Turning to military JAGs to prosecute civilians isn't a staffing fix, it's a stress test. If DOJ can't retain career prosecuto...

The IRS issued Notice 2025‑69 to guide taxpayers on claiming the new OBBBA deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtim...

California's Senate passed SB 574, a bill establishing AI guardrails for lawyers and arbitrators that codifies confidentiality...

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Enacted 30 years ago through careful legislative deliberation, Section 230 remains the internet's strongest bulwark for free e...

For 30 years, Section 230 insulated platforms from liability, but generative AI is forcing courts to ask a new question: When ...

Section 230 remains a decisive litigation gatekeeper, but as platforms algorithmically shape and generate content, courts are ...

As the Supreme Court considers transgender athlete bans, a wave of new Title IX investigations signals another turning point i...

Recent California decisions underscore that while courts favor arbitration, overly aggressive employer-drafted agreements risk...

A recent Daily Journal guest article mischaracterizes ABA Opinion 518, wrongly suggesting that mediator's proposals imply lega...

ABA Formal Opinion 518 reshapes but does not eliminate the ability of skilled mediators to ethically guide parties from litiga...

SB 440 offers broader, more protective change order remedies for private works, providing a model to improve AB 626 before its...

The 1917 Houston incident exposed how entrenched racism, mob violence, and profound due process failures led the U.S. Army to ...

California's new $435 divorce option will help some couples, but won't address the real cost drivers: too few family court jud...

Private mediation in divorce cases allows parties to resolve disputes confidentially and efficiently, significantly reducing b...

Jon B. Eisenberg's claim of pension fraud is false: I continued judicial work and other significant judicial branch activities...

Extreme opening offers in mediation remain ritual, not strategy--inviting deadlock over dialogue and raising the question: Wha...

The independence and credibility that define effective monitoring counsel often mirror the qualities that make for a skilled m...

When spousal support is owed but assets are intangible, like copyrights, courts may face unusual enforcement questions--as sho...

Judicial diversion lets courts pause misdemeanor cases, set conditions and dismiss them on completion--but DUI, domestic viole...

This piece doesn't pick sides but questions whether federal domestic terrorism statutes could plausibly apply to Renee Good--o...

Proposed federal evidence rule would require AI-Generated evidence to meet same standard as expert witnesses.

Clear, concise and strategically written mediation briefs matter as much as trial briefs because they shape how neutrals under...

In 2025, California courts and the Department of Insurance clarified that "direct physical loss or damage" from fires and smo...

More than a year after the Eaton and Palisades fires, many families still cannot rebuild because insurers quietly shortchange ...

Remote depositions offer undeniable efficiencies in time and cost, but they also raise serious concerns about witness coaching...