Wills, Estates & Trusts
AB 2016: A significant change to small estate petitions for real property
By Jennifer Sawday
AB 2016 amends the California Probate Code, changing how successors manage a decedent's real property, specifically affecting ...
This article by Elia V. Pirozzi discusses various objections to questions posed during trials in California, focusing on objec...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial salaries and staffing must be upgraded
By Joseph W. Cotchett Jr.
The judicial system in California is facing significant challenges due to inadequate salaries and staffing, resulting in delay...
Technology, Real Estate/Development
Price fixing in the age of artificial intelligence: United States v. RealPage
By Bernard M. Resser
The Department of Justice, along with eight state attorneys general, filed a complaint against RealPage for using software tha...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
When the classroom, or mediation, becomes a moral battleground
By Ron Berglas
Reflecting on the complexities of moral judgment and the challenges of maintaining professional responsibilities.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Getting to Yes: Mediating and Settling Cases
By Evelio Grillo
Judges and Judiciary
A cross-border judicial exchange: San Bernardino Superior Court visits the Poder Judicial de Baja California
By Lisa M. Rogan
The visit highlighted the commitment of the magistrates to justice reform, including oral hearings and increased transparency,...
Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law
Advocating for Bais Din Siruvs: Upholding religious authority and justice
By Baruch C. Cohen
A New York federal district court case, Esses v. Rosen, addressed the dissemination of a Siruv, a contempt judgment fro...
Labor/Employment
The amended Private Attorneys General Act--new tools and big questions
By Cynthia Sandoval, Matthew D'Abusco
The amended California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) introduces significant changes and new provisions, including the E...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
The constitutionality of age verification for pornographic websites is debatable
By Krista L. Baughman
The Supreme Court is set to review a case challenging a Texas law that requires commercial pornographic websites to verify the...
Military Law, Government
Veterans win back the West LA VA Campus
By Antoinette Naddour
The court's ruling aims to significantly reduce veteran homelessness and improve access to medical care, though implementation...
Real Estate/Development, Business Law
The California Commercial Tenant Protection Act creates a new category of protected commercial tenants
By Steven Otto, Dorothy Groza
Landlords are advised to review SB 1103 carefully and prepare for compliance, as the legislation includes ambiguities that may...
Intellectual Property
The branding of a president
By Steven P. Hollman, Shauna Miller Wertheim
Political branding has been utilized since the early days of the Republic, with increasing efforts in the last 30 years to dom...
The American Bar Association's Pro Bono Week emphasizes the goal for lawyers to provide 50+ hours of pro bono work yearly. Sta...
California's Wild West: train robberies, posses and prison breaks
By John S. Caragozian
The late 1800s in California's San Joaquin Valley were marked by violent conflicts between the monopolistic Southern Pacific R...
Letters
In defense of LACBA's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee
By Steven S. Fleischman
Criticism about the lack of criminal law opinions is misplaced, as PREC's ethics opinions are based on the California Rules of...
Constitutional Law
The death of the 2nd Amendment: Part III - Scalia's 'history'
By Myron Moskovitz
Justice Antonin Scalia's historical arguments, which sought to demonstrate that the Second Amendment's wording supported indiv...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
$2.8 billion settlement signals a new era for health care competition
By Jennifer Paley
The settlement includes provisions for BCBS to change its business practices to foster competition and improve transparency. T...
Environmental & Energy
End without a means? 'General Prohibitions' in the Clean Water Act
By Whitney Hodges, Brooke Miller
The Supreme Court appears divided, with some justices suggesting General Prohibitions are acceptable if the EPA lacks sufficie...
Immigration
Ninth Circuit's asylum ruling hits a different note
By Avantika Shastri, Christine Raymond
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in Singh v. Garland that the government cannot arbitrarily r...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Can the LACBA's committees evolve beyond wallpaper?
By Antonio R. Sarabia II
There is a difference between having principles and acting on them, and the effectiveness of LACBA's committees in incorporati...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy
Ethical and privacy standards in forensic psychiatry in the AI era
By Laura Davies , MD, Patricia Thaine
Patients may not fully understand how their data will be used by AI, making informed consent challenging. Algorithmic transpar...
State Bar & Bar Associations, California Supreme Court
Trying to make sense of the bar exam debate
By Claire M. Solot
The California Supreme Court has rejected a proposal for a Practical Bar Exam (PBE) as a method of licensure, citing procedura...
Bankruptcy
Urgent alert for debtors and creditors: Act fast in bankruptcy cases
By Baruch C. Cohen
Meeting statutory deadlines in bankruptcy cases is crucial for both debtors and creditors to protect their rights and maximize...
Judges and Judiciary
Reviewing C.C.P 231.7's prohibition on peremptory challenges based on cognizable group
By Anthony J. Ferrentino
Recent cases show conflicting interpretations about whether presumptively invalid reasons can be used to justify excusal, with...
Regulation of Big Tech is urgently needed due to the harmful impact of social media on mental health, particularly among minor...
FCC's $31 million cyber breach settlement allows T-Mobile to spend half to improve security for three years of data breaches.
High tax rates may prompt some Californians to consider relocating, particularly before significant income events like lawsuit...
Technology, Litigation & Arbitration
Navigating the mirage of deepfakes in court and arbitration
By Daniel B. Garrie, Gail A. Andler
The rise of deepfakes, hyper-realistic digital fabrications created through AI, poses significant challenges to the legal syst...
Resident managers must live on-site and handle issues like leaks and noise. They earn minimum wage and can receive liquidated ...