H.R. 3699 would broadly block state and local governments from most forms of energy regulation --potentially disrupting electr...

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Turning to military JAGs to prosecute civilians isn't a staffing fix, it's a stress test. If DOJ can't retain career prosecuto...

The IRS issued Notice 2025‑69 to guide taxpayers on claiming the new OBBBA deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtim...

California's Senate passed SB 574, a bill establishing AI guardrails for lawyers and arbitrators that codifies confidentiality...

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For 30 years, Section 230 insulated platforms from liability, but generative AI is forcing courts to ask a new question: When ...

Section 230 remains a decisive litigation gatekeeper, but as platforms algorithmically shape and generate content, courts are ...

As the Supreme Court considers transgender athlete bans, a wave of new Title IX investigations signals another turning point i...

Recent California decisions underscore that while courts favor arbitration, overly aggressive employer-drafted agreements risk...

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A recent Daily Journal guest article mischaracterizes ABA Opinion 518, wrongly suggesting that mediator's proposals imply lega...

ABA Formal Opinion 518 reshapes but does not eliminate the ability of skilled mediators to ethically guide parties from litiga...

SB 440 offers broader, more protective change order remedies for private works, providing a model to improve AB 626 before its...

The 1917 Houston incident exposed how entrenched racism, mob violence, and profound due process failures led the U.S. Army to ...

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Jon B. Eisenberg's claim of pension fraud is false: I continued judicial work and other significant judicial branch activities...

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When spousal support is owed but assets are intangible, like copyrights, courts may face unusual enforcement questions--as sho...

Judicial diversion lets courts pause misdemeanor cases, set conditions and dismiss them on completion--but DUI, domestic viole...