As AI evolves, the meaningful question is not whether AI will touch judicial work but whether it will do so thoughtfully or ha...

Seven ways counsel can test conviction before mediation so confidence remains useful when it meets a skeptical room.

The 9th Circuit's Ding decision clarifies when later-discovered sexual harassment claims can shift a case from arbitrat...

A recent ruling overturning economic espionage convictions shows how timing, and even a defendant's ineptitude, can undermine ...

As legal AI improves, the risk should shift from obvious errors to the subtler problem of "discretion flattening," where persu...

California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act presents estate planners with significant challenges, including retroactive applicat...

Los Angeles Superior Court is carefully evaluating AI as a research tool, but human judicial officers--not machines--will alwa...

Representing an injured minor requires special care, from choosing the right guardian ad litem and navigating potential confli...

As remote work expands, FEHA's retaliation protections extend beyond the physical workplace, requiring California employers an...

Confidence helps lawyers try cases. Certitude makes them misread risk, misprice settlement and mistake compromise for surrender.

Successful trade secret litigation requires early and precise identification of the trade secrets, careful analysis of forensi...

AI tools have changed dramatically since 2023, but the questions, risks and ethical considerations largely have not. Whatever ...

While the dot.com and AI booms share similarities, the resulting company failures raise materially different bankruptcy issues...

The "agentic referee" offers one way to explore adjudicative AI while preserving transparency, meaningful human oversight and ...

California privacy laws can limit the harms of license plate readers, but to eliminate the threat, communities need to break u...

Personal injury cases involving workers' compensation liens create complex settlement dynamics as injured workers, insurers an...

As courts experiment with AI-generated rulings, the push for efficiency is raising concerns about judicial independence, trans...

The Court of Appeal's decision in People v. Cruz improperly expands resentencing relief by eliminating enhancements bas...

With NIL valuations and endorsements influencing every stakeholder in college sports--from the players and coaches to a school...

In FEHA mediations, nuanced questions involving back pay, mitigation and non-wage losses can significantly affect the value of...

San Francisco's expanded Fair Chance Ordinance prohibits employers from basing adverse employment decisions on out-of-state co...

California art transactions sit within ordinary commercial law, but art-specific statutes can displace familiar assumptions ab...

Justice Clarence Thomas has advanced a series of far-reaching constitutional positions that would significantly narrow federal...

Experienced counsel know mediation preparation is not one-size-fits-all. Tailoring the process to each client's experience, ne...

Mediator certification is a solution in search of a nonexistent problem, and applying real due process to the State Bar's disc...

California employers and unions can obtain workplace violence restraining orders quickly, yet few use them. Understanding the ...

AT&T's effort to retire traditional landline service in California presents a classic federalism dispute over the boundary...