The ongoing firings and suspensions following Charlie Kirk's assassination--including ABC's temporary removal of Jimmy Kimmel-...
A ransomware hack in The Good Wife's "Shiny Objects" episode offers real-world ethics lessons for lawyers navigating cybersecu...
Labor/Employment, Government
Assembly Bill 288, recently passed by the California Legislature and awaiting Governor Newsom's signature, empowers the state ...
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,...
Technology, State Bar & Bar Associations
California's February 2025 Bar Exam fiasco, marked by AI-generated questions, technical glitches and opaque vendor decisions, ...
Real Estate/Development, Environmental & Energy
Municipalities acquiring property for public projects often overlook a critical step--skipping a Phase I ESA can lead to liabi...
Plaintiffs often discover that lawsuit settlements are taxed on the gross amount, including their lawyer's share. Here's how t...
Homeowners who signed onto the Army Corps' "free" Los Angeles wildfire debris cleanup, whether unknowingly or with no alternat...
Compelled speech on campuses and in workplaces undermines true free expression, and recent legal and policy reforms aim to ens...
Tim Reuben's new novel, "Tequila," blends Succession-style family drama with John Grisham-like legal thrills, delivering an au...
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC over his controversial monologue about Charlie Kirk has sparked fierce debate, highlighting...
Tax
Opportunity Zones are now permanent but with sharper rules and penalties. Joint ventures that don't rewrite their playbooks ri...
At the Peace Palace in The Hague, a towering black cat sculpture called The Witness watches over the courts and law library, b...
The Supreme Court's growing reliance on its "shadow docket" to issue major, often precedent-shaping rulings without full brief...
Jeff Rinard, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County's new Chief Strategy Officer, is spearheading innovation, project manage...
In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Utah Governor Cox and other lawmakers are spotlighting social media's harmful alg...
The California Court of Appeal sanctioned and reported to the state bar an attorney who relied on generative AI to draft appel...
Bilingual mediators who speak both the language and culture of non-English-speaking parties can build trust, reduce misunderst...
Criminal, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights
California's CCP §231.7 and the Racial Justice Act adopt an objective "reasonable person" standard to evaluate peremptory stri...
Even after California expanded public access to certain police misconduct records, Pitchess Motions remain indispensable for u...
Entertainment & Sports, Antitrust & Trade Reg.
From tennis courts to NASCAR tracks, athletes and the DOJ are using antitrust law to challenge governing bodies over suppresse...
Civil Litigation, Business Law
Uber is weaponizing federal RICO lawsuits against personal injury attorneys and medical providers in multiple states, a corpor...
Family, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation isn't always successful in family law, but attorneys can significantly improve the odds with the right approach -- t...
California's domestic violence law leaves unresolved questions about how courts should handle subsequent restraining orders wh...
Entertainment mogul David Geffen has filed for divorce from David Armstrong after less than two years of marriage, and despite...
In California, veterans facing criminal charges may receive treatment rather than incarceration through either collaborative c...
From the landmark achievements of the 1957 civil rights legislation to ongoing debates over voting rights and workplace equity...