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Torts/Personal Injury

Smoke inhalation injuries are routinely underestimated, delayed in presentation and catastrophic when untreated. For elderly r...


International Law

A unique statute for unique circumstances?

Jun. 25, 2026
By Simon J. Frankel

Congress has rewritten the rules for Nazi-looted art claims, sweeping away decades-old defenses and setting the stage for high...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

With up to 800 attorneys a year expected to face mandatory CTAPP reviews, California lawyers should now treat the program as a...


Technology

As Kirkland & Ellis reportedly invests roughly $500 million in its own AI platform, many lawyers are asking a pressing que...


U.S. Supreme Court, International Law

The strange afterlife of Cuban property seizures

Jun. 24, 2026
By Michael M. Berger

The Supreme Court's rulings in major Cuban confiscation and trafficking cases clarify the scope of the Libertad Act and modern...


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

We came to be plaintiff lawyers

Jun. 24, 2026
By Imdad Rahman

The Uber ballot war we were ready to fight was called off last week in a private deal. Here is what it taught the next generat...


Construction

California Civil Code section 8850: Redefining construction dispute resolution

Jun. 24, 2026
By Theresa C. Becerra, Zackary G. Smith

The Private Works Change Order Fair Payment Act may fundamentally reshape construction dispute resolution in California, requi...


A settlement agreement's tax language can be as important as the settlement amount itself. Plaintiffs who ignore allocations a...


Insurance, Civil Procedure, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

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


International Law

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


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

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


Constitutional Law

Courts are saving our republic

Jun. 23, 2026
By William Rothbard

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


Family

How a generation of fathers built character

Jun. 22, 2026
By Lou Shapiro

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


Technology

The ghost in the courtroom: From AI chatbots to 'agentic litigation'

MCLE
Jun. 22, 2026
By Timothy Spangler, Steven E. Young

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


Law Practice

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


Alternative Dispute Resolution

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


Judges and Judiciary

The People v. The Bench and Bar

Jun. 22, 2026
By Edwin Hong

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


Ethics/Professional Responsibility

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


Litigation & Arbitration

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...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

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


Civil Procedure

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 ...


Technology

Privilege survives AI only if lawyers do their job

MCLE
Jun. 19, 2026
By Arnold P. Peter

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...


Consumer Protection Law

Regulatory law is both an art and a science

Jun. 18, 2026
By Pejman Javaheri

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


Civil Procedure

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


Civil Rights

The assault on civil rights

Jun. 18, 2026
By Erwin Chemerinsky

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


Constitutional Law

Proposition 50's gerrymander worked exactly as designed

Jun. 18, 2026
By James R. Bozajian

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


Environmental & Energy

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