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How to set up a useful moot court: Part 2

Oct. 13, 2025
By Myron Moskovitz

Traditional moot courts, whether for students or practicing lawyers, often fall short of preparing attorneys to win real appea...


The FTC, joined by seven state attorneys general, has sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation for deceptive pricing, bot-enabled sca...


Under the Government Claims Act, a claimant need not file a pre-suit claim with a public entity when seeking purely declarator...


Trump's bid to use the National Guard as a political tool has sparked lawsuits claiming he overstepped his authority and threa...


CCPA finalizes ADMT rules, reshaping privacy compliance: Part 1

Oct. 10, 2025
By Sarah L. Bruno, Grace D. Wiley

Finalized CCPA regulations impose new obligations on businesses using automated decision-making technology, requiring clarity ...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy

AI can terrify or transform: it spreads misinformation and mimics humans, but with vigilance and responsible use, it drives in...


High-quality client service and a culture of wellbeing can -- and must -- coexist in law firms. Small, daily practices make it...


Legal History / Judicial History

Opened in 1891, Los Angeles' Red Sandstone Courthouse symbolized the city's civic pride, growth and legal development, and tho...


Alternative Dispute Resolution

Effective commercial mediation requires recognizing and managing the human elements -- emotions, histories, biases and interpe...


State Bar & Bar Associations, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

California attorneys should brace for Phase 2 of the State Bar's Client Trust Account Protection Program (C-TAPP), which will ...


Torts/Personal Injury

School injury cases can be complex and fact specific -- Doe v. Mount Pleasant Elementary School District serves as a pr...


Labor/Employment, Civil Litigation

Bronshteyn serves as a reminder of the broad discretion trial courts hold in awarding attorney's fees to prevailing p...


Civil Procedure

AB 711 aims to reduce redundant court reporters by requiring attorneys to confer early about their intent to use one, fosterin...


Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Civil Litigation

If the State Bar won't enforce oversight, the legal community must act to rein in high-volume, hedge-fund-backed "case mills" ...


Labor/Employment, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Why workplace harassment persists despite the rules

Oct. 7, 2025
By Leonid M. Zilberman

Despite more than 20 years of mandatory harassment training in California, workplace sexual harassment complaints have risen s...


Legal History / Judicial History, Constitutional Law

Not taking it to the max

Oct. 7, 2025
By Benjamin G. Shatz

The history of California's judicial confirmation process reveals that long before the famous 1982 "Duke Nukem" deadlock, the ...


If you want to be paid, refusing to hand over a Form W-9 may not make sense.


Military Law, Labor/Employment, Civil Rights

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's new grooming and gender-neutral standards risk disproportionately affecting Black and fema...


Technology, Guide to Legal Writing

I.A. invidious alternative

Oct. 6, 2025
By Arthur Gilbert

A.I. sparks both alarm and utility -- from Geoffrey Hinton's warnings to courtroom missteps -- raising questions about clari...


Family, Criminal

War teaches luck matters. So does the law. Survival in court often depends on which lawyer, judge, or county you get -- not ju...


Labor/Employment

Many workers believe they're in a hostile work environment, but unless mistreatment is tied to a legally protected trait, the ...


As Europe expands ESG disclosure rules and the U.S. reins in federal DEI efforts, global companies face a sharper challenge: b...


A new California appellate decision affirms that prosecutors may pursue second-degree murder charges in DUI and street racing ...


Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility

An attorney used AI tools to cross-check his brief. The result: 21 fabricated citations, a $10,000 sanction, and California's ...


Consumer Law, Business Law

By grounding complex disputes in universal moral principles, trial lawyers can make any business case accessible and compelling.


Technology, Intellectual Property

Ross Intelligence is appealing a Delaware court ruling that held its use of Thomson Reuters' copyrighted headnotes for AI trai...


Military Law, Government

Richard E. Cavazos, Hispanic hero

MCLE
Oct. 3, 2025
By Eileen C. Moore

In 2023, Fort Hood was renamed Fort Cavazos to honor Richard E. Cavazos, the first Hispanic four-star general and a decorated ...


Civil Procedure

Beyond justice is mercy

Oct. 2, 2025
By Armando Durón

In legal terms, mercy might be closest to equity because both seek to find a remedy beyond the structures of what the justice ...


Intellectual Property

The music industry's 1990s sampling battles mirror today's AI copyright disputes: both pit innovation against ownership, both ...


Constitutional Law

California's new "No Secret Police" Act aims to restore public trust, but its real test is whether state power can withstand f...