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Space Law, Administrative/Regulatory

US space operations in the 'gray zone'

MCLE
Aug. 22, 2025
By Dorn McGrath, Michael Beckwith

Rising launch activity at Vandenberg Space Force Base has sparked legal disputes between SpaceX and the California Coastal Com...


Consumer Protection Law, Banking

Small business owners who fall victim to unauthorized withdrawals have just 24 hours to fight back under the National Automate...


Data Privacy

Data brokers have broken the CCPA

Aug. 21, 2025
By Anita Taff-Rice

Study from UC Irvine finds 43% of data brokers ignore requests to delete personal data and the other half use the law to gathe...


Technology, Labor/Employment

AI and the shifting landscape of exempt employee classification

Aug. 21, 2025
By Brett C. Bartlett, Phillip J. Ebsworth

Artificial intelligence is increasingly reshaping employees' duties and workflows across industries, creating efficiency gains...


Wills, Estates & Trusts, Tax

With nearly one in four Californians owning digital assets, trust and estate fiduciaries need a new playbook to manage concent...


Criminal, Civil Procedure

Parallel proceedings, conflicting rules: Managing civil and criminal exposure

MCLE
Aug. 21, 2025
By Reza Torkzadeh, Allen P. Wilkinson

When civil and criminal cases overlap, conflicting rules create high-stakes risks. Here's how lawyers can navigate parallel pr...


Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Billable hours are dying - here's what's replacing them

Aug. 20, 2025
By Jonathan Littrell

Value-based pricing offers a compelling alternative -- tying fees to results rather than time, rewarding lawyers for deliverin...


Securities, Banking

The law brings long-awaited clarity to stablecoins but leaves banks, fintechs and regulators facing unresolved legal and ove...


Intellectual Property, Civil Procedure

Judge dismantles SAD strategy in IP mass joinder cases

Aug. 20, 2025
By Milord A. Keshishian

Judge Kness's Eicher Motors opinion unravels the "Schedule A" litigation model, finding that mass joinder TROs and ex ...


Intellectual Property

Once a niche subject, art law has grown over the past half century into a recognized legal discipline shaping disputes over ow...


Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, Administrative/Regulatory

Building compliant partnerships in the content creator economy

Aug. 20, 2025
By Tisha Morris, Nyanza Shaw

How the rapidly growing $500 billion content creator economy is reshaping the entertainment industry, creating complex legal n...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Civil Rights

Most Californians can't get legal help and the consequences are deadly

Aug. 19, 2025
By Diego Cartagena, David A. Lash

The California State Bar's 2024 Justice Gap Study reveals a worsening crisis in civil legal access, with 70% of households fac...


Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Late trial legend Gerry Spence, renowned for his mastery of fear, truth, and justice in the courtroom, leaves a timeless legac...


Immigration, Criminal, Constitutional Law

ICE courthouse arrests, like the public detention of Steven Rony Reyes in Los Angeles, undermine trust in the justice system, ...


Immigration, Construction

As labor shortages persist across the U.S. construction industry, a parallel crisis is unfolding -- one grounded in heightened...


In a brief return to the bench, a judge finds that, much like in 'Our Town,' the small details of daily life are the ones that...


Obituaries

Frederick M. Nicholas, who died June 28, founded the nation's largest pro bono law firm, Public Counsel. His grandson, Cole Ni...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Data Privacy

The February 2024 cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a UnitedHealth subsidiary, exposed sensitive medical data of nearly 190 mi...


Litigation & Arbitration, California Supreme Court

In Hohenshelt v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court preserved Civil Code §1281.98 from federal preemption b...


Constitutional Law

In a sharply reasoned yet ultimately reversed opinion, Judge Carlton Reeves applied the Supreme Court's own "historical tradit...


California Supreme Court

In EpicentRx, the California Supreme Court upheld a forum selection clause naming the Delaware Court of Chancery, rejec...


Labor/Employment, Class Action, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Pre-mediation strategies to win class and PAGA cases

Aug. 15, 2025
By Barbara DuVan-Clarke, Danielle L. GruppChang

Mediation in class and PAGA cases is essentially inevitable, so attorneys should prioritize early and thorough preparation -- ...


Constitutional Law

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe's lawsuit against the Huntington Beach Union High School District over his anti-MAGA speech is l...


Law Practice

A curious, deliberate approach can turn casual contacts into a powerful revenue-generating network.


Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law

In recent Ninth Circuit cases, courts have expanded the functionality defense in trademark and trade dress law -- traditionall...


Entertainment & Sports

In June 2025, a $2.8 billion settlement in House v. NCAA gave college athletes new rights to direct payments and NIL ...


Family law cases are often costly, complex and emotionally charged, and common procedural mistakes -- from faulty proof of ser...


Civil Procedure

Rooker-Feldman: Jurisdictional limits beyond preclusion

MCLE
Aug. 14, 2025
By Megan Fitz-Patrick

The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal review only when a plaintiff claims injury from a s...


California's cultivated meat sector battles USDA, trade barriers under Trump

Aug. 13, 2025
By Dr. Chang Kyoung (CK) Choi, Roberto Escobar

No longer just labs of innovation, California's cultivated meat firms are now global trade actors -- pushing for a seat at the...


Law Office Management

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and cloud-based tools are transforming law practice from optional aids into...