This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
Columns

    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Category
    Search by Headline


The Great Wealth Transfer is shifting estate planning from simply transferring assets to preparing future generations to gover...


Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech


California has emerged as a major focal point in the healthcare fraud crisis, with regulators targeting a surge of sham hospic...


As AI rapidly transforms litigation practice, boutique firms face a pivotal choice: embrace the technology with caution or ris...


Technology


Vibe lawyering

Jul. 9, 2026

If AI delivers a brief faster and cheaper, why do we need the lawyer at all? One litigant has already decided we don't.


Recent FEHA and ADA rulings confirm that remote work isn't an automatic disability accommodation. Courts still require employe...


Birthright citizenship remains constitutional law, and for millions of California families in mixed-status households, that ru...


Space Law/Aviation/Aerospace


The Space Force is more than America's newest military branch--it was created to protect the space systems that support both n...


The first of five articles on what artificial intelligence will do to the practice of law.


Technology


I lied

Jul. 6, 2026

AI's growing role in the courts, including efforts by Chief Justice Guerrero and Presiding Judge Tapia to draft ethical AI gui...


Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court


In Wolford v. Lopez, the Supreme Court upheld Hawaii's law requiring concealed-carry permit holders to obtain express p...


U.S. Supreme Court, Torts/Personal Injury


The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Monsanto v. Durnell undermines the legal foundation of thousands of California ...


Although cryptographically relevant quantum computers remain years away, organizations that delay planning for post-quantum cr...


Criminal


Although California's implicit bias jury instruction encourages jurors to engage in more deliberate decision-making, implicit ...


Judges and Judiciary


A look at how judicial independence has enabled courts to protect -- and, at times, fail to protect -- constitutional equality...


The proposed California ethics rules would incorporate artificial intelligence into existing professional conduct rules, but q...


ABA Formal Opinion 518 holds lawyer-mediators to a higher truthfulness standard than negotiating attorneys, and California's n...


In high-stakes wage and hour litigation, successful mediation depends less on legal maneuvering than on early case evaluation,...


As employers rely on AI to make employment decisions, they may still be held liable when automated systems produce discriminat...


As executive departures become more frequent, employers must be prepared to address the legal and business risks that can foll...


Although formal constitutional amendments are rare, many of the most important practical changes in our system of governance h...



Constitutional Law



Constitutional Law



Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law



Constitutional Law



Law Practice, Constitutional Law



Immigration, Constitutional Law



Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law




Law Practice, Constitutional Law


What John Adams carried

Jun. 30, 2026