Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
The vanishing trial: Why family law's future belongs in the conference room
By Noel E. Guth
As mediation and collaborative practice eclipse traditional litigation, family law practitioners must recalibrate their skills...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The AI mistake problem no lawyer can ignore
By Randall A. Miller, Jeanette Chu
State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
When AI gets lawyers in trouble: Sanctions and State Bar discipline loom
By James I. Ham
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
California tightens reins on attorney advertising
By Shawn Shaffie
Law Practice, Law Office Management, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Structuring your firm with a management services organization for success
By David M. Majchrzak
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Measure twice and cut once: Enduring lessons from the past teach attorneys how to responsibly use AI
By David D. Cardone
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Remote notarization and e-signature risks: Ensuring competence and compliance in increasingly digital transactions
By Erin M. Joyce, Natalie Manoukian
Evidence, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
AI-generated evidence in California courts: Authentication, hearsay and professional competence
By Marshall R. Cole
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
First, do no harm: The imperative of post-disaster lawyering
By Ryan S. Little
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The role of lawyers as officers of the court
By Wendy L. Patrick
Military Law, Civil Rights
The largest murder trial in the history of the United States
By Eileen C. Moore
The 1917 Houston incident exposed how entrenched racism, mob violence, and profound due process failures led the U.S. Army to ...
Civil Procedure
Now that's interesting: Timing is everything for interest on attorney fees
By Benjamin G. Shatz, Zoe L. Ginsberg
Post-judgment interest on attorney fees is simple but sneaky: if the law makes fees automatic (like anti-SLAPP), the meter sta...
Family, Administrative/Regulatory
Divorce season deal? Why that $435 shortcut could cost you more
By Hossein Berenji
SB 1427 aims to cut court costs, but in doing so, it risks overlooking the high price of errors in complex, deeply personal fa...
Intellectual Property
A second bite of the full apple (not just half): Copyright terminations hit a global stage
By Jesse E. Morris, Alexandra Mayo
In Vetter v. Resnik, the 5th Circuit held that copyright terminations under the U.S. Copyright Act allow authors to rec...
Family
California's new $435 divorce won't solve the underlying problems
By Alphonse Provinziano
California's new $435 divorce option will help some couples, but won't address the real cost drivers: too few family court jud...
Guide to Legal Writing
What makes a great brief? Part 2: Making the most of what you've got
By Myron Moskovitz
Like Jim Thorpe winning the 1912 Olympic decathlon in mismatched shoes pulled from the trash, the greatest appellate brief mak...
Judges and Judiciary, Guide to Legal Writing
February, the shortest month--in praise of the short judicial opinion
By Arthur Gilbert
In an age of constant change and technological excess, judicial opinions--and our thinking more broadly--benefit from clarity,...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Divorces are costly: Private proceedings reduce those costs
By Dianna Gould-Saltman, Michèle Bissada
Private mediation in divorce cases allows parties to resolve disputes confidentially and efficiently, significantly reducing b...
Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law
Patagonia v. Pattie Gonia: Why the outdoor brand is suing a drag queen for trademark infringement
By Pejman Javaheri
Patagonia's lawsuit against drag queen Pattie Gonia raises a familiar trademark question--but in a context where advocacy, per...
Guide to Legal Writing
My way: Why I write to the court with emotional intelligence
By Baruch C. Cohen
Every brief I file carries a choice: to sound correct, or to speak truth.
Technology, Evidence
Protecting your evidence in court from digital manipulation and deepfakes
By Paul Goyette
Video used to speak for itself in court. Now, thanks to AI and digital manipulation, officers and their attorneys must be read...
The Pasadena City Council's acceptance of a donated police tracking dog without scrutiny reflects a dangerous, well-documented...
Letters
Retired Justice Murray wants to set the record straight on his retirement
By William J. Murray Jr.
Jon B. Eisenberg's claim of pension fraud is false: I continued judicial work and other significant judicial branch activities...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Rethinking the aggressive opening offer in mediation
By Lee R. Bogdanoff
Extreme opening offers in mediation remain ritual, not strategy--inviting deadlock over dialogue and raising the question: Wha...
Insurance, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Benefits of former insurance coverage and monitoring counsel as an ADR neutral
By Michael B. Murphy
The independence and credibility that define effective monitoring counsel often mirror the qualities that make for a skilled m...
Intellectual Property, Family
Sometimes you can get what you need: In re Marriage of Strong
By Scott M. Gordon
When spousal support is owed but assets are intangible, like copyrights, courts may face unusual enforcement questions--as sho...
Civil Rights
Desegregation is not discrimination: Why the lawsuit against LAUSD distorts history, law and justice
By Areva Martin
The lawsuit claiming LAUSD's desegregation policies "harm white students" isn't just a misreading of the law--it's a distortio...
Law Practice
From satisfaction to advocacy: How lawyers can turn clients into raving fans
By George Brandon
Want to grow your law practice through powerful word-of-mouth and lasting client loyalty? Discover how to move beyond basic cl...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Practical tips for completing annual compliance reporting
By Joanna L. Mishler
Annual reporting isn't what it used to be--find out what's required and avoid an unpleasant surprise that could put your licen...
When lower courts defy clear Supreme Court precedent, like in the wake of Tyler v. Hennepin County, it raises a pressin...