Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
From tariffs to trust: Why lawyers must oppose efforts to normalize attacks on the judiciary
By Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian
Disagreement with court decisions is healthy in a constitutional democracy, but attacks on judges' loyalty or integrity erode ...
LA Fires, Constitutional Law
Ongoing fire litigation highlights who pays when government fails
By Michael M. Berger
Malibu, hit hard by the Palisades Fire, is suing state and local agencies for property damage, citing public nuisance and inve...
Space Law, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
The final frontier of drug development: Biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovation in low earth orbit
By John E. Wehrli
Scientists and companies are using the microgravity of low Earth orbit to develop drugs in ways impossible on Earth, creating ...
Space Law, Intellectual Property
Protecting the final frontier: Patent strategy in the 2026 U.S. space race
By Melissa E. Patterson
As private and government activity in orbit expands, clarity in patent strategy is increasingly necessary, and recent U.S. pol...
Space Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Sleepless in orbit: What's keeping Space GCs up at night
By Randy S. Segal
With regulation lagging innovation, geopolitics in flux, scarce resources, nonstop fundraising, and mission-critical stakes, s...
Space Law, International Law
U.S. space export controls: Topics to watch in 2026
By Melissa B. Mannino, James K. Perry
America's commercial space surge is meeting a fast-shifting export-control regime, as new rules from the Bureau of Industry an...
If the 1969 space race was about who could get there first, Space Race 2.0 is about who gets to define what "there" means.
California Supreme Court weighs whether an unreadable arbitration agreement can bind workers
By Holly Williamson, Andrea Oguntula
In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court considered whether an arbitration agreement that was nearly impossible to read...
Wolff v. Trump and the preemptive anti-SLAPP gambit: A tale of two statutes
By Krista L. Baughman
When a demand letter becomes a "claim": examining a novel offensive use of New York's anti-SLAPP law--and why the same strateg...
Military Law
LA supervisors lead justice reform for struggling veterans
By William M. Paparian
In Los Angeles County, too many veterans who fought for us came home broken--only to be met with jail cells instead of healing...
U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
After Supreme Court tariff ruling Trump signals further executive action
By Selwyn D. Whitehead
The fat lady has not sung: At a Feb. 20 press conference responding to the Court's ruling, President Trump--after launching a ...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Ideologically diverse coalition of justices joins textualist decision setting aside tariffs
By Mark Chenoweth
The Supreme Court's Learning Resources tariffs ruling proved Justice Kagan right -- a bipartisan majority used a strict textua...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Tariffs, text and the Constitution: The Supreme Court tells Trump to call Congress
By Allan Lee Dollison
In a rare 6-3 rebuke of the Trump administration, the Supreme Court--relying on the International Emergency Economic Powers Ac...
Administrative/Regulatory
Advanced Air Mobility nears launch but legal readiness is unsettled - Part 1
By Robert Ehling
Advanced Air Mobility is racing toward initial operations, buoyed by capital and political will. From a lawyer's perspective, ...
California mobilehome regulations every tenant and public agency should know
By Layla A. Sarwari
California's new mobilehome laws strengthen tenant protections, modernize notices and impose stricter disaster-response obliga...
Mentoring in a changing legal market: Intentional knowledge transfer matters
By Mark Wraight
To thrive in today's hybrid, mobile legal world, firms must teach intentionally: pass down skills and institutional knowledge,...
Immigration
What Billie Eilish really meant - and what Richard Epstein missed
By Victor S. Dorokhin
Billie Eilish's Grammy remark wasn't about land titles. It was about moral standing in the face of a deeply unjust immigrati...
Intellectual Property, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Why generative AI litigation in Hollywood is ripe for mediated settlement
By David R. Shraga
The entertainment industry is at the forefront of innovative claims arising from the intersection of media and generative AI t...
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure
Civil liability of ICE and border patrol agents for excessive force
By Douglas S. Gilliland
Bivens actions, once a key tool for victims of federal excessive force, are now largely foreclosed in immigration and...
Real Estate/Development, Government
HOA laws on affordable housing may price out compliant owners
By Lee Freedman, Damien Bielli
Legislation intended to promote affordable housing by limiting community associations' enforcement, collection, and maintenanc...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Consumer AI tools put confidentiality at risk
By Marc D. Alexander
The use of consumer generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and Claude may not be protected by attorney-clien...
Litigation & Arbitration, Labor/Employment
Should I Stay or Should I Go: The Clash between SB 365 and the FAA
By Thomas D. Rutledge
California's SB 365 eliminates automatic stays on appeals of arbitration denials, giving trial courts discretion to balance ef...
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Scripted silence: the lost skill of speaking in court
By Chanell Botshekan
Oral advocacy is becoming a rare and undervalued skill for developing attorneys, with overreliance on writing and scripted pre...
Legal History / Judicial History, Government
Candlestick Park's sordid history
By John S. Caragozian
Candlestick Park was more than cold and windy. It was built on insider deals, political maneuvering and a grand jury probe tha...
Civil Rights
A commission on liberty, a hearing that failed Jewish Americans
By Baruch C. Cohen
A commission on liberty, a hearing that failed Jewish Americans
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Plantation law firms and boiler room tactics
By George K. Rosenstock
Fueled by advertising deregulation from the Supreme Court of the United States, high-volume "plantation" law firms rely on mas...
Evidence
LAPD body-camera deletion policy puts future evidence preservation at risk
By Lateef Gray
The LAPD's plan to delete nearly 12 million "non-evidentiary" recordings lacks a clear legal basis, risks the loss of relevant...
Civil Litigation
California JCCPs in 2025: A year in review
By Jay Bhimani, Allie Ozurovich
In 2025, Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings continued to shape California's product liability and mass tort landscape; t...
Labor/Employment
2026 California employment law updates: Compliance, enforcement and litigation risk - Part 3
By Elaisha Nandrajog, Servando R. Sandoval
California's 2026 employment laws boost penalties, revive claims, expand enforcement and extend deadlines--raising risk for em...
Torts/Personal Injury
Rental car apps give access but not blame when a driver causes injuries
By Michael E. Rubinstein
Remote car rentals aren't responsible for checking if a customer is sober--negligent entrustment requires proof the driver was...