Two recent border wall-related cases have been decided in favor of American property owners and demonstrate the serious and im...
The future of business litigation
By John L. Littrell, Olivia L. Weber
Civil Rights
Diversity, equity and inclusion training and programs - past, present and future
By Angela Reddock-Wright
Despite recent political and legal challenges, many organizations still value DEI initiatives, though some have scaled back or...
On Oct. 25, Delta Air Lines filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike in Atlanta, claiming gross negligence, intentional misrepresen...
Judges and Judiciary
Judge Thomas L. Griffith's pioneering legacy lives on
By Anya Nelson
Anya Nelson reflects on the legacy of her great-grandfather, Judge Thomas L. Griffith Jr. - a pioneering figure in the Los Ang...
Bankruptcy, Administrative/Regulatory
Fisker's final drive: bankruptcy judge clears liquidation path, but SEC investigation looms large
By Annie Y. Stoops
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has confirmed Fisker Inc.'s chapter 11 plan, marking the end of its troubled operations. The plan ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Anti-monopoly parties once roamed the land - and it's time for them to return
By Dan VanDeMortel
Anti-monopoly parties arose in the 1870s in the old Northwest, driven by farmers, laborers, and dissatisfied proprietors fight...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
AB 2016: A significant change to small estate petitions for real property
By Jennifer Sawday
AB 2016 amends the California Probate Code, changing how successors manage a decedent's real property, specifically affecting ...
This article by Elia V. Pirozzi discusses various objections to questions posed during trials in California, focusing on objec...
Judges and Judiciary
Judicial salaries and staffing must be upgraded
By Joseph W. Cotchett Jr.
The judicial system in California is facing significant challenges due to inadequate salaries and staffing, resulting in delay...
Technology, Real Estate/Development
Price fixing in the age of artificial intelligence: United States v. RealPage
By Bernard M. Resser
The Department of Justice, along with eight state attorneys general, filed a complaint against RealPage for using software tha...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
When the classroom, or mediation, becomes a moral battleground
By Ron Berglas
Reflecting on the complexities of moral judgment and the challenges of maintaining professional responsibilities.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Getting to Yes: Mediating and Settling Cases
By Evelio Grillo
Judges and Judiciary
A cross-border judicial exchange: San Bernardino Superior Court visits the Poder Judicial de Baja California
By Lisa M. Rogan
The visit highlighted the commitment of the magistrates to justice reform, including oral hearings and increased transparency,...
Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law
Advocating for Bais Din Siruvs: Upholding religious authority and justice
By Baruch C. Cohen
A New York federal district court case, Esses v. Rosen, addressed the dissemination of a Siruv, a contempt judgment fro...
Labor/Employment
The amended Private Attorneys General Act--new tools and big questions
By Cynthia Sandoval, Matthew D'Abusco
The amended California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) introduces significant changes and new provisions, including the E...
U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law
The constitutionality of age verification for pornographic websites is debatable
By Krista L. Baughman
The Supreme Court is set to review a case challenging a Texas law that requires commercial pornographic websites to verify the...
Military Law, Government
Veterans win back the West LA VA Campus
By Antoinette Naddour
The court's ruling aims to significantly reduce veteran homelessness and improve access to medical care, though implementation...
Real Estate/Development, Business Law
The California Commercial Tenant Protection Act creates a new category of protected commercial tenants
By Steven Otto, Dorothy Groza
Landlords are advised to review SB 1103 carefully and prepare for compliance, as the legislation includes ambiguities that may...
Intellectual Property
The branding of a president
By Steven P. Hollman, Shauna Miller Wertheim
Political branding has been utilized since the early days of the Republic, with increasing efforts in the last 30 years to dom...
The American Bar Association's Pro Bono Week emphasizes the goal for lawyers to provide 50+ hours of pro bono work yearly. Sta...
California's Wild West: train robberies, posses and prison breaks
By John S. Caragozian
The late 1800s in California's San Joaquin Valley were marked by violent conflicts between the monopolistic Southern Pacific R...
Letters
In defense of LACBA's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee
By Steven S. Fleischman
Criticism about the lack of criminal law opinions is misplaced, as PREC's ethics opinions are based on the California Rules of...
Constitutional Law
The death of the 2nd Amendment: Part III - Scalia's 'history'
By Myron Moskovitz
Justice Antonin Scalia's historical arguments, which sought to demonstrate that the Second Amendment's wording supported indiv...
Health Care & Hospital Law, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
$2.8 billion settlement signals a new era for health care competition
By Jennifer Paley
The settlement includes provisions for BCBS to change its business practices to foster competition and improve transparency. T...
Environmental & Energy
End without a means? 'General Prohibitions' in the Clean Water Act
By Whitney Hodges, Brooke Miller
The Supreme Court appears divided, with some justices suggesting General Prohibitions are acceptable if the EPA lacks sufficie...
Immigration
Ninth Circuit's asylum ruling hits a different note
By Avantika Shastri, Christine Raymond
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in Singh v. Garland that the government cannot arbitrarily r...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Can the LACBA's committees evolve beyond wallpaper?
By Antonio R. Sarabia II
There is a difference between having principles and acting on them, and the effectiveness of LACBA's committees in incorporati...
Technology, Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Data Privacy
Ethical and privacy standards in forensic psychiatry in the AI era
By Laura Davies , MD, Patricia Thaine
Patients may not fully understand how their data will be used by AI, making informed consent challenging. Algorithmic transpar...