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Judges and Judiciary, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Disagreement with court decisions is healthy in a constitutional democracy, but attacks on judges' loyalty or integrity erode ...


LA Fires, Constitutional Law

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

Scientists and companies are using the microgravity of low Earth orbit to develop drugs in ways impossible on Earth, creating ...


Space Law, Intellectual Property

As private and government activity in orbit expands, clarity in patent strategy is increasingly necessary, and recent U.S. pol...


Space Law, Administrative/Regulatory

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

Feb. 25, 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...


Space Law

Space race 2.0 - It's about the law

Feb. 25, 2026
By Michelle L.D. Hanlon

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.


In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court considered whether an arbitration agreement that was nearly impossible to read...


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

Feb. 24, 2026
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.

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.

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.

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 is racing toward initial operations, buoyed by capital and political will. From a lawyer's perspective, ...


California's new mobilehome laws strengthen tenant protections, modernize notices and impose stricter disaster-response obliga...


To thrive in today's hybrid, mobile legal world, firms must teach intentionally: pass down skills and institutional knowledge,...


Immigration

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

The entertainment industry is at the forefront of innovative claims arising from the intersection of media and generative AI t...


Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure

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

Feb. 20, 2026
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

Feb. 20, 2026
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

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

Feb. 20, 2026
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

Feb. 19, 2026
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


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Plantation law firms and boiler room tactics

Feb. 19, 2026
By George K. Rosenstock

Fueled by advertising deregulation from the Supreme Court of the United States, high-volume "plantation" law firms rely on mas...


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

Feb. 18, 2026
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

California's 2026 employment laws boost penalties, revive claims, expand enforcement and extend deadlines--raising risk for em...


Torts/Personal Injury

Remote car rentals aren't responsible for checking if a customer is sober--negligent entrustment requires proof the driver was...