Effective deposition preparation strikes a careful balance between ensuring a witness is informed and confident without crossi...

The legal profession's AI conversation began with fictional cases; its next challenge is defining what responsible use looks l...

The 14th Annual Cultural Competency in Family Law Practice Seminar will explore how disability and neurodiversity affect famil...

A deposition in a wrongful death case illustrates how compassion and professionalism can foster healing without compromising z...

The lessons from California's mass fire litigation show that early evidence preservation, careful evaluation of compensation p...

California's piecemeal approach to resentencing reforms has created uneven opportunities for incarcerated defendants, raising ...

California's public utilities must do more than check compliance boxes--they must embrace a culture of prevention and accounta...

The 2025 federalization of the California National Guard sparked legal questions over military authority while underscoring th...

One vowel unraveled a $6.5 million default judgment against Jermaine Jackson--but the real lesson is service by publication, w...

Firms that integrate technology into their core operations--rather than treating it as a support function--free up staff time ...

In negligent supervision cases against schools, it's the act, not the injury, that courts want to identify.

Brand disputes are not always just about trademark confusion; businesses can gain strategic advantages by identifying when mis...

Data centers are the backbone of America's AI future, and the federal government must ensure short-term local politics do not ...

California's decision to adopt the NextGen bar exam is only the first step; the greater challenge is designing a California-sp...

Cal/OSHA's trench safety warning underscores a broader legal reality: organizations that fail to assess foreseeable risks befo...

As family wealth increasingly consists of closely held businesses and other complex assets, succession planning has become les...

California companies do business around the world. Their disputes should stay here.

AI will transform the early years of litigation by reducing tedious tasks, providing on-demand coaching and expanding opportun...

AI is reshaping medical malpractice litigation and creating new liability risks for physicians who don't adopt widely used dia...

Effective mediators can overcome the familiar pattern of extreme opening demands and incremental concessions by using strategi...

Most lawyers are married to the billable hour. As AI enters the legal profession, the question is how it will transform the fe...

Under the Privette doctrine's "retained control" exception, a general contractor isn't liable for a s...

California's proposed attorney ethics rules requiring lawyers to personally verify all AI-generated work would largely elimina...

Employment cases are often won or lost years before trial because everyday workplace decisions, manager communications and int...

A successful mediation depends on preparing clients for an unfamiliar process by explaining what to expect, addressing case st...

A closely watched Northern District case could reshape how courts evaluate claims that the government uses procurement and oth...

The IRS's new guidance on the Opportunity Zone program clarifies key transition rules under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, pr...

California's new autonomous vehicle enforcement rules may transform traffic violations into critical evidence in future litiga...

Internal research a former Meta product manager leaked years before the MDL was filed is now guiding custodian lists and searc...

For a remote workforce distributed across state lines, the practical challenge is no longer determining whether a noncompete i...