California's new law allowing service of summons via email or electronic media, effective January 2026, modernizes civil proce...

California's diverse, high-value specialty crops are poorly served by federal farm subsidy programs designed for bulk row crop...

AI can terrify or transform: it spreads misinformation and mimics humans, but with vigilance and responsible use, it drives in...

Effective commercial mediation requires recognizing and managing the human elements -- emotions, histories, biases and interpe...

California attorneys should brace for Phase 2 of the State Bar's Client Trust Account Protection Program (C-TAPP), which will ...

If the State Bar won't enforce oversight, the legal community must act to rein in high-volume, hedge-fund-backed "case mills" ...

Despite more than 20 years of mandatory harassment training in California, workplace sexual harassment complaints have risen s...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's new grooming and gender-neutral standards risk disproportionately affecting Black and fema...

An attorney used AI tools to cross-check his brief. The result: 21 fabricated citations, a $10,000 sanction, and California's ...

Ross Intelligence is appealing a Delaware court ruling that held its use of Thomson Reuters' copyrighted headnotes for AI trai...

In 2023, Fort Hood was renamed Fort Cavazos to honor Richard E. Cavazos, the first Hispanic four-star general and a decorated ...

The music industry's 1990s sampling battles mirror today's AI copyright disputes: both pit innovation against ownership, both ...

California's Honest Pricing Law and the FTC's Junk Fees Rule are forcing businesses to show all-in prices, driving costly syst...

Arbitration promises speed and efficiency -- but too often delivers delays. Here's how attorneys can take control and move the...

In the past year, the California Supreme Court has reshaped arbitration, contract liability, corporate governance and administ...

Vexatious litigants pose unique challenges for public entities when acting as defendants, since existing California statutes f...

The ongoing firings and suspensions following Charlie Kirk's assassination--including ABC's temporary removal of Jimmy Kimmel-...

A ransomware hack in The Good Wife's "Shiny Objects" episode offers real-world ethics lessons for lawyers navigating cybersecu...

Assembly Bill 288, recently passed by the California Legislature and awaiting Governor Newsom's signature, empowers the state ...

With packaging making up over half of California's landfill waste, CalRecycle has launched a second attempt at rulemaking to i...

Conflicts of interest often arise in insurance defense when attorneys must balance the competing priorities of insurers and po...

The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Trump to keep FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter out of her post while i...

UC Berkeley School of Law's 4th Annual National Flash Trial Competition brought together top law students for a high-pressure,...

California's February 2025 Bar Exam fiasco, marked by AI-generated questions, technical glitches and opaque vendor decisions, ...

Municipalities acquiring property for public projects often overlook a critical step--skipping a Phase I ESA can lead to liabi...

Plaintiffs often discover that lawsuit settlements are taxed on the gross amount, including their lawyer's share. Here's how t...

Homeowners who signed onto the Army Corps' "free" Los Angeles wildfire debris cleanup, whether unknowingly or with no alternat...

Compelled speech on campuses and in workplaces undermines true free expression, and recent legal and policy reforms aim to ens...