California law offers military and mental health diversion programs to help veterans accused of crimes access rehabilitation i...
Labor/Employment
SB 988: Empowers freelance workers with new payment and contract protections
By Emily Burkhardt Vicente, Jesse Borja
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Administrative/Regulatory
AB 2505: New pro bono reporting requirement
By Stephen L. Raucher
Administrative/Regulatory
SB 707: The nation's first EPR law specific to textiles
By Christopher Rendall-Jackson
Labor/Employment
SB 399: New ban on employer captive audience meetings
By Cameron Stewart
Labor/Employment
AB 1034: Extension of construction industry exemption from PAGA
By Tyler M. Paetkau, Abby Treadwell
Labor/Employment
AB 2288 and SB 92: PAGA reform and a new chapter in wage and hour law
By Corinne Spencer
Administrative/Regulatory
SB 1037: The housing hammer that could hit cities with steep penalties
By MaryBeth Heydt
Administrative/Regulatory
SB 219: Extends deadline for and sets new rules for emission disclosure rules
By Maureen F. Gorsen
Family
SB 1427: Divorce made simple with joint petitions for amicable splits
By Brandon Rose, Raechele Jang
Education Law
AB 2608: Sexual abuse and violence training on college campuses
By Marina R. Pacheco, Gary Partamian
Education Law
AB 2193: Schools on the hook for hazing accountability
By Madeline Buitelaar, Gorev Ahuja
Administrative/Regulatory
AB 2049: Amendments to the summary judgment rules
By Marina R. Pacheco, Gary Partamian
State Bar & Bar Associations, Alternative Dispute Resolution
SB 940: Civil disputes and the new State Bar ADR certification program
By Cameron Stewart
Intellectual Property
AB 1836: Protecting deceased celebrities' likenesses in audiovisual works
By Drew Wilson
Government
How Turkey and Biden pulled off a hostage exchange that went largely unnoticed
By Omer Ilter
Under President Joe Biden, the U.S. and Turkey, both seasoned practitioners of "back channel" diplomacy, achieved a remarkable...
Labor/Employment
Key changes every employer needs to know about the latest employment laws
By Dean A. Rocco
California's newest laws offer protections for victims of violence, limit mandatory attendance at employer meetings, and ban r...
Intellectual Property
Why trademark registration is essential for every business
By Nadine Bedwan
A strong understanding of trademark law can be a game-changer for legal practices, helping businesses protect their brand, inc...
Labor/Employment
AB 1880 and SB 764: Ready, Set, Vlog!
By Jeremy M. Mittman, Eric D. Engelman
Civil Rights
California's racial justice reform falters under judicial bias
By Lateef Gray
California's Racial Justice Act aims to eliminate racism from criminal courts, but recent judicial bias cases reveal the need ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
The California Pro Bono Portal: Volunteering made easy
By Jenni Gomez-Haddad
Despite the staggering unmet civil legal needs of low-income Californians, highlighted by the State Bar of California's 2019 J...
Corporate, Business Law
Attorney fees for total victory: Is Musk's Tesla pay case a blueprint?
By Brian Danitz
When attorneys scored a complete victory against Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package, Chancellor McCormick faced a novel...
Labor/Employment
SB 399: Employers can't force workers to listen to them
By JJ Johnston
Starting Jan. 1, 2025, California's SB 399 will ban employers from penalizing workers for skipping meetings on political or re...
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Trump's inauguration will be a felonious first
By John H. Minan
President Donald Trump will be sworn in next month, regardless of a conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in...
Tax
Can Trump's tax plan support both an aging infrastructure and population?
By Selwyn D. Whitehead
As Trump eyes extending his 2017 tax cuts, a $35 trillion national debt and mounting social costs pose critical challenges, cr...
Government, Criminal
Biden's half-step on death row is only a partial victory
By Robert M. Sanger
President Biden's commutation of 37 out of 40 federal death row sentences is a partial but important step in fulfilling his pr...
Environmental & Energy
SB 253 puts companies on the climate clock
By David R. Singh, Morgan D. MacBride
California's new Corporate Climate Data Accountability Act mandates large businesses to report Scope 3 greenhouse gas emission...
U.S. Supreme Court, Tax
Supreme Court takes on FCC's taxing power: A game-changer for telecom?
By Imad Matini, Paul A. Werner
On Nov. 22, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a Fifth Circuit ruling in Consumers' Research v. FCC, which d...
Technology, Tax, Government
Trump's EV crackdown sets up California legal battle for 2025
By Mark A. Neubauer
A Trump-Musk administration may end federal EV tax credits and emission regulations while California imposes stricter oversigh...
Technology, Government
The future of US policy on Chinese EV manufacturers
By James Kim
As geopolitical and economic stakes rise, the U.S. is grappling with Chinese EV dominance, balancing trade barriers against th...