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Approaching depositions with trial in mind gives counsel an advantage--whether through testimony from unavailable witnesses, i...

National Audubon reframed water rights as conditional privileges, establishing that environmental values are core cri...

The Trump administration's sweeping "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" may be doomed to fail because it illegally stuffs non-budgeta...

President Trump's second-term immigration agenda marks a sharp escalation from his first, with an aggressive revival of civil ...

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With IV failure rates as high as 50%, healthcare providers face growing malpractice exposure as routine procedures turn into c...

The launch of the International Mediation Institute in Hong Kong marks a symbolic yet significant step for China in asserting ...

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The DOJ has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Oakland's Jerusalem Coffee House, accusing it of antisemitic discrimination a...

Citing a rarely used statute and without the governor's request--President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops f...

The Supreme Court's decision eliminates extra burdens for majority-group plaintiffs, casting new doubt on California's Assembl...

From banned to welcomed to banned again, transgender troops have faced five different policies in just nine years--and the leg...

A potential presidential commission could finally bring order to the chaotic world of college athletics, where conflicting sta...

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President Trump's April 2025 executive order targeting disparate impact liability in discrimination claims may weaken federal ...

The congressional budget bill bypassed the established multi-branch review process required for changing federal civil procedu...

Wildfire victims may be able to reduce, delay, or avoid paying taxes on insurance or settlement proceeds--especially if the fi...

Elon Musk's abrupt exit from Washington marks the collapse of a bold but controversial reform push, highlighting both the resi...

When stepping into an active case, replacement counsel must take deliberate steps--such as reviewing deadlines, understanding ...

Despite spending significant resources to support victims, district attorney offices often fail to address serious ethical ris...

In mediation, experts should serve not as adversarial advocates but as collaborative problem-solvers-clarifying technical issu...

After avoiding foreign business deals during his first term, President Trump and his family now appear to have embraced intern...

In a closely watched case that could have drastically reshaped class action law, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 5, 2025, dismi...

The California Supreme Court in Escamilla v. Vannucci clarified that the one-year statute of limitations under Code of ...