Insurance coverage disputes always start with questions about the interpretation of insurance policies. But despite decades of...

Mexico's ongoing judicial reforms are reshaping how foreign investors think about risk, enforcement and dispute resolution.

As federal antitrust enforcement falters and monopolies tighten their grip on the economy, California's COMPETE Act aims to cl...

As courts repeatedly block executive overreach, the judiciary's role as an independent check on presidential power underscores...

A Father's Day reflection on the tough-love generation of dads whose quiet sacrifices, humor and hard-earned wisdom shaped the...

AI is reshaping litigation by challenging traditional attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine and discovery rules, wh...

A Shakespearean phrase commonly used to describe ignored rules originally meant the opposite and its evolution illustrates how...

Simple courtesies such as accommodating witness availability, allowing remote testimony, stipulating to produced documents, an...

Public distrust of lawyers and judges, fueled by high-profile scandals and everyday misconduct, threatens confidence in the ju...

Attorneys absorb clients' trauma every day, yet the profession rarely acknowledges the toll. Recognizing vicarious trauma is e...

California appellate courts issued 20 arbitration decisions in the first five months of this year, tackling high-stakes questi...

California could improve the peace-of-mind protection promised by title insurance by allowing title insurers to substitute the...

Simple professional courtesies, such as accepting reasonable procedural suggestions, meeting and conferring before raising dis...

For a state that prides itself on innovation, California's civil procedure rules have become unnecessarily complex, driving up...

A new Court of Appeal decision, Godoy v. Linzner, holds that trust provisions restricting beneficiaries' ability to ...

Heppner fired the warning shot. Morgan drew th...

Monsanto v. Durnell asks whether federal pesticide labeling law preempts state failure-to-warn claims, a question emerg...

What food companies can learn from the David Protein lawsuit: When regulatory compliance, science and consumer perception coll...

A proposed overhaul of California discovery practice applies John P. Kotter's change-management framework to create a faster, ...

A Justice Department opinion seeks to dismantle decades of employment discrimination protections by making it far harder for w...

Post-primary analysis of Proposition 50's redistricting shows a near-elimination of competitive California congressional distr...

California's environmental and land use laws have become so focused on process and litigation that they often fail to deliver ...

San Diego's federal and state courts continue to be led by a strong roster of women judges and justices serving in key chief a...

As California expands CARE Court, meaningful access and communication must remain central to due process.

In In re Tung Trust, the California Court of Appeal held that a general survivorship clause was insufficient to overrid...

California's elderly parole system has tilted too far toward releasing serious sex offenders, underscoring the need for strict...

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other developed nation, yet Americans do not live longer or healthier liv...

Atrazine's growing legal and scientific scrutiny is forcing new questions about manufacturers' duty to warn, environmental exp...

A working mother and law firm partner reflects on the "fourth shift"--the invisible, unbilled labor of caregiving--and argues ...

Mind those deadlines! Party loses appeal of arbitration decision by failing to timely file petition to vacate.