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As Prop 65 lawsuits continue to grow, strategic approaches are required to structure settlements that cover the entire supply ...


Intellectual Property

No harm, no win: A cautionary tale of Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

MCLE
Jul. 25, 2025
By David Martinez, E. Belle Borovik

The Northern District of California granted summary judgment for Meta, holding that the company's use of copyrighted books to ...


Torts/Personal Injury

Trail immunity strikes again

Jul. 25, 2025
By Michael E. Rubinstein

A cyclist who suffered fatal injuries after hitting a known road defect on a paved path leading to a trail has no case against...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Administrative/Regulatory

California's court reporter shortage is leaving civil proceedings unrecorded and litigants without appeal rights, yet the stat...


The Supreme Court has never definitively ruled whether the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship to children of undocum...


Technology, Intellectual Property

On July 10, the EU released a voluntary Code of Practice guiding AI providers on copyright compliance under the AI Act, focusi...


Immigration

Thin ICE: Legal risks employers face in immigration enforcement

Jul. 24, 2025
By Daren H. Lipinsky, Bryan L. McNally

Given recent ICE workplace activity, California labor and employment attorneys are poised to face a wave of inquiries from bot...


Judges and Judiciary, Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Procedure

How policy and history shaped California's CARE Courts

MCLE
Jul. 24, 2025
By Dan Jacobson

The CARE Act arose from a historical need -- its policies, definitions and hearings warrant explanation as to illuminate its c...


Civil Rights

Is kindness illegal?

Jul. 24, 2025
By Sidney Kanazawa

America First Legal claims the Dodgers' DEI efforts are "patently illegal" under Title VII -- but is lifting up marginalized g...


Many California parents don't realize they can request specific legal tools -- from police reports to court-appointed child ad...


Tax, LA Fires

Wildfire settlements face a tax crosswind

Jul. 23, 2025
By Robert W. Wood

In a major shift, California's 2025 budget legislation expanded wildfire recovery tax relief beyond specific named fires, but ...


Criminal

In criminal law, delay is usually an ineffectual defense tactic - but in President Donald Trump's case, it became key to dodgi...


LA Fires, Insurance

Recent court rulings have complicated smoke damage recovery for wildfire survivors. Rather than pursuing years of costly litig...


Letters

While Dean Chemerinsky rightly criticizes the reliance on outdated English legal precedents, the U.S. legal system should go f...


Labor/Employment

When C-suite scandals erupt under the glare of public scrutiny, investigators must navigate shaken employee trust, heightened...


Government, Civil Rights

In 100 days, Trump issued 142 executive orders -- many attacking DEI and transgender rights -- prompting court rulings that th...


California labels many women convicted of sex offenses as "high risk" using an unvalidated assessment -- despite no statistica...


Constitutional Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Trump's egg price lawsuit against California cracks under scrutiny

Jul. 22, 2025
By Jill L. Ryther, Sarah A. Thompson

The lawsuit, alleging that California's animal welfare laws have led to increased egg prices, ignores the impact of external f...


Constitutional Law, Books

Brenda Wineapple's "Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy and the Trial That Riveted a Nation," published for the centenary of the...


Immigration

Green cards and red flags: Why the public charge rule demands closer attention

MCLE
Jul. 21, 2025
By Eli M. Kantor, Jonathan D. Kantor

Practitioners must approach the public charge section of Form I-485 with heightened care and precision, as USCIS has increased...


State Bar & Bar Associations

Why attorneys must speak up about the proposed rules for implementing CTAPP

Jul. 21, 2025
By Erin M. Joyce, Natalie Manoukian

Beginning in August, the State Bar of California will implement rigorous Client Trust Account Protection Program (CTAPP) compl...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

How a TV show helps resolve disputes

Jul. 21, 2025
By Joann Rezzo

By borrowing George Costanza's Festivus tradition of the "airing of grievances," a mediator has found that letting litigants v...


Constitutional Law

When a restaurant owner orders his skeptical chef to cook a stew he knows won't work, insisting "I'm the boss," the result ma...


Law Practice


Strategic connections can power practice growth

Jul. 21, 2025
By Sherrie Boutwell

Effective collaboration, through niche focus, strategic partnerships and active engagement, is key to growth for law firms, pa...



Immigration

Federal raids and military displays -- including a chilling July 7 show of force in LA's MacArthur Park -- have sparked fear, ...


Judges and Judiciary

Judges should judge

Jul. 18, 2025
By Anastasia Boden

This Supreme Court term wasn't marked by one explosive ruling but by a deeper, unsettling theme: a conflicted and inconsistent...


Environmental & Energy

Milking California dry of its water supply

Jul. 18, 2025
By Chang Kyoung (CK) Choi, Roberto Escobar

California's dairy industry consumes more water daily than the populations of San Diego and San Jose combined, spotlighting a ...


Civil Rights, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

In reaffirming that nudity doesn't make a public business an "intimate association," the 9th Circuit delivers a powerful blow ...