Criminal
Marking its 10th anniversary, Los Angeles' DREAM Court has served sexually exploited children as dependents rather than crimin...
California's proposed Rule of Court 9.45.1 would expand access to justice by allowing trained, attorney-supervised Community J...
Technology, Judges and Judiciary
Beyond chatbots: Is there a role for adjudicative AI?
As artificial intelligence transforms legal practice and increases demands on already overburdened courts, California's judici...
Torts/Personal Injury
California's Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act may provide a new legal theory for holding delivery platforms such as Uber ...
DREAM Court's trauma-informed, collaborative approach brings together courts, attorneys, social workers and community partners...
California's new Treatment-Mandated Felony reshapes how repeat hard drug possession cases may be prosecuted, creating a treatm...
Rinnai may have saved zero-NOx rules for now, but the future of gas regulation will turn on how governments frame the f...
The legal profession's AI conversation began with fictional cases; its next challenge is defining what responsible use looks l...
The 14th Annual Cultural Competency in Family Law Practice Seminar will explore how disability and neurodiversity affect famil...
A deposition in a wrongful death case illustrates how compassion and professionalism can foster healing without compromising z...
California's piecemeal approach to resentencing reforms has created uneven opportunities for incarcerated defendants, raising ...
Data centers are the backbone of America's AI future, and the federal government must ensure short-term local politics do not ...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
The bar exam fight is over. The real test starts now
California's decision to adopt the NextGen bar exam is only the first step; the greater challenge is designing a California-sp...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
As family wealth increasingly consists of closely held businesses and other complex assets, succession planning has become les...
AI will transform the early years of litigation by reducing tedious tasks, providing on-demand coaching and expanding opportun...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Effective mediators can overcome the familiar pattern of extreme opening demands and incremental concessions by using strategi...
Most lawyers are married to the billable hour. As AI enters the legal profession, the question is how it will transform the fe...
Technology
California's proposed attorney ethics rules requiring lawyers to personally verify all AI-generated work would largely elimina...
Employment cases are often won or lost years before trial because everyday workplace decisions, manager communications and int...
A successful mediation depends on preparing clients for an unfamiliar process by explaining what to expect, addressing case st...
A closely watched Northern District case could reshape how courts evaluate claims that the government uses procurement and oth...
Labor/Employment, Civil Procedure
For a remote workforce distributed across state lines, the practical challenge is no longer determining whether a noncompete i...
Constitutional Law
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding West Virginia's ban on transgender girls participating in girls' sports continues ...
AI will dramatically increase litigation productivity for lawyers and self-represented parties alike, but without investment, ...
The 4th District draws a clearer line on inadvertent disclosures, holding that only obviously privileged or work product mater...
Consumer Protection Law
Hospitality businesses are facing growing legal exposure over service charges as courts, regulators and consumers increasingly...
Immigration
Trump administration immigration policies are not merely enforcing the law--they are reshaping immigrant behavior in ways that...
Administrative/Regulatory
The Administrative Procedure Act requires agencies to engage in reasoned decision-making before changing policy. Recent cases ...
Wills, Estates & Trusts
California strongly protects testamentary freedom, but wills and trusts that discriminate on the basis of race, religion or ot...