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Appellate Practice

California appellate courts and appellate bar organizations could easily modify, adopt, and perhaps improve on the templates s...


Technology, Law Practice

In order to spot false information, lawyers have to remain attentive. This is particularly true when seeking artificial assist...


Legal Education

Oppenheimer vindicated? Not so fast

Jul. 5, 2023
By Stephen G. Mason

Oppenheimer lied about his communism his entire life. He lied when he completed his Security Personnel Questionnaires for the ...


Labor/Employment, Government

For many, Senate Bill 686 is a welcome next step to protect the health and safety of domestic workers who have been excluded f...


Torts/Personal Injury

Can an individual escape liability simply by relying on the fact that the fireworks that caused the harm were “safe and sane?”...


Farmworkers had been cutting Green Giant asparagus for the settled price of $3 a box, but when the giant food company shorted ...


Next time you are asked to file for divorce of a client married in another country, test it for its validity where contracted....


When family and friends gather they often want to rehash the past. Sometimes that’s just lovely. Who doesn’t like to reminisce...


Antitrust & Trade Reg., Administrative/Regulatory

Don’t block the Microsoft-Activision merger

Jun. 30, 2023
By Robert E. Bright

It is easy to sympathize with the FTC’s skepticism of increased marketplace concentration in the tech industry. Over the last...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Affirmatively deaf to the uniqueness of America

Jun. 30, 2023
By Denisse O. Gastelum

While the practice of affirmative action may be imperfect and may have an impact on tuition and revenue, albeit minimal or non...


U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law

Justice Alito’s opinion yesterday emphasized the recent shift in Establishment Clause jurisprudence toward greater accommodati...


California lawmakers recently voted to proceed with an updated version of SB 287, a bill that examines how social media compan...


Land Use, Environmental & Energy

While the Sierra Club lost, two aspects of the Supreme Court’s ruling facilitated the subsequent half century of modern enviro...


Entertainment & Sports

Stream It Tonight! "LA Law Pilot" (1986)

Jun. 30, 2023
By Michael Asimow, Paul Bergman

Prior to the debut of LA Law, lawyers on television had zero resemblance to real lawyers.


Obituaries, Judges and Judiciary

Goodbye and Hello to Judge Arnold Gold

Jun. 30, 2023
By Arthur Gilbert

For more than 30 years, I was enriched by Judge Arnold Gold’s friendship. He was a person of discriminating taste. He read all...


U.S. Supreme Court, Securities

Because no new money is generated, direct listings are not a frequently used technique for going public. Yet even if the strat...


Consumer Law, Constitutional Law

The MATCH List is Out of Control!

Jun. 29, 2023
By Bryce M. Van De Moere, James Huber

Credit card companies are allowing an archaic set of rules to create an atmosphere where even a general request for an investi...



U.S. Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Coinbase is a win for defendants seeking to compel arbitration

Jun. 28, 2023
By John A. Vogt, JoeAl Akobian

Now that a stay of proceedings is mandatory upon the filing of an interlocutory appeal of a decision denying a motion to compe...


Government, Civil Rights

Controversy brews over new laws and a threat to long-established nationwide custody rules.


Legal Education

How to pass California's 'baby bar' law exam

Jun. 28, 2023
By Joseph Wilson

In December 2021, the baby bar enjoyed its 15 minutes of fame when Kim Kardashian announced to millions of Instagram followers...


As the cost of auto insurance in California rises, the number of drivers who cannot afford to purchase insurance will likely i...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Large language models loom large

Jun. 27, 2023
By David M. Majchrzak

Given that large language models are not designed to extract information purely from traditionally reliable sources of legal a...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Cross-border conflicts: mediating across cultures

Jun. 27, 2023
By Sukhsimran Singh

In the West, we are expected to look people directly in the eye when speaking, which is counterintuitive to cultures with high...


Some may have been surprised that Trump was not additionally charged with unlawfully sharing national defense informati...


Evidence

Logos, dumbbells, and hearsay

Jun. 26, 2023
By Gary A. Watt

Grappling with evidence is as good as it gets – a sign that judges and lawyers want to get it right.


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, California Supreme Court

This rule has been a long time coming. According to the State Bar of California News Center, since 2010, California has twice ...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

When negotiations stall, it can be due to a reluctance to explore one’s own interests and motivations or insufficient confiden...


U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property

The Supreme Court discarded the Roger's test as an affirmative defense to claims of trademark infringement and dilution...


Tax

Navigating California tax disputes

MCLE
Jun. 23, 2023
By Robert W. Wood

Under Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code section 19060, failing to notify the state means the California statute of limitations never r...