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Learning the ABCs

May 11, 2018

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



To what extent should the president's statements (on social media, the campaign trail, or in office) bear on judicial review o...





May 2018

May 1, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



Left, Right & Gorsuch

Apr. 27, 2018

Three guests weigh the implications of Justice Neil Gorsuch's swing vote last week with his more liberal colleagues in an immi...




SCOTUS seems poised to invalidate compelled public union dues on First Amendment grounds, but some argue the Court's skeptical...




Unqualified Immunity?

Apr. 13, 2018

After another SCOTUS summary reversal of a Qualified Immunity denial, Jay Schweikert (Cato Institute) discusses what he sees a...




Constitutional law scholar and former clerk for the late Liberal Lion Stephen Reinhardt, Michael Dorf (Cornell Law School), re...




April 2018

Apr. 2, 2018

Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



Timothy Meyer (Vanderbilt Law) explains how Congress' near-plenary power over international trade gradually shifted to the exe...




'NIFLA v. Becerra' Panel

Mar. 23, 2018

Four amici from the First Amendment challenge to a California abortion disclosure law discuss what they consider the case's mo...





Sanctuary and Supremacy

Mar. 16, 2018

Professor Josh Blackman (South Texas College of Law) takes measure of the DOJ's constitutional arguments in its suit challengi...



With social media evidence increasingly used at criminal trials, do defendants have a constitutional right to subpoena relevan...




SCOTUS considered Wednesday whether concerns over voter intimidation and polling place decorum justify a broad Minnesota prohi...



Experts discuss the latest developments in ascertainability, Article III standing, and proposed amendments to Rule 23.



Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



Permissible Admission?

Feb. 23, 2018

May a capital defense counsel constitutionally concede his client's guilt, against the client's wishes, where such an admissio...





Sugar Wars: A New Hope

Feb. 16, 2018

Can required warning labels on soda advertisements pass First Amendment muster? An en banc 9th Circuit will reconsider the que...



When an attorney discovers she has received privileged documents in error, crucial ethics questions arise, and they have serio...



The use of drones spurs reassessment of time-honored privacy concerns.


Professor Zachary Price (UC Hastings College of the Law) discusses why courts should be wary of overstating the reliance inter...




What does the 9th Circuit's unwinding of a multi-state class action settlement against Hyundai augur for future nationwide sui...



Recent attorney disbarments, suspensions, probations, and public reprovals in California.



SCOTUS will soon consider whether Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judges have been duly appointed, casti...




Legislating Addiction

Jan. 25, 2018

Addictive behavior--whether with drugs, alcohol, or your cell phone--has reached epidemic proportions. A lawyer calls for the ...



As SCOTUS considers Ohio's program to notice and then purge inactive voters from the state's registry, opposing amici Robert P...



Recent policy developments seek to ensure better energy storage and distribution in the years to come.




On Duty

Jan. 12, 2018

A violent chemistry lab stabbing prompts California's high court to reconsider whether state universities owe their students a...



The prevalence of Sexual harassment raises profound ethical issues for attorneys,



Ninth Circuit and the Department of Labor clarify when an intern is entitled to minimum wages and other employment benefits. ...


As the California Supreme Court mulls whether compelled DNA swabs of felony arrestees are constitutional, Michael Risher (ACLU...