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U.S. military interventions are costly and often ineffective, leaving instability abroad while increasing financial, human, an...

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As attorneys increasingly use AI in mediation, a key federal ruling warns that client use of public AI tools may waive privile...

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California's push to rein in AI in arbitration could make AAA's AI Arbitrator off-limits, forcing human arbitrators to keep a ...

A California appellate decision confirms that ignorance is no defense for prime contractors when payroll records show no appre...

The Chiles v. Salazar decision, despite its 8-1 margin, threatens to upend countless laws protecting patients by castin...

AI adoption is already widespread, making bans unrealistic and strategically unsound; instead, leaders must distinguish value-...

From professional acclaim to disbarment, I write from experience about where I went wrong and how others can avoid it.

A fully remote court system is inconsistent with constitutional requirements, would introduce significant practical and admini...

Plaintiffs routinely seek fee awards after a favorable verdict due to exceptions to the American rule, recent cases clarify wh...

In today's world, lawyers face commonplace situations that can easily lead to inadvertent--or reckless--disclosure of privileg...

Outdated federal law has failed to keep pace with modern medicine and underscores the urgent need for reform to ensure women c...

Federal investigators found nursing homes are drugging dementia patients and falsifying diagnoses, even as regulators consider...

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Lawyers handling traumatic brain injury cases face a critical gap between medical evidence and the human reality of their clie...

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