California's gerrymandering isn't about principle -- it's a necessary defense against Republican election cheating and to prot...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
How trial lawyers win: Turning the courtroom into a theater of truth
By Baruch C. Cohen
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
Expert testimony in patent cases now harder to admit
By Dariush Adli
A recent en banc decision by the Federal Circuit in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC (2025) -- left standing by the U.S. ...
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
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
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
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
USPTO shakes up IPR as director reclaims institution authority
By Robert J. Weinschenk
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
By William Rothbard
James Madison warned that a functioning republic depends on an informed citizenry, yet President Trump's unprecedented pattern...
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
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
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
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
Lawyers cite Ku Klux Klan Act to dismantle Black scholarship
By Karis Stephen
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
From discovery to recovery: A legal roadmap for employee embezzlement cases
By William E. Johnston
In California, employers facing employee embezzlement can often recover stolen funds by acting quickly with discreet investiga...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Boutiques leading the way: The lawyers' lawyers setting the standard for professional liability litigation
By Randall A. Miller, Andrew J. Waxler
Evidence, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure
Ethical considerations when a lawyer serves as an expert witness
By Joel A. Osman, Adam Telanoff
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
The golden age of litigation boutiques is now
By Paul B. Salvaty, Alyssa D. Bell
Law Practice, Civil Litigation
Boutique firms and the future of litigation: rethinking growth, value and innovation
By Marc Lewis
Boutique law firms have evolved to focus on targeted growth, collaborative culture, technology use, and alternative billing mo...
Law Practice
Quality over quantity: How boutique law firms keep redefining excellence
By Paloma Perez McEvoy
Civil Procedure, Appellate Practice
Come again? Rehearing re-do
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...
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
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
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
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 ...
Judges and Judiciary
Sorry, Proust-Who these days even knows or cares who you are, let alone remembers you?
By Arthur Gilbert
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
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-...
Securities
Arbitrating securities fraud cases: Balancing efficiency with investor rights
By Kennen D. Hagen
The SEC now allows mandatory arbitration in IPOs, reshaping litigation risk for public issuers, raising governance and insuran...
Appellate work involves diving into the record, crafting strategies and briefs, and arguing tough cases, all in the pursuit of...
Torts/Personal Injury, Insurance
The driverless ecosystem brings great promise while delivering evolving risks
By Kenneth P. Williams
As autonomous vehicle technologies advance--with investments growing 800% annually and market potential projected at $400 bill...
