Who's liable when ChatGPT gives bad legal advice?
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 misuse of federal Indian law in the birthright citizenship debate
By Jack Duran
The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, guarantees that anyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen and ensures...
9th Circuit rejects Uber and Instacart's free speech challenge to worker deactivation law
By Roland M. Juarez, Andrea Oguntula
The court upheld Seattle's App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance, rejecting Uber and Instacart's constitutional chall...
The enduring legacy of Warren Christopher
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
Childhood abuse survivors face a federal deadline that makes no sense
By Doug Rochen
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
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
Justice for those who served requires more than business as usual
By William M. Paparian
California's expanded military diversion law gives lawyers a vital tool to secure just outcomes for veterans by addressing ser...
Labor/Employment
Back to basics: NLRB restores employer-friendly 2020 joint-employer standard
By Amber M. Rogers, Keenan Judge
The NLRB's return to the 2020 joint-employer rule narrows the circumstances in which businesses may be deemed joint employers ...
Insurance
When AI gets it wrong: Insurance coverage for false, defamatory and infringing AI-generated content
By Joseph Saka, Andrew Reidy
Existing insurance programs may provide coverage in some circumstances, but insurers are increasingly introducing exclusions a...
Entertainment & Sports
Litigation lessons for entertainment transactional attorneys: Nuanced contracting pitfalls
By Ashlee Difuntorum
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
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
The Uber initiative isn't consumer protection, it's a liability shield
By Reza Torkzadeh
Uber's proposed "fee cap" initiative disguises limiting injured people's access to legal and medical resources as consumer pro...
International Law, Civil Procedure
Litigation differences between the U.S. and China: Strategic insights for counsel
By Chong Yu
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
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
The coming wave of CARE Court litigation: Eligibility, due process and system capacity collide
By Megan A. Moghtaderi
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
When going low no longer works: Strategic civility as the new power play in family law
By Noel E. Guth
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
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.
How innovation Is clearing the LA County Court backlog
By Myer J. Sankary
Managing thousands of court-referred mediations: How technology enables the Mediation Center of Los Angeles to succeed. The Su...
Law Practice
The silent killer of legal growth: Why most business plans fail
By George Brandon
Most law firm business plans fail not from poor strategy but from weak execution, including vague goals, limited partner buy-i...
The IRS's new guidance on qualified production property (QPP) clarifies eligibility, allocation and recapture rules, giving ta...
Business Law
How business therapy helps lawyers solve what clients don't see
By Talin V. Yacoubian
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
By James Wagstaffe
The Supreme Court is increasingly willing to hear cases that overturn long-established precedents, reshaping constitutional an...
Technology, Data Privacy
Not a vibe: The rise of the agentic AI hacker in cybersecurity
By Laila Paszti
Cybersecurity has always sounded like a thriller--and AI has just handed every would-be operative a new set of lethal capabili...
Twenty years after Kelo v. City of New London expanded eminent domain to include broad "public purpose," states like ...
Space Law/Aviation/Aerospace
A survey of transactional tasks required for AAM implementation - Part 4
By Robert Ehling
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
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 sacrifices privacy for political correctness
By Bill Becker
The 9th Circuit puts ideology above women's privacy, forcing a Korean spa to abandon centuries-old traditions, religious belie...
Class Action, Civil Procedure
Down the rabbit hole and The Cheshire Cat grin: Presuming class action settlements are fair
By Curtis E.A. Karnow
When lawyers invoke the "presumption of fairness" in class-action settlements, they're citing a rule that traces back to a tre...