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Who's liable when ChatGPT gives bad legal advice?

Apr. 1, 2026
By Nathaniel S. Brown III

As AI becomes part of routine legal practice, the Nippon Life suit squarely presents whether AI-generated legal advice can exp...


The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, guarantees that anyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen and ensures...


The court upheld Seattle's App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance, rejecting Uber and Instacart's constitutional chall...


The enduring legacy of Warren Christopher

Mar. 31, 2026
By Daniel Grunfeld, David A. Lash

Fifteen years after his passing, Warren Christopher remains a powerful model of quiet, principled leadership--combining global...


Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation

Civil statutes of limitations for childhood sexual abuse, the borrowing statute's betrayal of § 1983 survivors, and the case f...


Be careful with high end cars and taxes

Mar. 31, 2026
By Robert W. Wood

California's aggressive tax regime is now targeting luxury car owners and dealers using out-of-state schemes like the Montana ...


Military Law, Criminal

California's expanded military diversion law gives lawyers a vital tool to secure just outcomes for veterans by addressing ser...


Labor/Employment

The NLRB's return to the 2020 joint-employer rule narrows the circumstances in which businesses may be deemed joint employers ...


Existing insurance programs may provide coverage in some circumstances, but insurers are increasingly introducing exclusions a...


Entertainment transactional attorneys shape Hollywood deals to prevent disputes, but even well-intentioned agreements--like va...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property

Supreme Court lets 'human-only rule' for AI-Generated works stand

Mar. 30, 2026
By Nina Borders, Mitesh Patel

Supreme Court declines Thaler case: works created entirely by AI without meaningful human input cannot receive U.S. copyright,...


Consumer Protection Law

Uber's proposed "fee cap" initiative disguises limiting injured people's access to legal and medical resources as consumer pro...


International Law, Civil Procedure

As cross-border disputes involving China increase, U.S. counsel must recognize fundamental differences in discovery, judicial ...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

California's legal gold rush is not for every firm

Mar. 27, 2026
By L. Kyle Ferguson

Southern California's legal market lures out-of-state firms, but only those with clear purpose, local leadership, and patient,...


Judges and Judiciary, Government

CARE Court has gone from experiment to scoreboard, with counties now judged on filings, outcomes and their ability to turn cou...


Family, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

In family court, the sharpest move isn't shouting--it's staying civil, staying organized, and letting strategy outmaneuver the...


Torts/Personal Injury

Why metadata is critical in modern personal injury litigation

Mar. 27, 2026
By Yosi Yahoudai, Arthur Dermendjian

For decades, personal injury law has turned on physical proof; now, it is increasingly metadata that uncovers the facts that d...


A practical guide for lawyers who absolutely do not want to settle their cases.


Managing thousands of court-referred mediations: How technology enables the Mediation Center of Los Angeles to succeed. The Su...


Law Practice

Most law firm business plans fail not from poor strategy but from weak execution, including vague goals, limited partner buy-i...


Constitutional Law

When protection prescribes speech

Mar. 26, 2026
By K. Chike Odiwe


The IRS's new guidance on qualified production property (QPP) clarifies eligibility, allocation and recapture rules, giving ta...


Business Law

Business therapy is what happens when an attorney solves the legal problem while also helping clients understand the patterns,...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

The High Court is upending decades of settled law

Mar. 25, 2026
By James Wagstaffe

The Supreme Court is increasingly willing to hear cases that overturn long-established precedents, reshaping constitutional an...


Technology, Data Privacy

Cybersecurity has always sounded like a thriller--and AI has just handed every would-be operative a new set of lethal capabili...


Constitutional Law

Kelo: The takings wave that won't stop

Mar. 25, 2026
By Michael M. Berger

Twenty years after Kelo v. City of New London expanded eminent domain to include broad "public purpose," states like ...


Space Law/Aviation/Aerospace

Early implementation of advanced air mobility will require a wide range of transactional work--from MOUs, leases, and financin...


Torts/Personal Injury, Tax

Tax pitfalls in personal injury settlements

Mar. 24, 2026
By Robert W. Wood

Every lawyer should know a few key tax rules that can shape what plaintiffs actually take home after a case resolves. Settleme...


Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 9th Circuit puts ideology above women's privacy, forcing a Korean spa to abandon centuries-old traditions, religious belie...


Class Action, Civil Procedure

When lawyers invoke the "presumption of fairness" in class-action settlements, they're citing a rule that traces back to a tre...