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G.G. v. G.S. makes clear that psychological abuse is domestic violence -- and California courts must treat it that way.


As healthcare, crisis response and public systems increasingly rely on digital infrastructure, California's next civil rights ...


Intellectual Property

The presumption that changed trademark law

May 20, 2026
By Jessica Williams, Bobby Ghajar

The Trademark Modernization Act strengthened trademark injunctions by creating a rebuttable presumption of irreparable harm, b...


Intellectual Property

Navigating attorney fee awards in trademark litigation

May 20, 2026
By Adam Cashman, Ollie McNicholas

In the 9th Circuit, willful trademark infringement is no longer required for attorney's fees in Lanham Act cases, but it remai...


Legal Education, Law Practice

They passed a Bar. The door stays shut.

May 20, 2026
By Richard W. Morris

As the 9th Circuit quietly decides a case that could impact thousands of lawyers without even hearing oral argument, the quest...


Insurance

Insurers denying disaster housing benefits without legal basis

May 20, 2026
By Shant A. Karnikian, Michael Childress

After the Eaton and Palisades fires, insurers are reportedly terminating Additional Living Expense benefits by requiring polic...


Louisiana v. Callais guts key protections of the Voting Rights Act by narrowing Section 2 and enabling partisan redistr...




Intellectual Property

How public LLMs are reshaping trade secret law

May 20, 2026
By Jeremy T. Elman


Intellectual Property


Intellectual Property

Navigating AI in IP litigation: Oasis or mirage?

May 20, 2026
By Ryan G. Baker


Intellectual Property

When machines design molecules the real patent fight becomes who invented what

May 20, 2026
By Elizabeth L. Brann, Kamilah Alexander


Intellectual Property

No fairytale ending: Supreme Court leaves consumers out of trademark fights

May 20, 2026
By Scott R. Commerson, Michael Drell


Intellectual Property

Defend Trade Secrets Act turns 10: Has it delivered?

May 20, 2026
By Randall E. Kay, Andrea Jill Weiss Jeffries


Tech companies and their allies continue to frame the First Amendment and Section 230 as shields against liability for online ...


Military Law

Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt's case shows how political targeting and hidden informants can destroy an innocent man--and why the jus...


Environmental & Energy

Shear folly or just another day in court?

May 19, 2026
By Douglas P. Carstens

Shear Development Co. LLC v. California Coastal Commission initially looked like a major shift in Coastal Act law, but ...


With less than a year before its Jan. 1, 2027, sunset, California's mandatory disclosure law under SB 235 has reshaped state c...


Torts/Personal Injury

Protect access to justice and be munificent

May 18, 2026
By Arash Homampour, Nicholas Rowley

Uber's ballot initiative would gut California's contingency fee system, restrict access to justice for injured victims, shift ...


Constitutional Law

The Supreme Court's decision in Chatrie v. United States could determine whether people who enable cell phone location ...


Technology, Appellate Practice

Bad AI citations: Crimes and punishments

May 18, 2026
By Myron Moskovitz

A California appellate court exposed lawyers and a judge for using AI fabricated cases, but the real scandal may be that the p...


Land Use, Constitutional Law

The litigation over Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home centers on whether the City's historic designation and related demolition ...


Technology

Section 230 is starting to show its cracks

May 15, 2026
By Joanna Rosen Forster, Warrington Parker

While Doe v. Meta follows existing Section 230 law, its concurrences signal rising judicial pressure to narrow platform...


Data Privacy

California's new CCPA regulations requiring annual cybersecurity audits and risk assessments are forcing companies to create d...


Technology, Labor/Employment

AI is now a leading cause of U.S. layoffs, and employers who use neutral-sounding criteria like "AI fluency" to push out older...


The lawyers who advance fastest aren't waiting for assignments--they're scanning every situation for unmet needs and filling t...


Family law rarely offers clean endings, and the cumulative toll of carrying families through their worst moments can lead to b...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Evaluating the mediator's qualitative evaluation

May 15, 2026
By Thomas L. Willhite Jr.

A mediator's expertise can provide a valuable reality check, but effective settlement decisions require lawyers to critically ...


Ediscovery, Civil Procedure

The OpenAI litigation is becoming a public demonstration of how modern discovery works. Executives separate "official" communi...