Real Estate/Development
In a powerful and meticulously reasoned opinion, Judge Charles Breyer correctly ruled that President Trump's unprecedented fed...
Litigation & Arbitration
The California Supreme Court is poised to clarify when arbitration agreements signed by nursing home residents can compel thei...
Technology, Intellectual Property
Why AI's use of shadow libraries should alarm us all
For $100,000 in crypto, Anna's Archive is offering AI companies high-speed access to 140 million pirated books and articles--f...
Technology, Insurance
As state-sponsored cyberattacks grow more disruptive, insurers are expanding the War Exclusion to deny coverage even in peacet...
Despite its rocky introduction to the legal profession, generative AI is rapidly becoming integral to both the practice of law...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Navigating Kaiser Permanente's arbitration process
When patients bring claims against Kaiser Permanente in California, they face a unique and complex arbitration system--one bor...
The Trump administration's sweeping "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" may be doomed to fail because it illegally stuffs non-budgeta...
Letters
The DOJ has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Oakland's Jerusalem Coffee House, accusing it of antisemitic discrimination a...
From banned to welcomed to banned again, transgender troops have faced five different policies in just nine years--and the leg...
President Trump's April 2025 executive order targeting disparate impact liability in discrimination claims may weaken federal ...
Wildfire victims may be able to reduce, delay, or avoid paying taxes on insurance or settlement proceeds--especially if the fi...
Consumer Protection Law, Class Action
The Supreme Court's dismissal of Labcorp v. Davis
In a closely watched case that could have drastically reshaped class action law, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 5, 2025, dismi...
Civil Procedure, California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court in Escamilla v. Vannucci clarified that the one-year statute of limitations under Code of ...
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade held that President Trump exceeded his authority under the Internat...
Environmental & Energy
The U.S. Supreme Court clarified that under the federal National Environmental Policy Act, agencies are not required to assess...
International Law, Administrative/Regulatory
President Trump's proposed 100% tariff on foreign films raises legal doubts, while actor Jon Voight and Gov. Newsom offer tax ...
Labor/Employment
California's Carranza decision marks a turning point in harassment law, signaling that even indirect, single incidents ...
Intellectual Property
Despite being dubbed "soft IP," trademark and copyright cases often plunge lawyers into the lively intersection of law and cul...
Amid a nostalgic reflection on legal heroes and cultural memory, Justice Arthur Gilbert honors the legacy of Justice Stanley M...
Once-simple divorces now take years to resolve, cost tens of thousands in legal fees, and leave families in limbo. Is there a ...
State Bar & Bar Associations
The State Bar's proposed ban on attorney advertising in domestic violence cases could give one side an unfair advantage, delay...
A recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in VIP Products LLC v. Jack Daniel's Properties Inc. ...
Technology, Alternative Dispute Resolution
The final installment of this three-part series examines how parties and counsel can enhance mediation outcomes through strate...
Labor/Employment
Large Los Angeles County retailers will be required to give workers 14 days' notice of their schedules starting July 1 under a...
Immigration
Though not without precedent, an immigration-based competition show would confront substantial regulatory and ethical barriers.
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
With two pending bills--AB 931 and SB 37--poised to reshape fee-sharing, litigation funding, advertising, and client solicitat...
Litigation is more like poker than sports--driven by strategy, ego, and emotional biases, where decisions to settle or go to t...
Recent federal rulings from the first quarter of 2025 address key arbitration procedural questions, from reopening dismissed c...