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AI agents may soon remember our marriages better than we do, creating a powerful new kind of evidence--and forcing family cour...

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The California Supreme Court ruled that courts must provide indigent litigants with an official verbatim record, including thr...

California's new child-safety laws create new avenues for holding social media and AI companies liable, but their effectivenes...

The Supreme Court's East Wing ruling casts doubt on decades of precedent recognizing aesthetic injury as sufficient for standi...

This second annual back-to-school quiz tests California attorneys' knowledge of hearsay and other evidence rules through 10 pr...

Choosing the right mediator is a lot like choosing the right dog: Attorneys should look beyond pedigree to find the temperamen...

From fraudulent transfers and strategic bankruptcies to hidden assets and sham entities, family law attorneys need actionable ...

As courts crack down on AI misuse, lawyers must do more than verify their work. Here are four additional steps firms can take ...

As courts abandon the grace period for AI mistakes, lawyers face sanctions, new disclosure rules and a growing duty to verify ...

As AI evolves, the meaningful question is not whether AI will touch judicial work but whether it will do so thoughtfully or ha...

Seven ways counsel can test conviction before mediation so confidence remains useful when it meets a skeptical room.

The 9th Circuit's Ding decision clarifies when later-discovered sexual harassment claims can shift a case from arbitrat...

A recent ruling overturning economic espionage convictions shows how timing, and even a defendant's ineptitude, can undermine ...

As legal AI improves, the risk should shift from obvious errors to the subtler problem of "discretion flattening," where persu...

An ironclad separate statement of undisputed material facts can persuade the court while giving opposing counsel a sobering pe...

California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act presents estate planners with significant challenges, including retroactive applicat...

Los Angeles Superior Court is carefully evaluating AI as a research tool, but human judicial officers--not machines--will alwa...

Representing an injured minor requires special care, from choosing the right guardian ad litem and navigating potential confli...

As remote work expands, FEHA's retaliation protections extend beyond the physical workplace, requiring California employers an...

Confidence helps lawyers try cases. Certitude makes them misread risk, misprice settlement and mistake compromise for surrender.

Successful trade secret litigation requires early and precise identification of the trade secrets, careful analysis of forensi...

AI tools have changed dramatically since 2023, but the questions, risks and ethical considerations largely have not. Whatever ...