Insurance, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Modern medicine, old laws and women caught in between
By Elana R. Levine
Outdated federal law has failed to keep pace with modern medicine and underscores the urgent need for reform to ensure women c...
Torts/Personal Injury, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech
Why loosening sedative rules in nursing homes would put vulnerable patients at serious risk
By Edward P. Dudensing
Federal investigators found nursing homes are drugging dementia patients and falsifying diagnoses, even as regulators consider...
Technology, Judges and Judiciary
The horror isn't AI, it's what we're doing without it
By Bridget Mary McCormack
While AI drafting legal prose has raised alarm for some, it serves as a tool to assist judges rather than replace them. The tr...
Torts/Personal Injury, Books
Why I gave away everything I know about brain injury litigation
By Taylor Ernst
Lawyers handling traumatic brain injury cases face a critical gap between medical evidence and the human reality of their clie...
Tax, Contracts
Please Mister Postman: What counts as mailed anymore?
By Phyllis W. Cheng
The Beatles crooned about a longed-for letter, but under USPS's new rule, the date it's processed--not dropped off--determines...
Veterans
How Veterans Treatment Courts turn data and care into second chances
By William M. Paparian
The 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Symposium, to be held May 6-8, equips court professionals, treatment providers, and mentors ...
Real Estate/Development, LA Fires
Effective use of writs of mandate in a crisis: Enforcing housing law after the Eaton Fire
By Whitney R. O'Byrne, Kira A. Davis
When the Pasadena/Altadena wildfires left rental housing standing but uninhabitable, the problem was not the law but its enfor...
Torts/Personal Injury
Establishing institutional liability in child sexual abuse cases: Special relationships and negligence
By Neda Saghafi
When institutions fail to protect children, the harm is profound. This article outlines how to establish duty, prove breach an...
California's DFAL: Understanding the new regulatory framework for digital asset businesses
By Avy Mallik
California's Digital Financial Assets Law establishes a comprehensive licensing and oversight regime for digital asset busines...
The Los Angeles Superior Court is cautiously evaluating AI as a limited support tool to manage rising caseloads, not as a subs...
Predicting the future of futures prediction markets
By I. Nelson Rose
Futures prediction markets raise questions about legality, insider trading, and unpaid bets, with the Supreme Court poised to ...
Recovering beneficiary fees in trust disputes under Smith v. Szeyller
By Joshua Taylor
In trust disputes, it is not uncommon for one beneficiary to take the lead in litigation while others decline to participate--...
Wills, Estates & Trusts, Probate
No-contest clauses revisited: Enforceability, trust amendments and trustee defense obligations
By Stefan O'Grady
California's post-2010 no-contest framework narrows enforceability while heightening the "probable cause" threshold, reshaping...
Claws, paws and laws: Trademark protection for animal names, images and likenesses
By Lauren E. Hansson, Max A. Kirkham
Human performers rely on privacy and publicity rights to control their brand. But when the performer is an animal, those doctr...
The delicate balance of generative AI with the duty of confidentiality
By Teresa Mayer
As AI tools become increasingly integrated into litigation, recent cases like Heppner, Warner, and Morgan highlight the evolvi...
Technology, Family
I, Attorney - What family law clients need to know about the risks of consulting AI chatbots during divorce
By Debra R. Schoenberg
As family law attorneys, it's crucial to help our clients understand that AI is no substitute for an experienced lawyer--and t...
Six-figure law school debt requires more than modest scholarships
By Arash Homampour
A $5,000 scholarship is meaningful--particularly for a first-generation law student--but measured against six-figure debt, it ...
Brokers confront increased dispute risk as AI adoption by self-directed investors accelerates
By Esther E. Cho, Neal S. Robb
As AI takes the wheel, self-directed investors gain unprecedented power-- and brokerage firms must learn to ride shotgun witho...
State's new construction laws are changing private contracts
By Marina Manoukian
California's new 2026 construction laws limit retentions on private projects and create a structured claims process to speed p...
Judges and Judiciary
Using AI to parse the logic of a legal opinion
By Marc D. Alexander
From opinion to syllogism: How AI rapidly breaks down Supreme Court reasoning and exposes assumptions.
Environmental & Energy, Administrative/Regulatory
PFAS regulation in California: What lawyers need to know
By Brian Moskal
PFAS, or "forever chemicals," have gone from hidden hazards to unavoidable headaches for California lawyers, regulators and pr...
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Data Privacy
Ransomware in healthcare: Why your response, not the attack, creates the biggest legal risk
By Paul Schmeltzer
Ransomware in healthcare is no longer just a data breach but a high-stakes operational and legal crisis where an organization'...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use
Vacant commercial spaces hold the answer to affordable housing
By Sheri L. Bonstelle
Can the new state and local adaptive reuse laws incentivize residential conversion of underutilized office buildings and retai...
Criminal
Introduction to money laundering: What it is, how to spot it
By William Tolin Gay
Money laundering turns illegal proceeds into seemingly legitimate funds through financial sleight of hand.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gopher Media and the withering of anti-SLAPP in federal court
By Jessica N. Meyers
The 9th Circuit's confirmation that anti-SLAPP denials are not immediately appealable in federal court continues a line of cas...
Labor/Employment
No ghost in the machine: Employers responsible for AI tools
By Kacey R. Riccomini
The California Legislature has enacted a slew of AI regulations for employers to contend with, increasing litigation risks and...
Retirement plan disclosures are about to get less digital and more complicated, as the Labor Department's proposal would requi...
California divorce used to be about houses and bank accounts--now it's crypto wallets, equity grants and digital empires.
Letters
Ethics and evidence guided the dismissal of the Riley-Robicheaux case
By Shawn C. Holley
District Attorney Todd Spitzer did his job: justice, not conviction, won in the Riley-Robicheaux case.
Sometimes the strongest litigation strategy is staying silent--strategically choosing not to respond to weak, irrelevant, or l...