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Tax

No matter how good the language in a settlement agreement may be, tax language in a settlement agreement does not guarantee th...


Labor/Employment


LA28 Olympics Coverage

As Los Angeles prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, unresolved infrastructure, safety and accountability concerns are beginni...


Letters

Retroactive AI standards and a courtroom scapegoat

Jun. 1, 2026
By William Slomanson

A former court commissioner was singled out for broader judicial and AI-related citation failures and retroactively applied st...


Appellate Practice

Can appellate lawyers learn from trial lawyers?

Jun. 1, 2026
By Myron Moskovitz

Although trial and appellate lawyers practice in different arenas, both ultimately succeed through the same art of strategic p...


San Diego County Assessor Jordan Marks argues that Measure A would unfairly impose costly taxes on wildfire victims, grieving ...


Technology

Enough is enough or alternative intent

Jun. 1, 2026
By Arthur Gilbert

Although AI may transform--and even threaten--the future of human work and decision-making, it cannot replace the distinctly h...


Consumer Protection Law

California fashion compliance enters a new era

May 29, 2026
By Warren Koshofer

California is turning fashion compliance into full-spectrum accountability, binding brands to labor, climate and supply-chain ...


Civil Procedure

California's severely under-resourced and overburdened court system should adopt an early case-screening "enabling hearing" to...


Constitutional Law

As the nation turns 250, access to justice remains one of the clearest measures of whether America is living up to its foundin...


Torts/Personal Injury

If President Trump signs Uber-backed legislation shielding the company from lawsuits over driver misconduct, one of the bigges...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Meditation and Stoicism can help attorneys manage stress, improve focus, and respond more effectively to the pressures and con...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Pre-mediation discovery: Get key cards on the table

May 29, 2026
By Scott Hengesbach

In complex medical cases, the more critical expert evidence parties can surface before mediation, the greater the chance of tu...


Guide to Legal Writing

Figurative language is the food processor of persuasion: It purees emotional resistance, slices through entrenched positions a...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

California lawyers have an ethical duty to maintain a succession plan so that client matters, funds, and representation are pr...


International Law, Corporate

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement faces major shift

May 28, 2026
By Omer Ilter, Julie A. Werner-Simon

Trump's rollback of federal anti-corruption enforcement may ease pressure on multinational businesses, but states and foreign ...


Entertainment & Sports

As YouTube takes a more active role in creator monetization and brand partnerships, new legal and business questions will emer...


Law Practice, Law Office Management

What AI and CRM actually mean for lawyers

MCLE
May 28, 2026
By George Brandon

Law firms are embracing AI not for flashy innovation, but because it can quietly strip out the friction in client development,...


Consumer Protection Law

When Amazon agreed earlier this month to stop selling high-speed e-bikes in California, headlines called it a recall; it is no...


Constitutional Law

Church v. State: A takings conundrum

May 27, 2026
By Michael M. Berger

A rare church-state showdown is brewing at Mount Cristo Rey, where the federal government's bid to seize Catholic Church land ...


In re Gilberto G. makes clear that a single lapse in parental judgment cannot, on its own, sustain a dependency petitio...


Labor/Employment

When the benefits end: Workers' comp timelines vs. human recovery

May 26, 2026
By Yosi Yahoudai, Melissa Jamero Herbito

California's workers' compensation system is built to resolve claims at defined statutory endpoints, even when recovery from t...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights

How to be an effective LGBTQ+ ally in the workplace

May 26, 2026
By Ashlee Difuntorum

Effective allyship empowers LGBTQ+ professionals to show up fully, unlocking stronger collaboration, deeper insight and a more...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Generative AI has shattered the legal system's long-standing trust in cited authority, and the Campos decision makes clear tha...


Most people know that if you owe taxes, you'll also owe interest. But fewer consider what happens to that interest while they'...


Government

Trump to taxpayers: You owe Jan. 6 rioters $1.776B

May 26, 2026
By William Rothbard

Trump's Justice Department quietly handed his convicted allies--including Jan. 6 insurrectionists--a $1.776 billion taxpayer-f...


How one young Mexican-American organizer exposed judicial bias and helped secure justice in wartime Los Angeles.


Torts/Personal Injury, Technology

Big Tech's "blame the user" defense is collapsing as courts start treating addictive social media design like a defective pro...


A federal jury in Oakland dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI on procedural grounds, underscoring the growing importa...


Labor/Employment

In O'Dell v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc., the 9th Circuit held that employees cannot use prior arbitral rulings to bl...