The NCAA ultimately wants to gnash its teeth again and is betting big on the idea that federal legislation will not be passed ...

Now that so few cases get to trial, and so many are mediated before a lawsuit is even filed, perhaps there is a role for media...

The California Supreme Court decision is an important development for the many providers that lack the resources necessary to ...

In the wake of California Medical, organizations that routinely devote resources to fighting unfair business practices ...

AI drone reportedly kills its human controller in war simulation and becomes favorite weapon of cyber criminals.

To the extent that new Rule 8.3 might be a reaction to these recent events, the Thomas Girardi scandal was not caused by a rel...

The program started as a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) to enforce Iranian premarital and marital agreements in California d...

We are seeing a growing number of land use cases that seem to fall under this rubric. And I wonder why that should be so.

With humility and curiosity, we ask better questions to guide clients towards solutions that make sense for them. In a world w...

Establishing Cultural Competency is necessary for any judicial officer presiding over family law matters to protect against we...

In Catrina E. White v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2023-77 (June 21, 2023), Tax Court Judge Paris looks at when unpaid ren...

We are more biased than we realize and these blind spots can make us contribute to injustices without having any intention of ...

Cultural Competency in Family Law Practice (CCFLP) has its genesis in a seed planted by Fred Glassman fifteen years ago. As th...

The lack of legal support and certainty around the effect of the Builder’s Remedy, combined with the likelihood that cities wi...

A Rule 59 motion for a new trial in Carroll II v. Trump was recently denied. In rejecting the motion, Judge Kaplan expl...

America’s long love affair with dams has left us with around 44,000 dams over 15 feet in height, and a great deal more under t...

Sharing office spaces can be beneficial, but it demands a commitment to professionalism and confidentiality.

The bar is arguing that Eastman conspired with Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results with the purpose of ...

In 2023 the world is firmly in the era of “big data” and the LASC is no exception. Our court is awash in vast oceans of data. ...

Decision-making styles have various pluses and minuses. While not necessarily gender-linked, in general, transparency is alway...

By any measure, this is an incredibly swift response by the agency to new technology. Although AI remains at nascent stages, t...

We invite the California Legislature to revisit Penal Code 261.5 in compliance with caljic 10.65, and Anderson, and to make th...

In response to the public’s concerns, the White House announced on Friday that several major technology companies have committ...

Paul Kiesel and Jeffrey Koncius of Kiesel Law LLP discover that generative artificial intelligence responds better to polite r...

The reasoning employed in Adolph, and the potential outcomes it allows, may run afoul of higher federal law, namely the...

Although there is a procedure to make a complaint about federal court judges, there is no mechanism to make a complaint about ...

Employers will not be able to escape PAGA liability simply by resolving individual Labor Code violations in arbitration. Thus,...

California uses a comparative analysis to see if you have closer connections to another state. Some people who leave have unre...

There is reason to believe that additional arbitration carve-outs – for race, religion, disability and other forms of harassme...

Employers should review and consider modifying their arbitration agreements to conform to the Adolph decision. They sho...