The IRS's new Trump Accounts could reshape early-life investing, offering families a flexible, long-term savings tool that ble...
Despite a sharp rise in civil filings, the Civil Division has eliminated trial backlogs in Department 1--thanks to judicial co...
Why justice requires kindness, not just conviction
By Lou Shapiro
Twenty years in California's criminal courts reveal a clear pattern: The system doesn't need radical overhaul--it needs practi...
Iran's lessons for US oil policy in post-Maduro Venezuela
By Sanaz (Sunny) K. Soltani
Britain's control of Iran's oil industry in the 20th century was technically successful but politically catastrophic. The less...
Mergers & Acquisitions, Entertainment & Sports
Mega-merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. faces legal gauntlet
By Jackie Ward
Netflix's $72 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery tests the limits of antitrust enforcement in the streaming era--and revea...
Appellate Practice
As the (appellate) world turns: The 2025 appellate year in review
By Benjamin G. Shatz
From Supreme Court shifts to standout rulings, 2025 sparked plenty of appellate headlines--this column tours the year's top le...
Criminal, Constitutional Law
Bail realities and policy fictions: The truth about affordable bail
By Eric H. Schweitzer, Rick Horowitz
California's bail system crisis isn't the result of recent reforms--it stems from courts refusing to follow constitutional req...
Retired but not retreating, I reflect on titles, time, and a judicial legacy that--like the law itself--sometimes loops back c...
Civil Litigation
Preparing for the 2026 litigation surge: Proactive strategies for risk, costs and exposure
By Ashley R. Fickel, Zoey M. Surdis
Litigation is no longer episodic but operational, making proactive risk planning and litigation readiness a core business func...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use
Huntington Beach housing fight signals stronger state enforcement of planning law
By Mehdi Sinaki
By declining review in Kennedy Commission, the California Supreme Court let stand a ruling that sharpens a pivotal qu...
Our legal system often gets outcomes wrong not because the law is unknowable, but because humans are poorly equipped to judge ...
Administrative/Regulatory
ADA compliance meets street reality in risky crosswalk designs
By Yosi Yahoudai, Parham Nikfarjam
At the intersection of Saticoy Street and Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park, a newly rebuilt crosswalk tells a troubling...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
In praise of civility and the social contract
By Timothy D. Reuben
California now requires lawyers to pledge civility, but rules alone can't fix a profession--or a society--that has forgotten t...
Litigation & Arbitration
SB 940: Expanding third-party discovery in California arbitration
By Bentley P. Stansbury III
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
AB 325 and SB 763: Amending the Cartwright Act to address algorithmic price fixing
By Sheila R. Adams James, Gil Ohana
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
California takes aim at monopolies with proposed antitrust law reform
By Itak Moradi
Insurance
Rebuilding California insurance law after the Palisades and Eaton fires
By Daniel J. Veroff
Technology, Civil Litigation
Assembly Bill 621: Strengthening protections against deepfake pornography
By Karin Lang, Neda Saghafi
Labor/Employment
AB 692: Redefines employee contracts and raises new legal questions
By Ryne C. Posey, Anthony E. Guzman II
Labor/Employment
SB 464: More rules, same gaps in California pay equity
By Ryne C. Posey, Anthony E. Guzman II
Real Estate/Development, Environmental & Energy
AB 130: CEQA exemption accelerates urban infill housing and cuts development costs
By Sheri L. Bonstelle
Land Use, Environmental & Energy
SB 131: CEQA exemptions expand for housing, infrastructure, water and clean energy projects
By Sheri L. Bonstelle
Wills, Estates & Trusts
SB 376: Confirming non-application of Section 17082 to charitable remainder trusts
By Jacob V. Phillips
Labor/Employment
SB 642: Raises the bar on pay equity and employer accountability
By Ryne C. Posey, Anthony E. Guzman II
Labor/Employment
SB 294: California's 'Workplace Know Your Rights Act' demands employer action
By Ryan Malhan
Real Estate/Development
AB 1050: Expanding opportunity to remove restrictive covenants that block housing
By Daniel R. Golub
Land Use
SB 79: Boosting transit-oriented housing access
By Brooke Miller, Alexander Caton
Technology, Administrative/Regulatory
AB 56: Social media health risk warning for minors
By Jenna N. Rode, Cecilia Kim
Labor/Employment
AB 339: A new procedural layer for contracting out public services in California
By Alexander Volberding
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Probate
AB 565: Comprehensive virtual representation for trust matters
By James A. Bush, Michael S. Quintiliani