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Criminal

The treatment-mandated felony

MCLE
Jul. 27, 2026
By Alex Ricciardulli

California's new Treatment-Mandated Felony reshapes how repeat hard drug possession cases may be prosecuted, creating a treatm...


Administrative/Regulatory

ATF must provide more notice about online gun purchases

Jul. 27, 2026
By William Slomanson

The proposed ATF rule changes that would expand online firearm purchases and allow direct mail delivery raise questions about ...


Intellectual Property

A Chinese court's RMB 10 million trademark ruling against a milk tea chain shows why global brands must think beyond product c...


Environmental & Energy

Rinnai may have saved zero-NOx rules for now, but the future of gas regulation will turn on how governments frame the f...


Consumer Protection Law

Businesses with customer-facing websites face growing litigation risk as plaintiffs increasingly combine ADA website accessibi...


After 30 years of dormancy, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court now faces its first real test--and with it, whether due process ...


Tax

California's ballot compromise leaves Measure ULA standing - for now

Jul. 23, 2026
By Michael Wippler, Alex Kaplan

Although Los Angeles' ULA Tax remains in effect, ongoing legislative, legal, and local policy developments continue to reshape...


EB-2 national interest waiver petitions remain a valuable immigration pathway, but declining approval rates underscore the nee...


Tax

10 tax-related steps for wildfire victims

Jul. 23, 2026
By Robert W. Wood

If you suffered a wildfire loss, you probably have a long and difficult road ahead, from finding a place to live to navigating...


Government

Another path opens in campaign finance

Jul. 22, 2026
By Varoon Modak

The Supreme Court's latest campaign finance ruling gives national party committees a powerful new tool, allowing them to spend...


Civil Procedure

10 steps to prepare a witness for deposition

Jul. 22, 2026
By Michael S. Kun

Effective deposition preparation strikes a careful balance between ensuring a witness is informed and confident without crossi...


Technology

Beyond hallucinations: Is it time to recalibrate?

Jul. 22, 2026
By Karin Schwartz

The legal profession's AI conversation began with fictional cases; its next challenge is defining what responsible use looks l...


The 14th Annual Cultural Competency in Family Law Practice Seminar will explore how disability and neurodiversity affect famil...


Torts/Personal Injury

The power of grace in the deposition room

Jul. 21, 2026
By Aaron J. Fischer

A deposition in a wrongful death case illustrates how compassion and professionalism can foster healing without compromising z...


Torts/Personal Injury, LA Fires

The lessons from California's mass fire litigation show that early evidence preservation, careful evaluation of compensation p...


Criminal

Patchwork resentencing

Jul. 21, 2026
By Michael J. Raphael

California's piecemeal approach to resentencing reforms has created uneven opportunities for incarcerated defendants, raising ...


Environmental & Energy

With great power comes great responsibility

Jul. 21, 2026
By Soovya Nagin, Kipp Mueller

California's public utilities must do more than check compliance boxes--they must embrace a culture of prevention and accounta...


The 2025 federalization of the California National Guard sparked legal questions over military authority while underscoring th...


Civil Procedure

How one vowel beat a $6.5 million judgment

Jul. 20, 2026
By Timothy M. Kowal

One vowel unraveled a $6.5 million default judgment against Jermaine Jackson--but the real lesson is service by publication, w...


Law Office Management

Building the firm of the future: a modernization checklist for managing partners

Jul. 20, 2026
By Monica Washington Rothbaum, Sandra Vives

Firms that integrate technology into their core operations--rather than treating it as a support function--free up staff time ...


Torts/Personal Injury

The injury happened off campus, the negligence didn't

Jul. 20, 2026
By Michael E. Rubinstein

In negligent supervision cases against schools, it's the act, not the injury, that courts want to identify.


Intellectual Property

When brand disputes become false advertising cases

Jul. 20, 2026
By Julie Scheipeter, Joe Saleh

Brand disputes are not always just about trademark confusion; businesses can gain strategic advantages by identifying when mis...


Technology

America's AI future needs a national strategy

Jul. 17, 2026
By Kevin Frazier

Data centers are the backbone of America's AI future, and the federal government must ensure short-term local politics do not ...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education

The bar exam fight is over. The real test starts now

Jul. 17, 2026
By Susan Smith Bakhshian

California's decision to adopt the NextGen bar exam is only the first step; the greater challenge is designing a California-sp...


Torts/Personal Injury

Rethinking liability in the age of outsourcing

Jul. 17, 2026
By K. Chike Odiwe

Cal/OSHA's trench safety warning underscores a broader legal reality: organizations that fail to assess foreseeable risks befo...


Wills, Estates & Trusts

As family wealth increasingly consists of closely held businesses and other complex assets, succession planning has become les...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Stop outsourcing your disputes

Jul. 17, 2026
By Giorgio Sassine

California companies do business around the world. Their disputes should stay here.


Law Office Management

The making of a modern litigator, part five

Jul. 17, 2026
By Bahram Seyedin-Noor

AI will transform the early years of litigation by reducing tedious tasks, providing on-demand coaching and expanding opportun...


Technology, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech

How AI rewrites the medical malpractice script

Jul. 17, 2026
By Paul J. Molinaro

AI is reshaping medical malpractice litigation and creating new liability risks for physicians who don't adopt widely used dia...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Effective mediators can overcome the familiar pattern of extreme opening demands and incremental concessions by using strategi...