Weakening Section 230 would chill online speech
By David A. Greene
Enacted 30 years ago through careful legislative deliberation, Section 230 remains the internet's strongest bulwark for free e...
The tipsy coachman needs a sober map: AI-fabricated authority as per se reversible error
By James Mixon
AI-generated hallucinations are appearing in California court filings. When a decision rests on cases that don't exist, appell...
Defamation by chatbot: Why Section 230 doesn't protect the new tech
By Krista L. Baughman
For 30 years, Section 230 insulated platforms from liability, but generative AI is forcing courts to ask a new question: When ...
Section 230 and the litigation system it quietly built
By Shon Morgan
Section 230 remains a decisive litigation gatekeeper, but as platforms algorithmically shape and generate content, courts are ...
Title IX: The current state of affairs
By Angela Reddock-Wright
As the Supreme Court considers transgender athlete bans, a wave of new Title IX investigations signals another turning point i...
When arbitration agreements go too far: Lessons from Cook and Ramirez
By David I. Brown
Recent California decisions underscore that while courts favor arbitration, overly aggressive employer-drafted agreements risk...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Why de-escalation is the most effective tool in employment mediation
By Corey Hanrahan
Employment disputes rarely reach mediation in a neutral emotional state, which is why de-escalation is not merely helpful--it ...
Criminal, Civil Litigation
A powerful but overlooked jury strategy: 'Make 'em laugh'
By Henry Lee
Humor, when used thoughtfully and respectfully in the courtroom, can break tension, build rapport with jurors and subtly reinf...
Immigration, Criminal, Administrative/Regulatory
How California SB 54 fuels South American Theft Group burglaries
By William M. Paparian
Since 2019, South American Theft Groups have driven millions in losses across Los Angeles County, exploiting loopholes in Cali...
Torts/Personal Injury, Technology
When AI causes harm: Rethinking duty of care in the age of digital influence
By Yosi Yahoudai, Monica Washington-Rothbaum
Plaintiffs are deploying established negligence and product liability doctrines against AI developers in cases alleging chatbo...
A recent Daily Journal guest article mischaracterizes ABA Opinion 518, wrongly suggesting that mediator's proposals imply lega...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Why litigation leaves everyone wrecked and the role of mediators after ABA Opinion 518
By Leonid M. Zilberman
ABA Formal Opinion 518 reshapes but does not eliminate the ability of skilled mediators to ethically guide parties from litiga...
Real Estate/Development, Construction
California enacts law to speed contractor payment disputes on private projects
By Daniel F. McLennon
SB 440 offers broader, more protective change order remedies for private works, providing a model to improve AB 626 before its...
Real Estate/Development
From receivership to mass eviction: Foreclosure limbo and California tenants' rights
By Toven Lim
A court-appointed receiver was supposed to stabilize a troubled Tenderloin building--now, 24 tenants, many elderly or non-Engl...
Trump's second term pursued "greatness" through cuts, tariffs, force and unilateralism--fracturing alliances, undermining the ...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
The vanishing trial: Why family law's future belongs in the conference room
By Noel E. Guth
As mediation and collaborative practice eclipse traditional litigation, family law practitioners must recalibrate their skills...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The AI mistake problem no lawyer can ignore
By Randall A. Miller, Jeanette Chu
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
When AI gets lawyers in trouble: Sanctions and State Bar discipline loom
By James I. Ham
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
California tightens reins on attorney advertising
By Shawn Shaffie
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Structuring your firm with a management services organization for success
By David M. Majchrzak
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Measure twice and cut once: Enduring lessons from the past teach attorneys how to responsibly use AI
By David D. Cardone
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Remote notarization and e-signature risks: Ensuring competence and compliance in increasingly digital transactions
By Erin M. Joyce, Natalie Manoukian
Evidence, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
AI-generated evidence in California courts: Authentication, hearsay and professional competence
By Marshall R. Cole
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
First, do no harm: The imperative of post-disaster lawyering
By Ryan S. Little
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The role of lawyers as officers of the court
By Wendy L. Patrick
Military Law, Civil Rights
The largest murder trial in the history of the United States
By Eileen C. Moore
The 1917 Houston incident exposed how entrenched racism, mob violence, and profound due process failures led the U.S. Army to ...
Civil Procedure
Now that's interesting: Timing is everything for interest on attorney fees
By Benjamin G. Shatz, Zoe L. Ginsberg
Post-judgment interest on attorney fees is simple but sneaky: if the law makes fees automatic (like anti-SLAPP), the meter sta...
Family, Administrative/Regulatory
Divorce season deal? Why that $435 shortcut could cost you more
By Hossein Berenji
SB 1427 aims to cut court costs, but in doing so, it risks overlooking the high price of errors in complex, deeply personal fa...
Intellectual Property
A second bite of the full apple (not just half): Copyright terminations hit a global stage
By Jesse E. Morris, Alexandra Mayo
In Vetter v. Resnik, the 5th Circuit held that copyright terminations under the U.S. Copyright Act allow authors to rec...
Family
California's new $435 divorce won't solve the underlying problems
By Alphonse Provinziano
California's new $435 divorce option will help some couples, but won't address the real cost drivers: too few family court jud...