Judges and Judiciary, Criminal
A second look at sentencing should not be a coin toss
By Orly Ahrony
To resentence or not to resentence: The question courts face under amended Penal Code Section 1172.1.
Evidence, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The illusion of the confidant: When the chat window feels like privilege but isn't
By James Mixon
Bradley Heppner typed his defense strategy into a chat window. Thirty-one documents later, the prosecution had them. A federal...
Illinois v. Trump highlights the clash between federal power and state control over the National Guard, showing how t...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
When trustees engage in untrustworthy acts
By Clifford L. Klein
Trustees have a legal duty to manage trusts carefully, loyally, and in accordance with the governing document and applicable l...
U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration
No president should have the power to rewrite birthright citizenship
By Allan Lee Dollison
The Supreme Court is considering whether President Trump can use an executive order to reinterpret the 14th Amendment and unde...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Generative AI prompts create risk of waving privilege
By Anita Taff-Rice
An emerging split in the courts raises questions about whether AI prompts are subject to discovery.
Banking
Here we go again: Market woes foretell of forthcoming defaults
By Marianne Martin, Bennett G. Young
With mounting economic pressure ahead of Q1 2026 reporting, lenders and borrowers should act now to manage covenant risk and p...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
COPRAC's AI warning highlights legal industry's accountability gap
By Christian Puzder
California's bar ethics committee has a new warning for attorneys using AI -- but the real problem isn't hallucinations, it's ...
Torts/Personal Injury, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Who's liable when ChatGPT gives bad legal advice?
By Nathaniel S. Brown III
As AI becomes part of routine legal practice, the Nippon Life suit squarely presents whether AI-generated legal advice can exp...
Immigration, Constitutional Law
The misuse of federal Indian law in the birthright citizenship debate
By Jack Duran
The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, guarantees that anyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen and ensures...
Labor/Employment, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
9th Circuit rejects Uber and Instacart's free speech challenge to worker deactivation law
By Roland M. Juarez, Andrea Oguntula
The court upheld Seattle's App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance, rejecting Uber and Instacart's constitutional chall...
The second wave of AI litigation will focus on agentic software and bot battles, raising novel legal issues across CFAA, copyr...
Technology
Personalized pricing lawsuits face uphill battle for class certification
By Joanna Rosen Forster
Consumer Law, Class Action
Statutory damages and enforcement fuel growth in privacy, consumer class actions
By John A. Vogt, Ryan D. Ball
Data Privacy
Why privacy law needs specialized courts in California
By Jennifer L. Keller, Akhil Sheth
Legal History / Judicial History
The enduring legacy of Warren Christopher
By Daniel Grunfeld, David A. Lash
Fifteen years after his passing, Warren Christopher remains a powerful model of quiet, principled leadership--combining global...
Civil Procedure, Civil Litigation
Childhood abuse survivors face a federal deadline that makes no sense
By Doug Rochen
Civil statutes of limitations for childhood sexual abuse, the borrowing statute's betrayal of § 1983 survivors, and the case f...
California's aggressive tax regime is now targeting luxury car owners and dealers using out-of-state schemes like the Montana ...
Military Law, Criminal
Justice for those who served requires more than business as usual
By William M. Paparian
California's expanded military diversion law gives lawyers a vital tool to secure just outcomes for veterans by addressing ser...
Labor/Employment
Back to basics: NLRB restores employer-friendly 2020 joint-employer standard
By Amber M. Rogers, Keenan Judge
The NLRB's return to the 2020 joint-employer rule narrows the circumstances in which businesses may be deemed joint employers ...
Insurance
When AI gets it wrong: Insurance coverage for false, defamatory and infringing AI-generated content
By Joseph Saka, Andrew Reidy
Existing insurance programs may provide coverage in some circumstances, but insurers are increasingly introducing exclusions a...
Entertainment & Sports
Litigation lessons for entertainment transactional attorneys: Nuanced contracting pitfalls
By Ashlee Difuntorum
Entertainment transactional attorneys shape Hollywood deals to prevent disputes, but even well-intentioned agreements--like va...
U.S. Supreme Court, Intellectual Property
Supreme Court lets 'human-only rule' for AI-Generated works stand
By Nina Borders, Mitesh Patel
Supreme Court declines Thaler case: works created entirely by AI without meaningful human input cannot receive U.S. copyright,...
Consumer Protection Law
The Uber initiative isn't consumer protection, it's a liability shield
By Reza Torkzadeh
Uber's proposed "fee cap" initiative disguises limiting injured people's access to legal and medical resources as consumer pro...
International Law, Civil Procedure
Litigation differences between the U.S. and China: Strategic insights for counsel
By Chong Yu
As cross-border disputes involving China increase, U.S. counsel must recognize fundamental differences in discovery, judicial ...
Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
California's legal gold rush is not for every firm
By L. Kyle Ferguson
Southern California's legal market lures out-of-state firms, but only those with clear purpose, local leadership, and patient,...
Judges and Judiciary, Government
The coming wave of CARE Court litigation: Eligibility, due process and system capacity collide
By Megan A. Moghtaderi
CARE Court has gone from experiment to scoreboard, with counties now judged on filings, outcomes and their ability to turn cou...
Family, Ethics/Professional Responsibility
When going low no longer works: Strategic civility as the new power play in family law
By Noel E. Guth
In family court, the sharpest move isn't shouting--it's staying civil, staying organized, and letting strategy outmaneuver the...
Torts/Personal Injury
Why metadata is critical in modern personal injury litigation
By Yosi Yahoudai, Arthur Dermendjian
For decades, personal injury law has turned on physical proof; now, it is increasingly metadata that uncovers the facts that d...