Trump calls up the National Guard in Illinois, citing "rebellion" and insufficient forces; courts and critics say there's no t...

California's Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 -- originally intended to prevent judicial bias -- has devolved into a tool...

Five years after Liu v. SEC, courts remain split on how to apply its limits on disgorgement, leaving the SEC's most po...

Year-end settlements, driven by psychological, financial, and tax incentives, allow litigants and attorneys to avoid the holid...

On Veterans Day, we honor Justice Buck Compton -- a Silver Star-winning D-Day hero, Band of Brothers paratrooper and longtime ...

In anticipation of Veterans Day, the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Armed Forces Committee gathered attorneys, judges, a...

California's gerrymandering isn't about principle -- it's a necessary defense against Republican election cheating and to prot...

Every trial is a battle of stories, and the one that makes jurors feel the facts -- not just hear them -- is the one that wins.

Betting, branding and foreign financing were once unthinkable in college sports -- now they're on the table. Without a federal...

California joins other states where partisan gerrymandering skews representation, disenfranchises voters and fuels political p...

True advocacy in mediation requires not aggression but ethics -- competence, diligence, civility and integrity are what make a...

California's new AB 250 reopens the door for time-barred sexual assault claims, giving plaintiffs a two-year window starting J...

In California, employers facing employee embezzlement can often recover stolen funds by acting quickly with discreet investiga...

Medical debt is a leading cause of consumer bankruptcy in the U.S., and attorneys play a critical role in guiding clients thro...

As our culture drifts from the humanities toward technology and distraction, we risk losing not just our shared identity and d...

The rise of generative AI challenges traditional intellectual property laws by raising unresolved questions about who owns AI-...

The SEC now allows mandatory arbitration in IPOs, reshaping litigation risk for public issuers, raising governance and insuran...

Courts disfavor contracts that excuse future wrongdoing, enforcing releases only when clear, conspicuous, related to the activ...

California's paid sick leave has evolved from three days for illness in 2015 to five days covering crime victimization, court ...

Golf may seem peaceable, but from errant shots to exclusionary policies, players can find themselves in unexpected legal sand ...

The Daily Journal's 'Top 40 Under 40' supplement managed to profile California lawyers without including a single African-Amer...