This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
Columns

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Category
    Search by Headline


Sports betting apps are engineered to addict, and consumer protection lawyers are taking them on.


Constitutional Law


Fifty years after Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court's campaign-finance jurisprudence continues to distinguish protect...


Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires' wealth to help offset healthcare cuts. Its proponent...


As courts weigh whether routine website tracking violates California's privacy law, ADR can help businesses and consumers navi...


For beneficiaries considering a challenge to an estate plan, the substantive strength of a claim may not be enough to protect ...


Routine, meritless objections to written discovery delay litigation, increase costs and burden courts, and calls on lawyers an...


AI agents may soon remember our marriages better than we do, creating a powerful new kind of evidence--and forcing family cour...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


The legal merits don't always drive litigation strategy. To be a true business partner, counsel must understand the leverage, ...


Generational differences are reshaping legal culture, requiring attorneys and mediators to recognize changing communication st...


Policyholders can maximize recovery from network interruption claims by avoiding four common mistakes that can lead to dispute...


SB 690 could wipe out most pending pen register claims and curb efforts to stack statutory damages, even as plaintiffs continu...


The California Supreme Court ruled that courts must provide indigent litigants with an official verbatim record, including thr...


California's new child-safety laws create new avenues for holding social media and AI companies liable, but their effectivenes...


The Supreme Court's East Wing ruling casts doubt on decades of precedent recognizing aesthetic injury as sufficient for standi...


This second annual back-to-school quiz tests California attorneys' knowledge of hearsay and other evidence rules through 10 pr...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Choosing the right mediator is a lot like choosing the right dog: Attorneys should look beyond pedigree to find the temperamen...


Family, Bankruptcy


From fraudulent transfers and strategic bankruptcies to hidden assets and sham entities, family law attorneys need actionable ...


As courts crack down on AI misuse, lawyers must do more than verify their work. Here are four additional steps firms can take ...


As courts abandon the grace period for AI mistakes, lawyers face sanctions, new disclosure rules and a growing duty to verify ...


Judges and Judiciary


As AI evolves, the meaningful question is not whether AI will touch judicial work but whether it will do so thoughtfully or ha...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


Seven ways counsel can test conviction before mediation so confidence remains useful when it meets a skeptical room.


The 9th Circuit's Ding decision clarifies when later-discovered sexual harassment claims can shift a case from arbitrat...


A recent ruling overturning economic espionage convictions shows how timing, and even a defendant's ineptitude, can undermine ...


Judges and Judiciary


As legal AI improves, the risk should shift from obvious errors to the subtler problem of "discretion flattening," where persu...


An ironclad separate statement of undisputed material facts can persuade the court while giving opposing counsel a sobering pe...


California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act presents estate planners with significant challenges, including retroactive applicat...




Los Angeles Superior Court is carefully evaluating AI as a research tool, but human judicial officers--not machines--will alwa...


Representing an injured minor requires special care, from choosing the right guardian ad litem and navigating potential confli...