Labor/Employment
Large Los Angeles County retailers will be required to give workers 14 days' notice of their schedules starting July 1 under a...
Immigration
Though not without precedent, an immigration-based competition show would confront substantial regulatory and ethical barriers.
Government, Administrative/Regulatory
With two pending bills--AB 931 and SB 37--poised to reshape fee-sharing, litigation funding, advertising, and client solicitat...
Litigation is more like poker than sports--driven by strategy, ego, and emotional biases, where decisions to settle or go to t...
Recent federal rulings from the first quarter of 2025 address key arbitration procedural questions, from reopening dismissed c...
State Bar & Bar Associations, Legal Education
The February bar exam highlighted the deep flaws in California's bar admissions process, underscoring the urgent need for refo...
Torts/Personal Injury, Alternative Dispute Resolution
How nuanced judgment and empathy gained through practice - exemplified by the story of an undocumented amputee mother - can pr...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Forward-thinking CEOs are increasingly turning to mediation as a strategic conflict resolution tool to reduce legal costs, pro...
While J. Anthony Kline critiques California's parole system for relying on unreliable predictions of dangerousness instead of ...
In response to a lawsuit by Wilson Sonsini, Gan Jing World's lawyers accused the firm of advancing the interests of an "author...
A recently filed class action complaint against SuperShuttle highlights the ongoing battle for wheelchair-accessible transport...
Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Administrative/Regulatory
A Conditional Use Permit lets you legally use land for specific purposes but comes with strict conditions and deadlines. Stay ...
Labor/Employment, Alternative Dispute Resolution
From evidence gathering to negotiation tactics, these tips could help reshape your approach to case resolution.
Technology, Real Estate/Development
Real estate's digital evolution promises incredible efficiency gains but requires advanced planning to successfully navigate c...
Real Estate/Development, Law Practice
In response to post-COVID workplace shifts, law firms--long familiar with remote work--are transforming their office spaces to...
Environmental & Energy
Senate Bill 607 poses one of the most serious threats in decades to the California Environmental Quality Act, undermining a 50...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
How incentivizing early mediation and restructuring dispute resolution pathways can serve as the sword and shield needed to ta...
The Trump administration's enforcement of the long-dormant Alien Registration Act of 1940 presents immigration attorneys with ...
Criminal, California Supreme Court
California's ongoing prison overcrowding and the erosion of constitutional safeguards in parole decisions demand legislative a...
As the Supreme Court weighs the procedural challenge to nationwide injunctions in Trump, et al. v. CASA, Inc., et al.,...
Justice David Souter, a quiet and bookish figure once expected to be a conservative stalwart, ultimately became a cautious lib...
Labor/Employment, Judges and Judiciary
Aging on the bench is a complex and deeply personal journey, and while some judges remain sharp and effective well past tradit...
Letters, Civil Procedure
In Orange County, defendants can reserve earlier summary judgment hearing dates, an established policy aimed at reducing trial...
Entertainment & Sports
As NIL rights continue to reshape college athletics, from high-profile transfer disputes like Nico Iamaleava's to antitrust li...
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Administrative/Regulatory
The Trump administration's scrutiny of Harvard Law Review's diversity efforts isn't about fairness but a calculated attempt to...
California's hybrid system of judicial selection reveals striking differences when compared with the varied approaches used ac...
Environmental & Energy
With sky-high beef prices and biotech prowess, California can pioneer a hybrid meat model--blending ranching and cultivated ...
Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory
An under-the-radar lawsuit by a Trump-aligned legal group seeks to reclassify key judicial administrative bodies as executive ...
A little-noticed Executive Order aims to gut civil rights law by ending "disparate impact" liability--the key tool for proving...
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Fifty years after Harvard Law Professor Frank Sander's multi-door vision, meaningful early dispute resolution still faces cult...