The California Supreme Court is set to answer an open question in anti-SLAPP jurisprudence: What's an 'issue of public interes...

Amicus filings at the Supreme Court are at record levels, and seem more influential than ever. They're also increasingly submi...

Attorneys using judicial avenues to force action on climate change will confront - for the foreseeable future - a firmly conse...

For the first time, SCOTUS' law clerk class is majority female; but that milestone follows a bitter confirmation fight that ce...

The third episode of the DJ on the J.D., the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, features two first-year UCLA School of L...

Adam Feldman, from the blog Empirical SCOTUS, offers a quantitative-based preview of Brett Kavanaugh's first term. And Seth St...

Ellis Horvitz, founder of Horvitz & Levy and pioneer of appellate-focused legal practice, was honored Friday as the inaugu...

Judge James Donato (ND CA) and former U.S. Ambassador Jeff Bleich, on the first of a hopefully ongoing podcast series, provide...

As a new Supreme Court term commences, partly overshadowed by a seething political feud surrounding the proposed new ninth jus...

David Kaplan, 'Newsweek' veteran and Supreme Court chronicler, visits to discuss his new book 'The Most Dangerous Branch: Insi...

An en banc 9th Circuit will reconsider whether due process in removal proceedings guarantees undocumented minors government-sp...

The 9th Circuit rejected a Koch Industries-backed charity's claim that requiring disclosure of top donor information violates ...

On the concluding day of confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, senators heard not from the nominee but rather 26 wi...

Senators sparred over - and throughout the day released - documents Democratic members claimed the majority party had designat...

A tumultuous first day of confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh saw senators spar at length over the adequacy of ava...

After successive, sudden departures of Judges Pregerson, Kozinski, and Reinhardt, the 9th Circuit's varying approach to decidi...

While the Weekly Appellate Report is on a brief summer hiatus, revisit an earlier episode exploring the new test California co...

In the second episode of Courts & Capital, we discuss attorneys who fight for the civil rights of...sex offenders. Attorne...

A split 9th Circuit panel Tuesday deemed open public firearm carry a "core" Second Amendment right, and struck down a Hawaii p...

The second episode of the DJ on the J.D., the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, focuses on hybrid law degrees. Some law...

Three guests offer a range of views on the potential next U.S. Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh. Justin Walker (UL Brand...

In this first episode of Courts & Capital, it'll cover the #MeToo scandal across California, specifically hitting the stat...

The California Supreme Court will soon decide whether the doctrine of unconscionability renders certain consumer loans unenfor...

A range of guests reflect on retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy's legacy and forecast the Supreme Court to come: Garrett Epps (U...

As nearly $4 million in fees hang in the balance, the California Supreme Court debates whether and how firms can effectively u...

California appellate courts have split on the question of whether overlap between two consumer protection statutes renders one...

After arguments last week, and an appellate ruling parting ways with a decades-long line of caselaw, the California Supreme Co...

The first episode of the "DJ on the J.D.", the Daily Journal's legal education podcast, focuses on the significant increase in...

Is donating to charity surplus class action settlement funds a logical, efficient solution for unclaimed damages, or a due pro...

A new three-step test distinguishing employees from independent contractors stands to tilt worker misclassification suits towa...