successful mediation depends less on legal maneuvering than on early case evaluation,...


California's expanding whistleblower and workplace-harassment protections have made it increasingly difficult for employers to...


Labor/Employment

AI hiring in California: Can employers defend the outcomes?

Jun. 30, 2026
By Gretchen L. Jankowski, Jason E. Murtagh

As employers rely on AI to make employment decisions, they may still be held liable when automated systems produce discriminat...


Civil Procedure

The California Supreme Court in J.O. v. Superior Court overruled Solberg in part and held that systemic ...