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Marking its 10th anniversary, Los Angeles' DREAM Court has served sexually exploited children as dependents rather than crimin...


Law Practice, Civil Rights


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


As artificial intelligence transforms legal practice and increases demands on already overburdened courts, California's judici...


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...


Criminal


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...


Torts/Personal Injury


A deposition in a wrongful death case illustrates how compassion and professionalism can foster healing without compromising z...


Criminal


Patchwork resentencing

Jul. 21, 2026

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


California's decision to adopt the NextGen bar exam is only the first step; the greater challenge is designing a California-sp...


As family wealth increasingly consists of closely held businesses and other complex assets, succession planning has become les...


Law Office Management


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...


Law Office Management


Most lawyers are married to the billable hour. As AI enters the legal profession, the question is how it will transform the fe...


California's proposed attorney ethics rules requiring lawyers to personally verify all AI-generated work would largely elimina...


Labor/Employment


Employment cases are often won or lost years before trial because everyday workplace decisions, manager communications and int...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


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...


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, ...


Civil Procedure


The 4th District draws a clearer line on inadvertent disclosures, holding that only obviously privileged or work product mater...


Hospitality businesses are facing growing legal exposure over service charges as courts, regulators and consumers increasingly...


Trump administration immigration policies are not merely enforcing the law--they are reshaping immigrant behavior in ways that...


The Administrative Procedure Act requires agencies to engage in reasoned decision-making before changing policy. Recent cases ...


California strongly protects testamentary freedom, but wills and trusts that discriminate on the basis of race, religion or ot...