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The landmark New York Times v. OpenAI case, arising from alleged copyright violations by ChatGPT and CoPilot, is shapin...


Environmental & Energy

CalRecycle reboots SB 54 rulemaking to tackle plastic waste

Sep. 24, 2025
By Christopher Rendall-Jackson

With packaging making up over half of California's landfill waste, CalRecycle has launched a second attempt at rulemaking to i...


Insurance

Defending insurance claims: an ethical Bermuda Triangle

Sep. 24, 2025
By Eddie C. Sturgeon

Conflicts of interest often arise in insurance defense when attorneys must balance the competing priorities of insurers and po...


Constitutional Law

Slaughter case tests Trump's power over agencies

Sep. 24, 2025
By John H. Minan

The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Trump to keep FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter out of her post while i...


Technology, Law Practice

UC Berkeley School of Law's 4th Annual National Flash Trial Competition brought together top law students for a high-pressure,...


For a litigator, Yiddish brings not just color to the courtroom, but character--capturing the humor, heartache and humanity th...


Technology, State Bar & Bar Associations

California's February 2025 Bar Exam fiasco, marked by AI-generated questions, technical glitches and opaque vendor decisions, ...


International Law, Constitutional Law

In an era of domestic polarization, media distortion and international instability, the social contract in the U.S. and the We...


Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory

Learning from loss in a dangerous America

Sep. 23, 2025
By Vaughn R. Walker

The assassination of Charlie Kirk highlights the urgent need for comprehensive firearms licensing and regulation, alongside im...


Real Estate/Development, Environmental & Energy

Why cities can't skip Phase I environmental due diligence

Sep. 22, 2025
By Wayne Rosenbaum, Dana Justice

Municipalities acquiring property for public projects often overlook a critical step--skipping a Phase I ESA can lead to liabi...


Environmental & Energy

Heat, water and Silicon: California's digital drought dilemma

Sep. 22, 2025
By Kyung-Bon Lee, Chang Kyoung (CK) Choi

California's booming data center industry faces a legal and environmental balancing act, as energy-intensive cooling systems, ...


Legal Education

Moot courts can sharpen appellate skills, but only when designed to measure persuasion rather than polish.


Plaintiffs often discover that lawsuit settlements are taxed on the gross amount, including their lawyer's share. Here's how t...


Constitutional Law

While Janus v. AFSCME struck down agency fees in the public sector, longstanding precedent makes clear that private-s...


LA Fires, Contracts

Homeowners who signed onto the Army Corps' "free" Los Angeles wildfire debris cleanup, whether unknowingly or with no alternat...


Constitutional Law

California's leadership on gun reform is at a sensitive place

Sep. 19, 2025
By Jenna Myers Karvunidis

The tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk underscores the urgent need for California to expand the "sensitive places" doctrine, usin...


Constitutional Law

The modern bully pulpit

Sep. 19, 2025
By Mitchell Keiter

Compelled speech on campuses and in workplaces undermines true free expression, and recent legal and policy reforms aim to ens...


Tim Reuben's new novel, "Tequila," blends Succession-style family drama with John Grisham-like legal thrills, delivering an au...


Labor/Employment, Contracts

When comedy collides with corporate caution

Sep. 19, 2025
By Lou Shapiro

Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC over his controversial monologue about Charlie Kirk has sparked fierce debate, highlighting...


Opportunity Zones are now permanent but with sharper rules and penalties. Joint ventures that don't rewrite their playbooks ri...


Insurance, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

How law firms can pay less for malpractice insurance

Sep. 18, 2025
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair

Law firms can potentially reduce malpractice insurance premiums by strengthening internal risk management, focusing on core pr...


International Law

At the Peace Palace in The Hague, a towering black cat sculpture called The Witness watches over the courts and law library, b...


Government

Legal frameworks take center stage at National Security Panel

Sep. 18, 2025
By Kevin Lombardo, Matthew May

Attorneys stress early legal alignment for aerospace and defense startups amid rising regulatory complexity, warning that choi...


Health Care & Hospital Law

Without renewed federal action, nearly 90% of Covered California enrollees could see average premium hikes of 66% -- threateni...


Torts/Personal Injury

Short memories and bad optics: The coming tort reform challenge

Sep. 17, 2025
By Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian

Corporate campaigns targeting a few flashy or unscrupulous plaintiff lawyers are being used to discredit the civil justice sys...


U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court speaks in shadows

Sep. 17, 2025
By Erwin Chemerinsky

The Supreme Court's growing reliance on its "shadow docket" to issue major, often precedent-shaping rulings without full brief...


Judges and Judiciary, Government

Meet Chief Strategy Officer Jeff Rinard

Sep. 17, 2025
By Lawrence P. Riff

Jeff Rinard, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County's new Chief Strategy Officer, is spearheading innovation, project manage...


Technology, Constitutional Law

Charlie Kirk and the cancer of social media

Sep. 17, 2025
By Douglas E. Mirell

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Utah Governor Cox and other lawmakers are spotlighting social media's harmful alg...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

The California Court of Appeal sanctioned and reported to the state bar an attorney who relied on generative AI to draft appel...


Technology, California Supreme Court

Can AI forecast California Supreme Court rulings?

Sep. 16, 2025
By Kirk C. Jenkins

Early this summer, I ran an experiment in which I gave ChatGPT-4 and ChatGPT-5 only the oral argument transcripts from the cou...