Family
The California case that changed how courts view emotional abuse and stalking
By Noel E. Guth
G.G. v. G.S. makes clear that psychological abuse is domestic violence -- and California courts must treat it that way.
Civil Rights
The right to understand: Communication access and lawful state action in the digital age
By K. Chike Odiwe
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
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
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.
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
By Shant A. Karnikian, Michael Childress
After the Eaton and Palisades fires, insurers are reportedly terminating Additional Living Expense benefits by requiring polic...
Civil Rights
Louisiana v. Callais weakens Voting Rights Act and opens door to partisan redistricting
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Louisiana v. Callais guts key protections of the Voting Rights Act by narrowing Section 2 and enabling partisan redistr...
Intellectual Property
Cox fighting: The Supreme Court's contributory liability opinion has limits when it comes to AI
By Nathaniel L. Bach
Intellectual Property
Artificial intelligence at the USPTO: Evolving patent eligibility guidance and emerging uses in practice
By Hannah Wolfe, Martin Feng
Intellectual Property
How public LLMs are reshaping trade secret law
By Jeremy T. Elman
Intellectual Property
Effective use of trade secret mediation and arbitration: How, when and why
By Barbara A. Reeves
Intellectual Property
Navigating AI in IP litigation: Oasis or mirage?
By Ryan G. Baker
Intellectual Property
When machines design molecules the real patent fight becomes who invented what
By Elizabeth L. Brann, Kamilah Alexander
Intellectual Property
No fairytale ending: Supreme Court leaves consumers out of trademark fights
By Scott R. Commerson, Michael Drell
Intellectual Property
Defend Trade Secrets Act turns 10: Has it delivered?
By Randall E. Kay, Andrea Jill Weiss Jeffries
Technology
I attended a law, AI and child safety conference. What I heard was shocking
By Zachary N. Zaharoff
Tech companies and their allies continue to frame the First Amendment and Section 230 as shields against liability for online ...
Military Law
A decorated veteran, a hidden informant and a wrongful conviction
By William M. Paparian
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?
By Douglas P. Carstens
Shear Development Co. LLC v. California Coastal Commission initially looked like a major shift in Coastal Act law, but ...
Civil Procedure
California's SB 235: Key provisions, strategic impact and what to know before 2027 sunset
By Brent Owen, Annie Ticknor
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
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
US Supreme Court weighs geofence searches and the third-party doctrine
By Abraham C. Meltzer
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
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
Historic preservation or constitutional taking? The next frontier in the Marilyn Monroe home dispute
By Zachary D. Schorr
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
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 privacy rules may reshape the evidentiary landscape
By Kaylee Bankston, Mary Race
California's new CCPA regulations requiring annual cybersecurity audits and risk assessments are forcing companies to create d...
Technology, Labor/Employment
The new frontier of age discrimination: When 'AI fluency' becomes the new dog whistle
By Benjamin Heller
AI is now a leading cause of U.S. layoffs, and employers who use neutral-sounding criteria like "AI fluency" to push out older...
Law Practice
The Puka Theory: Why the lawyers who get ahead stop waiting to be asked
By Stacy Hambleton
The lawyers who advance fastest aren't waiting for assignments--they're scanning every situation for unmet needs and filling t...
Family
Facing the daily stress of family law: Why self-care is vital for attorneys
By Vanessa A. Zecher
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
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 trial and the end of 'informal' communications
By James Rubinowitz
The OpenAI litigation is becoming a public demonstration of how modern discovery works. Executives separate "official" communi...