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Letters

Gerrymandering has become the lesser evil

Nov. 10, 2025
By Scott Williams

California's gerrymandering isn't about principle -- it's a necessary defense against Republican election cheating and to prot...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Every trial is a battle of stories, and the one that makes jurors feel the facts -- not just hear them -- is the one that wins.


Intellectual Property, Evidence

A recent en banc decision by the Federal Circuit in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC (2025) -- left standing by the U.S. ...


Technology

AI hallucinations reveal the resilience and limits of our adversarial process. Institutional skepticism eventually catches fak...


Contracts, Antitrust & Trade Reg.

NIL drives college sports into legal entropy

MCLE
Nov. 7, 2025
By Frank N. Darras

Betting, branding and foreign financing were once unthinkable in college sports -- now they're on the table. Without a federal...


Technology

The dot-com boom ignored women: The AI era can be different

Nov. 6, 2025
By Arwen R. Johnson, Stacy Hambleton

Unlike the dot-com era, when women were largely sidelined, the AI boom offers a historic opportunity for women to lead by leve...


Labor/Employment

Alleged HR mockery over off-site harassment complaint could spark employer liability

Nov. 6, 2025
By C. Randolph Sullivan, Michael A. Pearlson

The Kruitbosch decision underscores that employers may still face liability for off-site harassment -- depending not o...


Intellectual Property

By consolidating both discretionary and merits-based institution decisions under the Director, the USPTO has reshaped the IPR ...


Government, Constitutional Law

President Trump, prevaricator-in-chief

Nov. 6, 2025
By William Rothbard

James Madison warned that a functioning republic depends on an informed citizenry, yet President Trump's unprecedented pattern...


Letters

Edison is shortchanging fire survivors

Nov. 6, 2025
By Gerald B. Singleton

Edison's Eaton Fire compensation program is fundamentally unfair, designed to minimize payouts, lacks neutral oversight or neg...


Government, Constitutional Law

California falls into the gerrymander trap

Nov. 6, 2025
By James R. Bozajian

California joins other states where partisan gerrymandering skews representation, disenfranchises voters and fuels political p...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Ethics and mediation: A balancing act for attorneys

Nov. 5, 2025
By Anne Lawlor Goyette

True advocacy in mediation requires not aggression but ethics -- competence, diligence, civility and integrity are what make a...


Labor/Employment, Civil Rights

California again resurrects stale sexual assault claims

Nov. 5, 2025
By Anthony J. Oncidi , Dixie M. Morrison

California's new AB 250 reopens the door for time-barred sexual assault claims, giving plaintiffs a two-year window starting J...


Civil Rights

UC San Diego's gutting of a scholarship once intended for Black students is just the beginning of a broader, deafening effort ...


Labor/Employment, Business Law

In California, employers facing employee embezzlement can often recover stolen funds by acting quickly with discreet investiga...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility


Evidence, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure

Ethical considerations when a lawyer serves as an expert witness

Nov. 5, 2025
By Joel A. Osman, Adam Telanoff


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

The golden age of litigation boutiques is now

Nov. 5, 2025
By Paul B. Salvaty, Alyssa D. Bell


Law Practice, Civil Litigation

Boutique law firms have evolved to focus on targeted growth, collaborative culture, technology use, and alternative billing mo...



Civil Procedure, Appellate Practice

Come again? Rehearing re-do

Nov. 4, 2025
By Benjamin G. Shatz, Patrice Ruane

When appellate courts decide cases on surprise legal theories never argued or briefed, it's not just unfair--it violates due p...


Evidence

Behind the magic of self-authentication

Nov. 4, 2025
By Curtis E.A. Karnow

Self-authentication, a rarely used evidentiary rule, does not operate as announced -- and untangling it shows something about ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Bankruptcy

The high cost of health care and the relief bankruptcy brings

Nov. 4, 2025
By Larry D. Simons, George Basharis

Medical debt is a leading cause of consumer bankruptcy in the U.S., and attorneys play a critical role in guiding clients thro...


Technology, Family

Deep fakes and evidence integrity in family courts

Nov. 4, 2025
By Daniel B. Garrie, Karen Silverman

The disruptive potential of deepfakes in family law highlights the urgent need for legal and technological solutions to safegu...


Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Litigation

Deadlines spur action: Key opportunities during litigation to get your case resolved

Nov. 3, 2025
By Brigitta S. Cymerint, Jonathan H. Davidi

In personal injury litigation, strategic timing is key -- by recognizing and leveraging natural pressure points from pre-suit ...


As our culture drifts from the humanities toward technology and distraction, we risk losing not just our shared identity and d...


Intellectual Property

From code to canvas: The intellectual property debate in generative AI creations

Nov. 3, 2025
By Daniel B. Garrie, Katherine E. Charonko

The rise of generative AI challenges traditional intellectual property laws by raising unresolved questions about who owns AI-...


The SEC now allows mandatory arbitration in IPOs, reshaping litigation risk for public issuers, raising governance and insuran...


Appellate Practice

Appellate gotchas: Part 1

Nov. 3, 2025
By Myron Moskovitz

Appellate work involves diving into the record, crafting strategies and briefs, and arguing tough cases, all in the pursuit of...


Torts/Personal Injury, Insurance

As autonomous vehicle technologies advance--with investments growing 800% annually and market potential projected at $400 bill...