Vexatious litigants pose unique challenges for public entities when acting as defendants, since existing California statutes f...

Assembly Bill 365, the Justin Kropp Safety Act, transforms the tragedy of journeyman lineman Justin Kropp's preventable death ...

Seventy-five years after McCarthyism weaponized fear to silence dissent, President Trump's escalating campaign of political re...

Adults who were abused as children deserve justice, but pursuing decades-old claims without limits drains resources that shoul...

President Trump's push to eliminate quarterly reporting revives a decades-old debate--this piece explores how such a shift cou...

In employment settlements, overlooking how funds are allocated can derail a deal--addressing wage and non-wage components earl...

The ongoing firings and suspensions following Charlie Kirk's assassination--including ABC's temporary removal of Jimmy Kimmel-...

With geopolitical threats mounting, venture capital is pouring into dual-use tech startups as the U.S. defense sector finds ne...

The Trump Administration's unilateral imposition of tariffs, challenged in cases now before the Supreme Court, raises constitu...

U.S. Government adopts spyware that converts mobile phones into spying machines.

The age of the lone rainmaker is fading. California law firms must rethink how they build and sustain business as senior partn...

A ransomware hack in The Good Wife's "Shiny Objects" episode offers real-world ethics lessons for lawyers navigating cybersecu...

Assembly Bill 288, recently passed by the California Legislature and awaiting Governor Newsom's signature, empowers the state ...

The landmark New York Times v. OpenAI case, arising from alleged copyright violations by ChatGPT and CoPilot, is shapin...

With packaging making up over half of California's landfill waste, CalRecycle has launched a second attempt at rulemaking to i...

Conflicts of interest often arise in insurance defense when attorneys must balance the competing priorities of insurers and po...

The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Trump to keep FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter out of her post while i...

UC Berkeley School of Law's 4th Annual National Flash Trial Competition brought together top law students for a high-pressure,...

For a litigator, Yiddish brings not just color to the courtroom, but character--capturing the humor, heartache and humanity th...

California's February 2025 Bar Exam fiasco, marked by AI-generated questions, technical glitches and opaque vendor decisions, ...

In an era of domestic polarization, media distortion and international instability, the social contract in the U.S. and the We...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk highlights the urgent need for comprehensive firearms licensing and regulation, alongside im...

Municipalities acquiring property for public projects often overlook a critical step--skipping a Phase I ESA can lead to liabi...

California's booming data center industry faces a legal and environmental balancing act, as energy-intensive cooling systems, ...

Moot courts can sharpen appellate skills, but only when designed to measure persuasion rather than polish.

Plaintiffs often discover that lawsuit settlements are taxed on the gross amount, including their lawyer's share. Here's how t...

While Janus v. AFSCME struck down agency fees in the public sector, longstanding precedent makes clear that private-s...

Homeowners who signed onto the Army Corps' "free" Los Angeles wildfire debris cleanup, whether unknowingly or with no alternat...

The tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk underscores the urgent need for California to expand the "sensitive places" doctrine, usin...

Compelled speech on campuses and in workplaces undermines true free expression, and recent legal and policy reforms aim to ens...