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Large Los Angeles County retailers will be required to give workers 14 days' notice of their schedules starting July 1 under a...


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 & Arbitration


Litigation is more like poker than sports--driven by strategy, ego, and emotional biases, where decisions to settle or go to t...


Alternative Dispute Resolution


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...


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...


Class Action, Civil Rights


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...


Senate Bill 607 poses one of the most serious threats in decades to the California Environmental Quality Act, undermining a 50...


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 ...


California's ongoing prison overcrowding and the erosion of constitutional safeguards in parole decisions demand legislative a...


Immigration


As the Supreme Court weighs the procedural challenge to nationwide injunctions in Trump, et al. v. CASA, Inc., et al.,...


U.S. Supreme Court, Obituaries


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...


In Orange County, defendants can reserve earlier summary judgment hearing dates, an established policy aimed at reducing trial...


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...


Judges and Judiciary


California's hybrid system of judicial selection reveals striking differences when compared with the varied approaches used ac...


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...


Fifty years after Harvard Law Professor Frank Sander's multi-door vision, meaningful early dispute resolution still faces cult...